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November 25, 2020

Wellbeing. Troubleshooting. Impartiality. Our three essentials for reimagined HR

“Here comes HR.” How do most people react when they hear that? Happiness? Relief? Wariness? Dread? Respect?  We talk about objectification of people, bu...
Byrne Dean
Mental health & wellbeing
Behaviour at work
Culture & change
November 24, 2020

How to avoid Priti fine messes (part 2) – how not to investigate

It is not easy being in HR, ER, Legal or Compliance when you are doing an investigation. You are doing your utmost to walk a tightrope in a gale, while ...
Byrne Dean
Behaviour at work
Culture & change
November 23, 2020

It isn't all about resilience

Last week I had a little wobble. Something that in itself wasn’t that big a deal set me off and I felt anxious and scared for a little while, and I crie...
Richard Martin
Martin
Mental health & wellbeing
November 20, 2020

How to avoid Priti fine messes (part 1) – we need a modern approach to bullying & harassment allegations

So, on the last day of Anti-Bullying Week, the government’s standards chief Sir Alex Allan has found that the Home Secretary Priti Patel breached the Mi...
Byrne Dean
Behaviour at work
Culture & change
Leadership
November 18, 2020

Being ready to call things out

I recently saw this Harvard Business Review article which explores the potentially uncomfortable but important task of public allyship and calling out i...
Helen Dallimore
Dallimore
Culture & change
Equity, diversity & inclusion
November 16, 2020

Workplace bullying & harrassment in the age of Covid

Given that Covid-19 prevents us being in the office in close proximity with our colleagues, you’d think that, on the face of it, there’d be less opportu...
Byrne Dean
Behaviour at work
Culture & change
November 13, 2020

A tale of two kitties - for World Kindness Day

We have two cats. Both rescue cats. One of them, (Bee) we took in as an eight-week-old kitten; the other (Cassie) was about 13 months old when we adopte...
Byrne Dean
Behaviour at work
November 3, 2020

Remember remember the 4th of November...

The nursery rhyme is, of course, actually about the 5th of November - gunpowder, treason and plot and all that; Guy Fawkes failing to bring the country ...
Richard Martin
Martin
Mental health & wellbeing
October 21, 2020

Cultural fit, Recruitment and cricket; getting uncomfortable pays

I’m doing a lot of work with clients looking to make their selection and hiring processes more inclusive. Something I say often is that systemic discrim...
Matt Dean
Dean
Culture & change
Equity, diversity & inclusion
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