As the UK establishes its plan to relax the lockdown measures and reduce restrictions, businesses are looking to create plans for the return to a new normal.
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3 Tips for Managers in Mental Health Awareness Week
The Mental Health Awareness Week arrived in the UK under very different circumstances for businesses this year. As a week that managers often use to gauge the mental health of their teams, and address any issues they may be working through, the sudden shift in working patterns has disrupted this practice for many at a time when staff might be needing support the most.
Continue readingAccessing mental health support during COVID-19
Since the coronavirus outbreak, many people are finding their mental health and wellbeing affected in previously unforeseen ways. For many, the pandemic has brought about feelings of anxiety, stress and loneliness, while others are dealing with additional worries around finances and employment, or coping with bereavement.
Continue readingTips for Leading Virtual Meetings
Running efficient meetings can be a difficult task under the best of circumstances. When all attendees are remote and reliant on technology, the challenge can be even greater. Here are tips for how you can help ensure your virtual meeting runs smoothly.
Continue readingHow to boost your professional skills during the lockdown
As we all settle into new ways of remote working and collaborating, now is a good time to take stock of which professional skills you have that increase your value as an employee, and which skills may need to be updated to meet changing demands.
Continue readingSafely Back to Work
As UK businesses begin to prepare for the end of the lockdown, we want to ensure you and your organisation have the necessary tools to implement a successful and safe return to a new normal. Our latest Safely Back to Work guide provides an overview of collected measures and best practice health and safety protocols, that can be used to support a safe return to workplaces throughout the UK when the time is right.
Continue reading10 Secrets and Lies of Remote-Work Cyber Security
Here’s something to think about: When was the last time you changed the password on your home router? Given that only 7% of people ever do this, increasing the number of remote-workers is opening a gateway to your data, systems and ultimately, your organisation.
Continue readingHow to excel at video interviewing
Job-seeking looks different these days. With businesses practicing social distancing as much as possible, traditional interviews have morphed into virtual exchanges, with video taking centre stage. Here are ways to master the “new normal” of virtual interviews.
Continue readingOur New Normal: Managing Your Remote Workforce
Our entire global business has transformed since March, with 80% of our workforce shifting to remote working in just 10 days. And we’ve seen and supported many of our clients to do the same thing.
Continue readingWhat Comes Next? Looking to the Future of Work
As we begin to see countries around the world starting to relax their lockdown measures and reduce restrictions, businesses are beginning to create plans for a return to a new normal. Early waves from South Korea and Singapore, and now New Zealand, the Nordics, Spain, Italy and others are planning how to ease thousands of employees safely back to work in the coming weeks and months, providing businesses in the UK with the opportunity to learn from examples globally.
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