Business & Industry
Future of Work 2020
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4 Tips for Building a Global Benefits Strategy That Works
Gaining a holistic overview of your global workforce and implementing a benefits strategy to match is a challenge for every HR professional. First, there are the geographical and logistical challenges of administering benefits across borders, then there are the generational challenges, each with different benefit preferences. For benefits to be of value, personalisation is crucial....
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Work-life balance or simply a balanced life?
One positive to come from the cataclysm that has hit the world this year: much needed change in the workplace. Flexibility, trust, empowerment and communications will be the key to success. Between February and May 2020, Quinyx conducted a survey of 2,400 deskless workers, across the UK, to get insights about their work and wellbeing,...
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Technology can boost post-pandemic productivity and employee experience
Remote working is now standard practice, meaning it’s never been more important to keep employees engaged and productive. Technology stands ready to deliver. In just a few short months, COVID-19 has changed the world of work. If not forever, then at least for the foreseeable future. The seismic shifts we have seen in working patterns...
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Building better Diversity and Inclusion through recognition and connection
Recognition and celebration of diversity at work leads to a greater sense of humanity in the workplace for everyone. Recent events in America, and the subsequent ripple effects being felt around the world, have resoundingly shown us that equality in our society is still very much lacking. As the streets fill with protesters demanding justice,...
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Unlocking competitive advantage in the next normal of remote work
COVID-19 has forced businesses to fundamentally rethink how they work. Those leading the way are using technology to transform communication, collaboration and alignment. This is not business as usual, and there is no going back. The pandemic has forced businesses to adapt the way they work – albeit remotely – and improve upon it. But...
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Standing up to change in the face of a pandemic
It’s no secret that our industry is facing something of an identity crisis. Months of lockdown has shown that the UK’s workforce is able to work remotely and do so, for the most part, with relative ease using the latest communication technologies. The idea of the traditional office has been thrown on its head and...
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Essential skills are the foundation of the future of work
Essential skills are the enduring talents that underpin business success in every context, vital for early careers and throughout people’s working lives. These include attributes such as resilience, leadership, problem-solving and teamwork. These essential skills need to be taught in education, valued and assessed through recruitment, and developed through organisational learning and development programmes. Over the past...
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Rebuilding a future that works for all
In only three months, the COVID-19 pandemic has become a public health crisis with no parallel in living memory. It is driving the global economy to the deepest recession since the Great Depression. It’s already hard to remember, but back at the end of 2019, we were celebrating record-high employment rates in the OECD at...
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How to work collaboratively from home
The UK’s rapid shift to remote and distributed work has accelerated digital transformations, as keeping teams connected has become the top priority for businesses. A recent survey1 found that nearly two-thirds (63%) of UK knowledge workers have increased their use of collaboration tools since transitioning to remote working, also known as ‘distributed work models’. Even...
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How to manage change in the workplace after COVID-19
It’s becoming quite obvious that we don’t live and work in a perfect world. Whatever your opinions of the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, one thing is clear to absolutely everybody – once everything is done, and the restrictions are lifted, we will be returning to a radically different ‘normal’. One that may be almost recognisable...