leadership
Do firms focused on healthy work perform better commercially?
A portfolio of 100 companies with the highest scores for wellbeing outperforms the market, confirming the message of a key report from the World Economic Forum and McKinsey
Three top priorities for the reset-ready organisation in 2025
HR research from Gartner suggests that business leaders are unprepared for changes in work this year. Addressing critical gaps in collaboration, skills and technology would be a start
Old tensions resurface as return to office gathers pace
Companies are struggling to align business demands with an employee preference for flexibility. Is the office a platform to build culture or ‘a bland grey corporate hellscape?’ The jury is still out
While CEOs sound off, HR departments are preparing for hybrid
In a new podcast for the Financial Times, Jeremy Myerson and Philip Ross, authors of the book Unworking, explain why the return to office needs a better rationale to succeed
Mind games: wellbeing programmes that do little for employees
New research from the University of Oxford indicates that corporate mental health interventions for individuals have little or no effect. Where do employers go next?
Touchstone of trust: are you confident your CEO is honest?
A quarter of employees don’t trust their company leaders to be transparent and less than half think they listen. Why trust will be a make-or-break issue in 2024
Are outdoor offices the future? The Nordics lead the way
Working outdoors would be considered a novelty for most of us, but research from Scandinavia suggests that more effort should be put into making it the norm
Psychology as a tool to manage mental resilience in the workplace
Just as people get given a computer to facilitate their work, so they should also receive tools to manage their mental health in the workplace, argues psychologist Sofia Viotti
