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UK PR agency sees 70% growth one year on from four-day work week trial

A Gloucestershire-based PR agency is celebrating a successful year, one year after implementing a four-day working week, without cutting staff pay.

Upskilling: the key to employee wellbeing and skills gap

The Myers-Briggs Company advocates learning and upskilling to close the digital skills gap that continues to rise.

School Report on diversity: ‘could’ve tried harder,’ says Chime Specialist Group’s CEO

If Joanne Parker, CEO of the Chime Specialist Group (a division of Chime), were to receive a School Report on her efforts to drive diversity and inclusion in her workplace, like many CEO’s today, it would read ‘could do better’. Here she openly explains why, and her ambitions to be best in class.

The rise of presenteeism and its impact in the workplace

Lucinda Pullinger, Global Head of HR at Instant Offices, explores the rise and impact of presenteeism in the modern workplace

IKEA: gender equality is a fundamental human right

Sari Brody, Global Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Manager at Ingka Group (IKEA), reveals how the company’s strategy for gender equality and bridging the gender pay gap is having a positive impact around the world.

CISO: Why the role is no longer about working in ‘black’ and ‘white’

In the first of two features, we explore why working in ‘black and white’ is no longer an option for Jadee Hanson, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and VP of Information Systems, at leading data loss protection company Code42.

What great cultural competency and support looks like…in the workplace

For starters, it’s not just training. Cultural competency is about global communication skills, says influential training consultant Dean Foster.

Britain’s top execs clueless about Diversity and Inclusion

Only a third (34%) of Britain’s top execs know what their company’s Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) policy is, according to new research released today from global executive recruitment specialists, Page Executive.

Study highlights the lack of recognisable role models and women in STEM

UK workers in STEM struggle to name key role models in their industry and are more likely to recognise the Big Bang Theory’s Dr Sheldon Cooper over celebrated real-life scientists and mathematicians, highlights new research.

Diversity and Inclusion: Why we need to put the ‘I’ in team

Sarah Kirk, Global Diversity and Inclusion Director from global recruitment specialists, Michael Page, explains why we need to put the ‘I’ in team.