Leadership

Around 1.5 million people turned out to support London Pride and UK Black Pride this year. It is encouraging to see an increasing number of organisations from PwC to Tesco and Barclays join the parade and fly the rainbow flag in support of the LGBT+ community. As a society, we have made great progress on both mental health and LGBT+ issues over…

Rob Orr is Executive Director at Virgin Media Business, one of the UK’s leading communications providers, responsible for leading the enterprise, public sector, wholesale, SME and SI Channel businesses. He has over 20 years of experience in the technology sector, including past experience at Samsung Electronics, BT and Vodafone. A…

Burnout is a health hazard in the workplace. Paul Friday, Director of Strategic Relationships at leading HR and payroll provider MHR explores how HR can help protect employees from stress before it spirals out of control. Be honest… do you ever dread going to work? Do work worries hang over you all weekend to the point where you can’t relax or…

It’s not uncommon to see businesses operating endless product cycles in which they constantly push out new products or services of varying qualities to widely undefined target markets. While this might work for big corporations like Google (think Google Hangouts, Google+), in order to grow, the majority of businesses should avoid falling into the…

Many of us don’t think of ourselves as entrepreneurs. Or if we do, we feel more like accidental entrepreneurs. I certainly fall into the latter category. I run a Group of Companies in the heart of industrial Manchester and am responsible for almost 50 people. Our businesses are made up of print management company Print Search, creative and…

The workforce of the future has become a prominent topic of conversation amongst businesses in the last few years, and small and midsize organisations are no exception. Workforce dynamics are set to change a considerable amount in the coming years. As mobile technology continues to advance at such an impressive rate, it’s improving the way…

Across many organisations there is maturing and passionate support for LGBTQ+ people, whether it's sponsored floats during Pride, an active LGBTQ+ resource group or rainbow lanyards worn by supportive colleagues.

One of the biggest potential challenges that any organisation may face is effectively managing relationship issues within its workforce. Why? The negative impact can be detrimental to success.

As more businesses invest in surveillance technology to monitor and track employees in the workplace, questions are raised around whether the benefits override growing concerns around digital ethics, and if employers truly understand the privacy implications.