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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Cisco introduces regular check-ins during Covid-19 pandemic
Employee Benefits Reset 2020: Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, Cisco has introduced a weekly check-in meeting for all of its 70,000 global employees.On the third day of the Employee Benefits Reset online series on 7 October, Shelia Champion-Smeeth, global head of wellbeing and people at Cisco, discussed what ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Zurich UK to discuss embracing flexible-working at EB Reset 2020
EXCLUSIVE: Emma Francis, diversity and inclusion lead at insurance organisation Zurich UK will discuss how businesses, have and can, further adapt to flexible working among their workforce at Employee Benefits Reset 2020.The strategy session titled ‘Embracing flexible working’ will take place at 2.30pm on Monday 5 October in the first ...
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Article67% of staff are looking forward to connecting with colleagues when returning to the office
Just over two-thirds (67%) employees in the UK are most looking forward to communicating with their fellow colleagues when returning to the office, according to research by CIPHR.The study of 1,000 UK employees, published in September 2020, also found that over half (53%) are looking forward to free food and ...
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ArticleHomeserve signs Race at Work charter to improve workplace equality
Emergency repairs and improvements organisation Homeserve has signed the Race at Work charter, committing to address the issues that ethnic minority employees face in the workplace.The race charter, which has been developed in partnership with the UK government and business outreach charity Business in the Community (BITC), has set out ...
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Supplier articleKeeping race on the agenda
The recent Black Lives Matter protests and wider civil rights movements have brought the topic of race and racism into the foreground throughout society. To help maintain this momentum, clinical psychologist Dr Fabienne Palmer outlines how employers and business leaders can continue conversations about race equality in ...
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Supplier articleHow to craft blog headlines for effective employee communications
For many businesses, blogs are an essential channel to relay important company updates and news to their employees. In the age of COVID-19, this has become increasingly important as businesses around the world are dealing with dispersed workforces, with a mix of remote workers and frontline employees. But what is ...
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Supplier articleApproaching difficult conversations in the workplace
Like it or not, offices can’t always be harmonious places to work. At some point you’ll need to address an issue with a colleague, but what’s the best way to handle this? According to the Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most book by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton and ...
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Supplier articleMass redundancies: How HR can make the hardest conversations better
Let’s get things out in the open: Your business may be facing an impossible situation. And sometimes those impossible situations lead to bad news for your employees, such as redundancies.This bad news – telling someone something they do not want to hear is not what people in HR like doing. ...
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Supplier articleWhy cultural fitness is key to improving company culture
With so many competing priorities on leaders’ to-do lists every day, it’s tempting to leave culture on the back burner while we focus our attention on more immediate or urgent tasks. But if you’re thinking, 'she’ll be alright,' know this: Nothing tests company culture more than crisis, uncertainty or change ...
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Jennifer Hill: Making a return to the workplace
As lockdown is relaxed throughout the Covid-19 (Coronavirus), employers need to plan carefully for employees’ return to the workplace to accommodate for effective communication, wellbeing, and healthcare.Crucially, employees should continue to work from home if they can, and employers should take all reasonable steps to help employees to do so.Employers ...
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Supplier articleCut through the noise: Communications to reach your remote workers
When the world of work has gone remote, trying to cut through the noise of daily emails, Zoom notifications, and social media is daunting. Under these circumstances, it is even more important for employers to be able to reach their people. So, how can we get more from our communications ...
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Supplier articleThe delicate balancing act of engaging furloughed and non-furloughed employees
In the course of the pandemic, businesses everywhere have been forced to make difficult decisions to ensure their future. While we’ve seen many close their doors either permanently or temporarily, others have used the support from the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (aka the Furlough Scheme) to preserve jobs and cash ...
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Supplier articleBusy Bees Benefits: Managing Our Way Out of COVID-19
Employee benefits provider Busy Bees Benefits believe that returning businesses to full economic activity will be a difficult task that requires business leaders to use their ingenuity.As business leaders, you need to make sure that you take the right steps to ensure the health, safety and wellbeing of your employees ...
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Supplier articleCommunications in a crisis
Gethin Nadin, Director, Employee Wellbeing, BenefexRecently, I caught up with Sian Myers – Culture Transformation Director at property developer, Countryside – to talk about how to handle communications in a crisis like the Coronavirus pandemic. Throughout our discussion, Sian honestly and sensitively shared her experiences of guiding her employees through ...
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ArticleConfessions of a benefits manager: Candid gets to grips with online meetings
I am about ready to throw something at someone; only there is no one here because I am working at home. Most of the office is working from home just now. Big Bad Boss has scheduled weekly catch up calls so we don’t ‘lose touch’. I don’t know about losing ...
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Supplier articleFinding your North Star: Why company purpose matters more than ever
Right now we are all faced with extraordinary challenges and for some, those challenges will be life changing. In a matter of weeks the way we do business has been turned on its head.Because of this we are working to manage multiple scenarios that many have never encountered before. ...
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Supplier articleNew webinar: 8 ways to cultivate connection, culture and productivity
Having spent the last few months prioritising crisis management and business continuity, HR Changemakers are now shifting their focus to the next phase of work. How do leaders connect with and engage employees to manage change, while strengthening trust, morale and productivity?During this webinar, you will learn how to:? Provide ...
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Supplier articleCoronavirus has shown employers that online is more important than ever
The Covid-19 pandemic has already had far-reaching effects on businesses everywhere. Whether in the Americas or Eurasia, the financial and economic consequences are immense, from mass furloughing of employees in the travel industry, to bankruptcy among retail companies. It’s clear we will be seeing the economic impact of coronavirus for ...
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Supplier articleA manager’s guide to onboarding remote employees
Employee onboarding and induction sets the tone for an employee’s experience with your organisation. And in times of crises, this is arguably more important. Onboarding remote employees isn’t something we’re necessarily used to, but we need to make sure our people have the best experience possible, no matter where they ...
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Supplier articleHow to manage writer’s block when creating employee communications
So, you’ve started a blog to keep your people up-to-date during the Covid-19 pandemic, but you’re not sure what to write about? If the messages I’m receiving from our clients are true, I can assure you that you’re not alone.First, I want to say how great it is that you ...