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Launch of the new Evolve Workplace Wellbeing online toolkit

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The University of East Anglia and RAND Europe have just launched a toolkit of free, evidence-informed workplace wellbeing resources to help businesses evolve their workplace wellbeing approach and thrive. Dr Helen Fitzhugh explains how there is something useful for every manager and HR professional in the toolkit, however far on the workplace wellbeing journey their […]

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Let’s Talk – Encouraging Balanced Contributions In Team Meetings.

Managing people

In this blog, Dr Daría Hernández and Professor Jeremy Dawson discuss the communication challenges facing teams  working remotely during the current pandemic and propose easy steps organisations can follow to improve employees’ team working skills. During the Covid-19 pandemic many of us have been forced to work from home. If this has been challenging for

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CIPD People Profession Survey

Managing people

Are you an in-house practitioner or independent consultant working in the HR/people profession? Then we’d like to hear about the key aspects and challenges in your work. By completing the CIPD annual People Profession Survey in association with Workday and sharing your experiences and opinions, you’ll help us to create an accurate snapshot of the people profession

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Why Problem Solving with Union and Employee Representatives Works

Managing people

In this blog Debbie Sanders from Make Work Better argues that problem solving is a powerful tool for organisations to learn and use with its employee representatives and union representatives. She argues that if supported by the leaders of both unions and organisations, problem solving can lead to longer lasting, positive change. In my experience,

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Work Engagement in Practice

Engaging employees

PrOPEL Hub Knowledge Exchange Associate Nicola Murray explores what work engagement means and how it can support business recovery post COVID-19. Taking an Evidence-Based Approach In recent years, ‘employee engagement’ has become somewhat of a buzzword with an array of different definitions and an even wider range of associated claims and promises. This isn’t very

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Diversity In The British Workplace: Are We Managing?

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In the latest blog in our series exploring managerial capability, Peter Urwin and Emma Parry reflect on the lessons arising from diversity and inclusion research for management practice.  They consider how the pandemic has exacerbated existing inequalities and explore the value in moving away from an emphasis on particular divisions in the workplace. The UK

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Why Unions Value Good Managers

Managing people

As part of our blog series exploring links between conflict management and productivity, Sue Ferns, Deputy General Secretary at Prospect, provides a trade union perspective on the importance of managerial capability. It’s not difficult to find reports or surveys that conclude UK managers are ill-equipped to lead and get the best from their staff. Managers

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