5 real cases when short-term people decisions led to long-term costs and how to avoid them
In today’s fast-paced business world, the pressure to deliver immediate results can sometimes lead organizations, leaders, and managers to make shortsighted decisions that aim to maximize short-term results but create long-term costs and problems. We might call this ‘biting the hand that feeds you’, ‘cutting off your nose to spite your face’, or even ‘throwing […]
The Risks of Workplace Wellbeing or Mental Health Champions and Recommendations for Avoiding them
It has become increasingly popular to recruit current employees as Workplace Wellbeing/Mental Health Champions/Advocates/Ambassadors. However, before we all dive in to implement this latest trend, we must be aware that as with all initiatives of this nature, it comes with multiple potential risks, often in the form of unintended consequences that we need to be […]
As leaders, changing our perspective on our people challenges is critical to overcoming them.
I have the great privilege of delivering certified and non-certified leadership and development training in the GCC region. I meet a mix of leaders at different stages of their leadership journey. Some have been instructed to attend my courses, others have self-enrolled. Some are eager to learn and grow, others are more not yet ready. […]
A common first discussion with an organisation about workplace wellbeing goes like this.
๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ด๐ด๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป ๐ด๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป๐ด? ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐บ employees are struggling, ๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ช๐จ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ถ๐ด ๐ข๐ต ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต. ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ธ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐๐ถ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป๐ด? ๐๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฐ๐บ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ช๐ด๐ด๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ข๐ด ๐ง๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ด, ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ด, they have many bad habits. W๐ฆ’๐ท๐ฆ […]
Languishing leaders can’t get on top of the workplace wellbeing crisis. Tackling workplace wellbeing paradoxes – part 3
Workplace wellbeing paradox 3: Languishing leaders are struggling to prioritise workplace wellbeing. In this article we explore why leaders, who themselves are languishing, are finding it so hard to make wellbeing a priority in their organizations, and why this is creating a precarious downward spiral that few recognise the implications of. Multiple studies since the […]
The employees who need it least – are the one’s who engage the most. Tackling Workplace wellbeing paradoxes – part 2.
Workplace wellbeing paradox 2: The employees who engage with and are thus benefitting most from individual workplace wellbeing interventions are the ones who already make their wellbeing a priority. In this article we unpack the engagement issue and present some recommendations to avoid the most common pitfalls organizations fall into that leave a lot of […]
Despite decades of increased investment and maturing understanding employee wellbeing is in decline. Tackling workplace wellbeing paradoxes – Part 1
Throughout August, I will deep dive into one of the many workplace wellbeing paradoxes each week, helping you to better understand it and set about tackling it. Workplace wellbeing paradox number 1: Despite decades of increased investment and maturing understanding the wellbeing of the working population is in decline. It turns out the pandemic was […]
If organizations were people, they would be diagnosed with perpetual self-harm when it comes to retention
I often speak to HR professionals & leaders who talk about retention in the following way: โBobbi, all our great people keep leaving, we donโt know whatโs going on!?โ โBobbi, it doesnโt matter what we do, we just canโt reduce our staff turnoverโ. โBobbi, weโve really been a victim of The Great Resignationโ. Yes, they […]
There’s a silver bullet for prioritization in this article – enjoy!
The number of conflicting priorities facing leaders in the modern, VUCAH, business world is mind-boggling. I imagine many feel like they are set up to fail, and in many ways they are. Innovation, growth, sustainability, M&A, digitization, transformation, exit strategies, brand, upskilling, restructuring, regulation, cost-management, AI-integration, customer experience, new products, and the list goes on. […]
Can we really expect a 4-day week in the UAE?
In 2018, Andrew Barnes, CEO of Perpetual Guardian rigorously tested the relationship between time and productivity in the workplace with the support of leading academics from New Zealand and the UK. The results were so compelling that nations and organizations all over the world are now piloting and implementing the 4-day week or a version […]