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Six ways to improve internal communication
An organisation’s internal communication is something that has to be nailed down as quickly as possible. If not, employees and managers alike will soon find their emails and messages lost in the echo of a deep inbox. According to Towers Watson, companies that manage to implement effective communication practices…
Julia Hobsbawm on social health and the 'Age of Overload'
By identifying 'overload' as the word of the day, Julia Hobsbawm, an advisor to Guild, brings light to the dark underbelly of how today's workplaces function. We're connected and enabled by technology, we're flexible, we have data at our disposal. We're also distracted, dispersed, and overflowing with data. We spoke…
Why communities are the future for freelancers
Watercooler chat is part-and-parcel of our working days. But for freelancers, this doesn’t happen as naturally. Although freelancers benefit from more autonomy over their working patterns and the flexibility of working from anywhere, there is a big downside. It can be lonely. Freelancers don’t have office colleagues, so…
How businesses can build trust in the future
Public trust is in short supply in today’s fake-news era. So, trusted companies are lightyears ahead of the competition with better customer and employee loyalty as a result. To make it in the future, gaining trust needs to be a board-level priority. The 2019 Edelman Trust Barometer shows how…
Seven ways to bring out employee creativity
A workplace usually has a team framework that needs looking after, otherwise it will begin to go stale. As well as motivation and other factors, it is vital to create the optimum conditions for creativity in the workplace. Creativity is often noted as the spark which keeps the team functioning.…