Staff Wellbeing

The members of the University and College Union (UCU) and King’s College London (KCL) UNISON announced that they will take strike action for several days during February and March. …

We shouldn’t be surprised after a few years, if someone laughs at us by saying “Did you really spend 2 hours or more using public transportation, or your private vehicle with bumper-to-bumper traffic, just to go and sit at the same desk for 8–10 hours every day, to get your…

Modern workspaces and work-lives are rife with mental, emotional, and physical challenges, no matter what profession you look at. For example, the average sedentary office worker spends most of the day hunched over a computer keyboard, eyes fixed on the glow from the screen, and tense with chronic stress, worry…

A little over a year ago, work and home were different physical places for most of us. They were separated by a journey. They looked different, felt different. Even with the ties of technology, they were distinct. Now, the “office” is under the lid of the laptop in our kitchens…

How best to handle everything from staff wellbeing to organisational policies and the physical environment, and how such requirements are likely to change as the business grows. I switched from Corporate and Public sector senior roles to set up my own business consultancy just over 2 years ago to continue…

A few weeks ago, I argued the case that “care is not a luxury” when it comes to looking after your employees. A business is only as great as the people working in it, and it’s your job as a leader to look after those people. I wrote, at somewhat…