DEBATE: Who has the most to gain from tonight’s TV debate? November 19, 2019 Who has the most to gain from tonight’s TV debate: Boris Johnson or Jeremy Corbyn? Lauren McEvatt, managing director at Morpeth Consulting, says BORIS JOHNSON. The spectre of Theresa May’s decision to dodge the debate in 2017 looms in the minds of Conservative strategists. It was a move that proved her poor leadership. Just taking [...]
You just can’t keep the staff these days… November 18, 2019 As we enter the next phase in political campaigning, and Christmas parties are interrupted by the forthcoming election, HR departments might want to brace themselves for the next potential wave of uncertainty. According to 16,000 UK workers recently surveyed by Totaljobs and Universum, over half of employees expect to move jobs in the next 12 [...]
Will the Tories win the General Election? It’s all in the mind November 15, 2019 What can psychology tell us about the result of the General Election? Voting is irrational. You probably don’t need me to tell you that, seeing how crazy the political world has become recently. But it is an established principle in psychology, and it’s called the Paradox of Voting. Think about it. Why bother to vote [...]
Retraining course: The case for lifelong learning November 14, 2019 As the General Election race heats up, it was great to see the focus on adult skills and further education among the first announcements to be made by both the Liberal Democrats and the Labour party this week. Given that this area is often an afterthought by policymakers and politicians, long may this renewed focus [...]
DEBATE: Is ‘Equal Pay Day’ a valid part of the gender pay-gap debate? November 14, 2019 Is ‘Equal Pay Day’ a valid part of the gender pay-gap debate? Vivienne Artz, president of the industry networking group Women in Banking & Finance, says YES. What gets measured gets done. Equal Pay Day is calculated annually from the UK government’s datasets on the gender pay gap, and effectively represents the day each year [...]
Why pursuing my side hustle as a rally car driver helped me get promoted November 13, 2019 I expected my professional career to stall when I became a part-time rally car driver — but in fact, the opposite occurred. I have now worked at EY for a decade, and have been a rally car co-driver for nearly 17 years, managing a dual career with competing priorities. Shortly into my role as a [...]
FTSE 100 on track to meet target for women on boards November 13, 2019 The FTSE 100 is on track to meet a target of 33 per cent for women on boards by 2020, a government-backed report published today showed. However, a “step change” is still needed to boost the number of women in senior leadership roles at FTSE 350 companies, the Hampton-Alexander Review report said. Unless half of [...]
Time for firms to menopause for thought November 12, 2019 From 12-month statutory maternity leave to tackling the gender pay gap, the Labour party unveiled a package of proposals last week to transform the workplace for women. Among the lesser reported is a requirement that large employers have a menopause workplace policy in place. It is a positive sign that we are finally seeing politicians [...]
Meet our City A.M. PA Awards Judges – Leonid Shutov November 11, 2019 Leonid Shutov is the owner and CEO of Bob Bob Ricard and Bob Bob Cité Bob Bob Cité opened in the summer of this year after much anticipation – how have your first few months been? Very busy and very exciting – there is always much to do when a restaurant first opens. We have [...]
Meet our City A.M. PA Awards Judges – Lucy Chamberlain November 11, 2019 Lucy Chamberlain is the founder of C&C Search. In what ways do you deliver socially conscious business? We have a mission to give back, think locally, minimize hard, reduce our carbon footprint and collaborate with likeminded businesses and organisations. Its also about how we do business every day, it is about making choices aligned with [...]