Shutterstock When it comes to driving results and getting the best from your people, your managers are crucial. Therefore, it is so important that any managerial underperformance in your organisation is addressed and not ignored. Managing a manager’s performance can be a complex and high-risk process if you do not get it right. Expectations around
Organisations tend to evaluate their success by performance metrics. These metrics capture tangible, measurable outputs — how much, how fast, how profitably — that connect directly to the bottom line or ROI. But as most CEOs know, performance, no matter how you measure it, depends on something less often quantified: executive effectiveness. And given the
Almost half of frontline workers could not ‘put a face to a name’ of HQ staff sending communications Shutterstock A third of frontline workers feel disconnected from their colleagues working in headquarters, according to research by SafetyCulture. The operations platform company commissioned YouGov to poll workers in the UK, US and Australia on whether they
Since the recovery from the financial crisis, nominal wage growth in the eurozone has been sluggish. This is often attributed to weaker trade unions. But wage growth in real terms is higher now than it was before the crisis. We expect a decline in 2022, but real wages will grow in 2023, although probably only
We must ensure young people have the skills necessary to access our ever-changing labour market, and to thrive within it. Right now, one of the most pressing concerns for City businesses is a shortage of workers with the right skills. According to research by London Councils, almost a quarter of all vacancies in the capital
Shutterstock Almost half of workers feel working from home has dimished the feeling of ‘belonging’ to an organisation, highlighting the scale of the challenge that employers face in ensuring someone feels part of their culture. On the whole, UK workers feel they are treated well by their employer (58% quite well and 27% very well),
A new report said rapid change in the jobs market is expected this decade. Lorry drivers The main impact of the drive to green the UK’s economy will be to change existing jobs rather than to destroy them, a new report has said. The biggest challenge will be to make sure that low and mid-skilled
Sharecast / iSAW Company via Pixabay The UK unemployment rate unexpectedly rose in the three months to April for the first time in a year, while vacancies remained at record levels and wages fell at the fastest rate in a decade. According to data released on Tuesday by the Office for National Statistics , the
Nearly two million people claimed working from home tax relief in 2021/22 but millions more are eligible and can receive backdated payments. Here’s how you can claim up to £250. At the height of the pandemic and amid the national lockdowns, anyone who could was asked to work from home to curb the spread of
The kitchen table, a hastily cleared corner of the living room, or for the lucky ones, a spare bedroom where we could set up a desk and second screen (the unlucky ones got an ironing board). We all made do during the pandemic when it came to working from home. Now though, as remote and
