Widening the Net on Workplace Well-being: How to Safeguard Employees Against Disruptive Office Noise
By Dorthe Krogh Jensen
Dorthe Krogh Jensen, VP of Global Marketing at EPOS, explains why leaders need to tackle workplace noise that affects employee health,...
The Interconnection Between Motivation, Emotion, and Group Dynamics
By Dr. Monika Klein and Dr. Anna Rostomyan
Monika Klein and Anna Rostomyan consider the intricate relationship between motivation, emotion, and group dynamics within creative...
Flexible Public Holiday Arrangements: An Example of an Efficiency Wage
By Fabrizio Carmignani and Ambika Zutshi
Workers value flexibility, as it provides them with a better work/life balance among other things. Hence the advantage of...
A Winning Deal: How Biculturals Can Supercharge Your International Business Negotiations
By Priyan Khakhar and Jasmina Najjar
Transform how you approach international business negotiations with new findings that provide a novel contribution to the field. Discover...
Arrogance, Hubris, and Narcissism: The Overconfident Leader
By Adrian Furnham
There is Freudian psychological and psychiatric business literature on narcissism. We are now used to discussing our politicians as well as business...
The 5 Most Important Recruitment Questions for 2024 … Answered
By Dr Helmut Schuster and Dr David Oxley
Whatever challenges your company faces in 2024, people will be at the heart of the solution. But...
Fostering Success: The Power of Compassionate Workplaces
Interview with Dr Bruno Roque Cignacco
Bruno Cignacco, author of The Art of Compassionate Business, delves into the transformative power of nurturing a supportive and caring...
How to Empower Your Team and Free Yourself to Lead as a Startup Founder
By Syed Balkhi
As a startup founder, your role is diverse and challenging.
From investor relations to customer service, your tasks can often seem endless.
And that’s...
The Passive-Aggressive Individual
By Adrian Furnham
You must have met a few or maybe you are working with one right now. Who are passive-aggressive individuals and what makes...
The Management Skills Needed for the Future
By Federico Frattini
In the face of contemporary challenges, today's managers confront a dynamic landscape shaped by climate change, geopolitical tensions, and relentless technological advancements....
The Financial Sector’s Guide to Employee Wellbeing
By Sarah Henson
As the year begins and we start to plan for 2024, many are setting resolutions, perhaps considering how they can prioritise health...
Bridging the Political Divide – Workplace Dilemmas in a Polarised Era
By Grishma Jashapara
Would you consider working for or hiring someone whose political or ideological convictions not only conflict with your own but also cause...
Have You Ever Met a Psychopath? The Anatomy of the Corporate Psychopath
By Adrian Furnham
When we think of psychopaths, we think of blood-thirsty crazed killers who spend their lives in chains at maximum security prisons after...
Why Culture is the Ultimate Business Symptom and NOT a Root Cause of a...
By Jim Vaselopulos
When we think of medical symptoms, fever, chills, or nausea might come to mind. But what about business symptoms? These “problems”, more...
Doing it Right by Putting Humans First: Interview with Paul Evans
Paul Evans and his friends founded software specialists Mindera with the emphasis on thinking of everyone else – clients, employees, and society – first....
A Beauty Premium and a Plainness Penalty: Attractiveness at Work
By Adrian Furnham
Are physically attractive people seriously advantaged at work?
Are they more likely to be selected, promoted, and given higher salaries? Does being physically...
Collaboration, Wellbeing, and Technology Solutions are at the Core of the Hybrid Office
By Dorthe Krogh Jensen
Dorthe Jensen, VP, Global Marketing at EPOS talks about navigating the hybrid working landscape and how businesses can use technology and...
How to Empower Your Employees to Adopt a Conscious Entrepreneurial Mindset
By Vlatka Ariaana Hlupic
Until recently, the concept of a compassionate and collaborative leader was regarded as an exception rather than the norm. But with...
Richard Glen Allison Explores How Ethical Leadership Shapes Corporate Reputation
In today's business world, companies and organizations are not only judged by how much profit they make or how successful they are in their...
5 Signs Your Employee is Ready for a Promotion
By Syed Balkhi
Do you want to know what signs to look for when an employee is ready for a promotion? If so, you’re in...
The Evolution of Remote and Hybrid Work
By Alanah Mitchell
This article discusses the influence and impact of the pandemic on today’s work environments. Ideas and insights for designing workspaces and adopting...
Why Many Modern Psychology Test Publishers Fail
By Adrian Furnham
In the midst of the razzmatazz surrounding AI, we hear a lot about its potential for the recruitment process. But is it...
The Future of Talent Acquisition: How Recruiting Agencies are Shaping the European Job Market
Recruiting agencies are playing a pivotal role in shaping the European job market, and their influence is set to grow in the future. As...
Meditation in the Workplace: A Guide to Benefits and Integration
By Emil Bjerg, editor and journalist of The European Business Review
Meditation has gotten a lot of attention in the workplace in recent years, and...
The Global Quest For Talent: The Prospects Are … Mixed
Interview with Executive Director for Global Indices at INSEAD, Bruno Lanvin
It's well known that, to be effective in any undertaking, you first have to...
Talent Development: Investing In Employee Growth And Success
Organizations that invest in talent development are setting themselves up for long-term success. Providing employees with opportunities to learn, grow and develop new skills...
Can You Teach Leadership?
By Adrian Furnham
Can leadership be taught or is it an innate talent? This age-old question has been the topic of many debates in the...
Tyrant Leadership: Putin and the Psychology of Power
By John Taylor and Adrian Furnham
Vladimir Putin appears to be firmly in control of his country, able to bend it to his will and...
Digital Upskilling, Gender Equality, and Leadership in Tech-Driven Organizations
By David De Cremer
Renowned leadership expert John C. Maxwell (2007) is often quoted saying “Everything rises and falls on leadership.” This quote underscores the...
Authenticity at Work: Be Honest, is it a Good Thing?
By Adrian Furnham
It is often said that honesty is the best policy. But if we apply that maxim invariably and unquestioningly, does that automatically...
Revolutionizing Learning and Development of Talent With Custom Elearning Development
Introduction
Custom-developed eLearning is becoming increasingly popular as a tool for employee development. It is an impersonal way of learning for the employee and increases...
Am I Being My Best Self? Building Your Emotional Intelligence at Work – ...
By Carolyn Stern
The archetypes of the screaming team leader, the oversharing colleague, or the coworker who never looks people in the eye are so...
You Thought Performance Appraisal Was Bad? Get Ready for Worse.
By Yalcin Acikgoz
Performance appraisals have always been surrounded by thorny issues of fairness and impartiality. In the post-pandemic work era, there is now a...
AI Revolutionaries are at the Gates of Your Organization’s HR Department
By Andy Charlwood and Nigel Guenole
AI has been widely tipped as a powerful potential asset in the field of human resources – particularly recruitment,...
New Outlook, New Educational Curricula And Proactivity
By Dr Mario Raich, Dr Kristine Marin Kawamura, Dr Simon L. Dolan, Dr Paweł Rowiński and Mr Claudio Cisullo
PART II: Towards A Visionary Prescriptive Transformation...
Laugh and the World Complains to HR: Humour at Work
By Adrian Furnham
But it was just “workplace banter”! Another pale, stale, frail male attempts to defend himself against a range of accusations of “inappropriateness”...
Business Reactions to Roe v Wade Highlight Well-Intentioned but Misaligned HR Practices
By Michelle Gyimah
In the face of SCOTUS overturning Roe vs Wade, companies have realised they need to act. In a world where the impact...
Make Hiring a Delightful Employee Experience
How to upgrade your employer brand to attract and retain the best talent
By Avi Liran
As the war for talent intensifies, creating a Delightful Employee...
Managing People’s Talent with Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence leadership goes beyond technology
By Prof. Guido Stein, IESE Business School and Alberto Barrachina, Research Assistant
For companies, the COVID-19 pandemic has underscored the...
Foresight as a Management Tool
By Svyatoslav Biryulin
“The future is already here. It is not evenly distributed yet.”
William Gibson, an American-Canadian fiction writer
The Black Mirror series and some other movies...
What’s Involved in a Pre-Employment Testing
Pre-employment testing is an assessment used by employers to identify candidates who have the skills and qualities needed for a specific job. There are...
Personality Tests: A Tool for Making a Productive Team
By Kate Parish
The majority of large organizations use personality tests in one variation or another. They help select the best candidates and improve the...
4 Recruitment Trends We’re Expecting to Catch On in 2022
One of the most important things a business needs to be successful is top talent. Many businesses have made a habit of finding and...
Trust, Treason and Treachery: The Psychology of Spying
By Adrian Furnham and John Taylor
“In the world of intelligence, it is trust not betrayal which dominates the mindset”
What exactly do spies do? What...
The Art of Discovery Questions in Hiring: How to Ensure you are Asking Candidates...
By Allison Todd
The last time I checked, no one exactly enjoys the hiring process. Combing through countless applicants, weeding out the unqualified, interviewing the few...
Acing Job Interviews: Why Employers Use Psychometric Tests and How to Prepare
You have an upcoming interview and learn that the recruiting company relies on psychometric tests in its assessments. What are psychometric tests? High school...
5 Qualities of a Great HR Support Expert
Human resource managers can't offer the right HR services all the time for businesses looking to succeed, especially if they don’t have the qualities...
5 Ways to Keep Your Workforce Running Strong
It is vital to keep your workforce running strong as a business owner. This means ensuring that your employees are happy and productive. If...
Navigating Tricky Conflict Resolutions: How To Stop a Chris Rock vs. Will Smith From...
Last Sunday’s night Oscar altercation is worth more than 10 Teen Choice Awards.
ICYMI: In what can only be described as a surreal public cross...
What Is Employee Fraud? Tips on Spotting the Red Flags and How to Prevent...
By Jenna Bunnell
Trust is an extremely important element for every business. Without confidence in your colleagues, you’ll fail to work effectively as a...
