Engaging in Corporate Culture in time of Crisis Corporate culture can be defined as the company’s personality. It is the collection of critical behaviours, feelings, beliefs and way of thinking that impacts positively the company’s productivity. As a combination of instinctive repetitive behaviours and emotional responses, corporate culture engages employees and makes [...]
Coronavirus Is Affecting Companies Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has made headlines around the world and is now hitting Europe harder than ever. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), it is “an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered coronavirus.” WHO also stated that those infected “will experience mild to moderate respiratory illness and [...]
Why Are Managers Essential in Any Transformation Journey? Managers have a key role in the workplace, being responsible for several and demanding tasks such as hiring and managing workers, developing employees, monitoring work performance and productivity, etc. Thus, they need to have specific skills/abilities if they want to be successful. For instance, [...]
Toxic Workplace Nowadays, burnout and stressful situations are extremely common at work. According to ‘The Workforce View in Europe 2018’ study, one in five European workers suffers from work-related stress. In some cases, this is due to toxic work environments. Therefore, it is important to know how to identify a toxic workplace. For [...]
Adaptability Skills Globalisation, digitalisation, automatization, the internet and many other things have changed our reality. In an evolving and constant changing world, the key is to not stop. More than before, we are now forced to improve ourselves, strengthen our skills/abilities and stand out from others, especially at work. Thus, adaptability skills are crucial in today’s workforce. Adaptability is a soft skill that shows our capacity [...]
People Analytics Workers are the most valuable asset of companies and the core of them. Thus, employers try to invest in workers’ satisfaction, productivity and employee experience to have a happy and healthy workforce and reduce turnover rates. People analytics is a strategy that can help in this. But what is it exactly? [...]
Business Storytelling Since our childhood, stories have naturally captivated us. It was never just about the story but also about the way it was told. Now that we are older, we may have never considered it, but storytelling can strengthen work performance, improve communication skills, help to be persuasive, engage and inspire others. [...]
International Women's Day International Women’s Day is celebrated on March 8th. According to the International Women’s Day website, this day aims to “celebrate women's achievement, raise awareness against bias and take action for equality.” Since the beginning of the 20th century, many protests/strikes have taken place against the oppression/discrimination women face to [...]
Job Searching Effectively Employees know how demanding and frustrating job searching can be: apply for many vacancies and have no answers. In a 2018 survey by Clutch, 43% of respondents stated that their job search took over 3 months. However, there are strategies that you can adopt to boost the search and get [...]
How to cope with stress at work Workers are under great pressure: constant solicitations, e-mails, meetings and distractions in the workplace. Many employees are drowning. Without free time away from work, to spend on their own or with family/friends, the work-life balance is at stake. Companies must adopt strategies to help [...]
