Category: Featured
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Rowena Wood: How managers can use coaching to help employees transition back to work
This last year has been without precedent. Everyone from health care professionals and government officials to individuals have made massive efforts to help us return to normal life as summer approaches. There has been a momentous paradigm shift as society has pulled together under the ‘new normal’ to bring us to where we are now.…
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Companies need to change how they engage with people with disabilities: here’s how
There are more than eight million working age disabled people in the UK. Yet only 54% of them are in employment compared with 82% of non-disabled people. “A lot of UK businesses don’t realise that people with disabilities can bring a lot of value to their organisation,” commented Pippa Stacey, Communications Consultant for Astriid, a…
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Mental Health First Aid launches courses to support staff mental wellbeing
A recent article by Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) shed light on the staggering effects of the pandemic on mental wellbeing. In general, 60% of adults have said that their mental health has deteriorated due to the stress and anxiety caused by the pandemic, according to a study by Mind. Young people have been especially…
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How companies are addressing employee mental wellbeing during the pandemic
2020 has been difficult for many people, for a vast array of reasons. The global pandemic has led to economic and social disruption, along with a surge in unemployment. Many of those in employment have had to quickly adapt, often working from home where possible, which has affected employee mental wellbeing.
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Rowena Wood, Transformational Coach: How a pandemic changed how we view our world and what that means for coaching
Unprecedented. Pandemic. Lockdown. Hands. Face. Space. Words that we didn’t expect to use in our normal everyday vocabulary at the beginning of the year. Nor did we expect to see history being made. Have so many people ever been as invested in a common global scientific effort such as producing a vaccine?
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Unpacking one of the great leadership development tools: self-awareness
Self-awareness has long been considered one of the essential skills for leadership development and rightfully so. It has been associated with an increase in self-confidence and creativity as well as improved communication and decision-making, all of which are necessary for efficient leadership.
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Diversity Quotas: Are they key to a more inclusive workplace?
2020 has been an eye-opening year about diversity for many, with the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement gaining international attention and raising some serious questions about racially motivated violence against black people and police brutality. The video of the death of George Floyd spread across the World within hours and this was one of the…
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Adeola Onasanwo, Founder of Pink Dynasty: Companies should become more proactive and less reactive, it is imperative that they do their best to dismantle discriminatory systems
In order to show support for movements such as #BlackLivesMatter, businesses…
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How to find work after a health condition leaves you long-term unemployed
Looking for any job can be daunting, especially if you have been long-term unemployed for a while due to a health condition. Mistreatment in previous work, lack of understanding or simply not using your skills can knock confidence and make the whole process seem difficult. If your health condition has majorly impacted the type of…
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Leonard Rizoiu, Managing Partner, leoHR: Learn about the skills employers will continue to value in the post-pandemic workplace
The Covid-19 pandemic has brought on many changes in the world of business. Organisations will not operate in exactly the same ways as before and project management will also look differently. Some things have not changed, however. When it comes to recruitment, there is a set of skills that will not be missing from the…