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Workplace culture

Workplace culture, organisational culture and corporate culture; terms that almost represent the holy grail of a successful HR business strategy. A company culture that combines a place where people want to work, where work has purpose and meaning, where productivity is high and conflict is rare all invariably leads to happier colleagues, customers and shareholders.

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What is organisational culture?

As they grow it inevitably becomes harder to manage the culture of businesses and it is often HR’s responsibility, together with the leadership, to monitor the health of the workplace culture and manage “the way things get done”.

What is expected of people, the values of a workplace, its purpose, and the way colleagues communicate, all contribute to a positive culture, to an operation where practices are fair and people feel included.

Policies that allow people to grow and develop, to innovate and inspire others, and all which allow employee wellbeing to be prioritised are all present in successful organisations with a strong company culture.

These pages include guidance, case studies and news on great corporate cultures, and articles on toxic cultures where organisations have significant improvements to make.

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    by Ashleigh Webber 21 Nov 2023

    The British Society for Rheumatology won the Personnel Today Awards 2023 Workplace Culture Award – Smaller Employers.

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    by Francesca Charlton 21 Nov 2023

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    by Ashleigh Webber 21 Nov 2023

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    IRIS Software Group scoops 2023 Workplace Culture Award – Larger Employers

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    by Personnel Today 21 Nov 2023

    The Personnel Today Awards 2023 Workplace Culture Award – Larger Employers, sponsored by HSBC UK, went to IRIS Software Group.

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    Inquiry accuses Brighton waste workers of ‘abuses and violence’

    by Jo Faragher 15 Nov 2023
    by Jo Faragher 15 Nov 2023

    Staff at a waste services depot brought in illegal weapons to show other workers, an inquiry was told.

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    McDonald’s dismisses 18 staff following sexual harassment claims

    by Ashleigh Webber 14 Nov 2023
    by Ashleigh Webber 14 Nov 2023

    McDonald's has dismissed 18 people after receiving hundreds of allegations relating to sexual harassment in its UK restaurants and franchises.

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    CIPD ACE: How HR can ‘make work work’

    by Jo Faragher 9 Nov 2023
    by Jo Faragher 9 Nov 2023

    CIPD CEO Peter Cheese called on HR professionals to 'make work work' during a first-day roundtable at its annual conference.

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    ‘Fearful leaders’ costing UK economy more than £2bn

    by Jo Faragher 6 Nov 2023
    by Jo Faragher 6 Nov 2023

    Fearful leaders are creating environments of lost productivity and costing business billions, a survey has found.

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    by Ashleigh Webber 6 Nov 2023

    Less than one in three working mothers have access to the flexible working arrangement they need, research has found.

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    by Jo Faragher 6 Nov 2023
    by Jo Faragher 6 Nov 2023

    ITV staff have been asked to disclose close relationships, but how might this work in practice?

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    Female firearms officer subjected to sexist abuse wins £30k

    by Jo Faragher 3 Nov 2023
    by Jo Faragher 3 Nov 2023

    A female firearms officer in West Midlands police was stripped to her underwear for a training exercise.

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    Traditional v new age management: where do you sit?

    by Ashleigh Webber 3 Nov 2023
    by Ashleigh Webber 3 Nov 2023

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    Sexual harassment was ‘normalised’ on RAF’s Red Arrows team

    by Adam McCulloch 2 Nov 2023
    by Adam McCulloch 2 Nov 2023

    A misogynistic culture among the RAF’s Red Arrows team led to regular instances of sexual harassment, non-statutory inquiry finds.

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    by Sophy Pern 31 Oct 2023
    by Sophy Pern 31 Oct 2023

    Burnout interventions at work often fail to address the problem. What organisational factors need to be changed?

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    Infosys founder says young Indians should work 70-hour weeks

    by Rob Moss 30 Oct 2023
    by Rob Moss 30 Oct 2023

    Former Infosys CEO Narayana Murthy prompts backlash after calling on India’s youth to work 70 hours a week to increase productivity.

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