Company Culture

📖 “𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙂𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙍𝙚𝙘𝙧𝙪𝙞𝙩𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙍𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙮 𝙍𝙖𝙘𝙚” tells the all-too-familiar tale of Talent Acquisition and Hiring Managers trying to pass the baton… and occasionally dropping it. If this bedtime story feels a bit too real - and gives you nightmares instead of sweet dreams - you’re not alone. 😉

We spend so much time with the people we work with that watching them go – whether they resign or are let go – can hit harder than we admit. Some of us put so much effort in how we welcome people in our company. But it's often forgotten or done quickly to say goodbye when they leave. So what should leadership say about the departure… and about the departed? In the workplace, transparency matters.   But how much is too much? What should be shared with their direct teammates, a

Shakespeare may not have imagined Zoom calls, but leaders today are still stuck with Hamlet’s dilemma: remote work, or not remote work?...

We all need   5 essentials   to thrive in any social environment, especially at work. David Rock’s   SCARF model   explains it perfectly:...

Companies focus so much on giving candidates a neat, fast, smooth process because they want top talent to want them. But here’s what I...

AI-generated image using OpenAI’s Sora This article is not quite a  fable de La Fontaine   – but it does have a shark, a moral, and a...

Community TV Show. The Dean unveiling the school flag… proudly. Unaware it’s wildly inappropriate. A perfect metaphor for the “polished...

A client recently asked me if I could run a workshop on workplace harassment. Hell yes, I can. This is a topic I care deeply about. Why?...

Some company cultures remind me of the little girls in horror movies. If you've seen one, you know exactly what I mean - quiet, harmless,...

I once applied to work at a very small organisation - so small that I would have been employee # 4. As I was questioning some of their...