Work Culture Blogs

Work Culture Blogs

The People Leading Your Employees Score Below Average on Empathy

There is an assumption baked into almost every conversation about workplace culture and employee wellbeing. The assumption is that the people promoted into management positions are, broadly speaking...

Trust in Managers Collapsed 37% in Two Years. Your Employees Felt Every Point of That Drop.

There is a number that should be sitting at the top of every leadership agenda in every organisation right now. It is not an engagement score. It is not a retention rate. It is not a productivity...

42% of Your Employees Are Struggling Right Now. And They Will Never Tell You.

Think about the people on your team for a moment. The one who always shows up early. The one who volunteers for extra projects. The one who smiles through every meeting, replies to every message, and...

What Employee Disengagement Actually Costs You (The Number Most Leaders Never Calculate)

What Employee Disengagement Actually Costs You (The Number Most Leaders Never Calculate) Ask a CFO what a broken server costs the company, and they will have an answer in seconds. Downtime, lost...

The $150 Billion Problem Hiding in Plain Sight: Employee Presenteeism and What Your Dashboard Is Missing

The employee you should be worried about is not the one who called in sick. It is the one at their desk right now. Logged in. Attending the meeting. Replying to emails. Appearing, by every available...

The Question Google Asked That Most Leaders Are Still Afraid to Answer

There is a question sitting at the heart of every workplace that almost no organisation is formally asking. Not “are our people hitting their targets?” Not “are our teams...

Your Employees Are Not Fine. And Your Managers Don’t Know It Yet.

There is a silence spreading through the modern workplace. It doesn’t make headlines. It doesn’t show up in your quarterly review. But it is costing companies billions of dollars every...

Why Productivity Is Declining Despite Longer Hours

Work culture has changed drastically in the last decade. Remote work, digital tools, and constant connectivity were supposed to make people more efficient. Instead, many organizations are experiencing...

Why Performance Ratings Don’t Measure What You Think They Do (And What It Means for Workplace Culture)

Most people assume performance ratings are a clean reflection of how well someone is doing their job. Work hard, deliver results, get rated accordingly. Simple!   But research suggests something very...