5 ways managers and HR need to adapt to meet the needs of their new hybrid office
8th March 2021A ‘business as usual’ approach increasingly seems like it is doomed to fail – and not just because it will leave a business horribly exposed again if another pandemic breaks out… The world of work has changed and there’s no going back – that’s the word on the streets (so to speak) and is something…
Is noise driving you to distraction when working from home?
18th February 2021One option is to move to Portugal, where new legislation imposes decibel limits during the day – but there are other, less dramatic, options, too. Working from home can be wonderful – there are so many positives that it is hard to know where to begin. But one thing that does occasionally leave remote workers…
2021 Future Skills Insight UK for Government
11th February 2021The COVID-19 pandemic left a significant impact on the workforce. Vacancies within numerous occupations and skill shortages expanded across the UK regions quickly. The lack of skills, qualifications, and experience makes it difficult to fill such positions, leaving gaps in the workforce.
WFH? Here’s how to make yourself indispensable
28th January 2021When you’re based in an office, you can often get a feel for how you fit into your boss’ plans – but your status can be so much harder to gauge when you work from home. Here’s some tips to boost your personal ‘stock price’ if you’re one of the WFH brigade…
10 things that remote workers (and their managers) can do so that WFH employees thrive
20th January 2021You’re out of the office, but you should never be out of the picture. Luckily, the world is full of expert advice to support remote workers… Abodoo’s large network of remote workers is a testament to just how well working from home can work – which is a reassuring sentence to read (if a little…
Hybrid offices and meetings: how’s that going to work?
30th December 2020As managers face up to a new, hybrid way of working, one thing that they’re scratching their heads about is meetings. Here are a few tips on how to get the best out of everyone… I was recently featured on one of Ulster Bank’s websites in an article about the new hybrid way of working…
The new hybrid office – what will it look like and how will you fit?
30th December 20202020 revealed cracks in the world of work as we knew it, and paved the way for a more agile workforce that could work from home, in the office, in a co-working space – or a blend of all three. Now, the buzzword on everyone’s lips is ‘hybrid’: but what will the new hybrid workplace…
4 ways WFH teams can supercharge their sustainability credentials
15th December 2020A new, ‘hybrid’ way of working – where some employees commute while others work from home – is fast becoming the norm, and there are opportunities for the WFH cohort to take their ‘green’ badge to the next level… More and more business leaders and HR experts think that post-Covid, workplaces will cater equally to…
5 things that hybrid working is not
1st December 2020Workplace transformation has become one of the hottest topics of 2020, and hybrid working is most definitely a part of that conversation. But there are some things that a hybrid approach to the office of tomorrow should never be… 1 An excuse to get people to buy their own tech SMEs often don’t have lots…
I’m an Extrovert! Am I Really Cut Out for Remote Working?
5th June 2018“Outgoing, likes to be social, a people person” This is how I have always been described and so, ten years ago, if you had said that my choice of working would be remote working from home I would have replied “NO WAY”. Imagine the loneliness I would have thought, and could I really do my job…