How to blow the doors off 2025

How to blow the doors off 2025

What will you do differently next year?  I was taught that it is trite to start an article with ‘in these volatile, unpredictable and challenging times,’ but in this case, I’ll make an exception.  All we can control is where we focus our time and energy, and our...
Why is your colleague so lazy?

Why is your colleague so lazy?

Help! I’ve got a lazy colleague who doesn’t pull his weight.  The only deadline he’s interested in is 5.30, when he’s out the door, leaving the rest of us to finish the work.  He looks busy and is on Teams all day, but he doesn’t do much. This was...
Do you take on too much?

Do you take on too much?

Read this before you organise the Christmas party all by yourself One of the ways HR departments judge the engagement of their workforce is by measuring what’s called discretionary effort.  This is how people get involved above and beyond their regular...