May 23, 2023

At a recent event at Lancaster University Management School, I was asked to present a session for a group of talented students all about the workplace and how to manage people. They wanted to talk about the key challenges, insights and skills to look for in the ever changing world of work. It was refreshing to go back to the start and really think about what we need and what it could look like rather than try to navigate our current systems and frameworks. This is what we discussed:

May 10, 2023

This month we start a fresh financial year, our 20th ! We are truly excited about the current dramatic shifts in the world of work.  Over the last 3 years there has been so much change - initially it was responsive to a situation none of us had lived through before, and latterly there are more considered evolutions of how organisations can develop for the good of both the company and the employees that make the magic happen. These include a human centred employment relationship; positive hybrid working patterns anchored in outputs rather than presenteeism and business plans with sustainability and ESG at their heart.