Change to avoid transitions
Are you someone who uses change to avoid transitions? PICTURE: Andrew Teoh/Unsplash The late American organisational consultant William Bridges names people like that. They will change jobs rather than discover what it is in themselves that keeps finding such terrible bosses to work for. They will end a relationship rather than deal with the behaviours, attitudes […]
Health Insight: How a night of poor sleep can affect your next day at work – and four ways to function better
WLADISLAW RIVKIN, an associate professor in organisational behaviour at Trinity College Dublin, provides – in an article first published on The Conversation, some tips to function well after a bad night’s sleep…
Books: Can organisations be Christian?
JO KADLECEK reads ‘Keeping Faith: How Christian organisations can stay true to the way of Jesus‘…
Employers may need to justify bans on wearing religious signs, EU court says
Brussels, BelgiumReuters EU companies can ban the visible wearing of religious signs, including headscarves, if the rules apply to all workers, the European Union’s top court said last week, the latest ruling on an issue that has divided Europe for years. However, it said that if one religion is effectively discriminated against by the ban […]
Essay: Quiet quitting and the great resignation have a common cause – dissatisfied workers feel they can’t speak up in the workplace
In an article first published on The Conversation, JAMES DETERT, professor of business administration at the University of Virginia, looks at the workplace trend of “quiet quitting”…
Religious diversity: Corporate obstacle? Or asset?
KATHRYN POST, of Religion News Service, reports on how some US companies are embracing religious diversity as good for people and for business…
Essay: Leadership for the post-COVID age – building human-centric cultures
Writing from London, MAL FLETCHER reflects on what the post-pandemic world may look like and the opportunities to rethink values and ethics that it presents…
#MeWho? Global firms lag on sex harassment, women-friendly policy
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Most big firms are failing to ban sex harassment at work or enact policies that let mothers work flexibly, a global workplace equality index found on Thursday, highlighting the obstacles women face at work. Fewer than half of firms’ policies directly address sex harassment, despite years of #MeToo campaigns that show […]
Tech’s long COVID-19: What privacy battles will define 2021?
Thomson Reuters Foundation The coronavirus pandemic added a new layer to the ever-developing debate around privacy and technology in 2020, as governments and companies turned to tools like contract tracing apps and employee monitoring software. As the year comes to an end, the Thomson Reuters Foundation asked privacy experts around the world what issues will […]
Essay: How coronavirus has changed the way we work – and the implications for Christian organisations
KARA MARTIN, the author of ‘Workship’, takes a look at how the coronavirus has impacted the way we work – now and in the future – and implications for Christian organisations…