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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.

Workplace culture guidance

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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    • Hybrid working
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    Two days office mandate for Zoom employees

    by Rob Moss 8 Aug 2023
    by Rob Moss 8 Aug 2023

    Zoom has issued a mandate for all staff who live within 50 miles of the office to attend the workplace...

    • Change management
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    • Latest News

    Police use behavioural science to tackle sexism

    by Rob Moss 8 Aug 2023
    by Rob Moss 8 Aug 2023

    College of Policing is using behavioural science to help tackle issues of misogyny and sexism in police forces.

    • Latest News
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    • Workplace culture

    Are you in the office for Wine Wednesday or Thirsty Thursday?

    by Adam McCulloch 4 Aug 2023
    by Adam McCulloch 4 Aug 2023

    The silly season is here and Personnel Today has been told that Mongolia is best for cheap holidays, Wednesday is the best day for heading to the office for wine, and we need a day off on full pay … to do things.

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    Nurses from overseas face discrimination and lack support

    by Ashleigh Webber 3 Aug 2023
    by Ashleigh Webber 3 Aug 2023

    Newly-registered nurses and midwives educated overseas face racism and discrimination they had not anticipated prior to arriving in the UK.

    • Financial services
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    • Ethics

    Nigel Farage: Diversity and inclusion under fire in the guise of ‘woke’ banks

    by Adam McCulloch 28 Jul 2023
    by Adam McCulloch 28 Jul 2023

    Is there really more to the Nigel Farage-Coutts saga than just a personality-focused media frenzy and a breach of client confidentiality? And where does HR sit amid the furore?

    • Stress
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    • Latest News

    Financial wellbeing: Four lessons learned from mental health support

    by Sam Lathey 24 Jul 2023
    by Sam Lathey 24 Jul 2023

    We can learn a lot from how we support employees on mental health when it comes to financial wellbeing.

    • Sexual harassment
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    • Latest News

    McDonald’s sets up investigations unit for sexual harassment claims

    by Jo Faragher 21 Jul 2023
    by Jo Faragher 21 Jul 2023

    McDonald's has set up an investigations unit to handle allegations made by employees of sexual harassment, assault, racism and homophobia.

    • Latest News
    • Sex discrimination
    • Workplace culture

    IT manager who complained of ‘laddish’ culture loses discrimination case

    by Jo Faragher 21 Jul 2023
    by Jo Faragher 21 Jul 2023

    A woman who sued her employer for sex discrimination has lost her case despite complaints of a 'laddish' culture.

    • Sexual harassment
    • Employee relations
    • Latest News

    McDonald’s: why zero-tolerance policies don’t work

    by David Liddle 20 Jul 2023
    by David Liddle 20 Jul 2023

    As the fast-food chain faces allegations about its toxic workplace culture, David Liddle examines whether zero-tolerance policies really have a place in a people profession.

    • Hybrid working
    • Latest News
    • Global HR

    Maintaining a strong workplace culture in global hybrid teams

    by Marco Favaloro 18 Jul 2023
    by Marco Favaloro 18 Jul 2023

    Marco Favaloro shares employees and managers' insights on workplace culture and his experience of managing global hybrid teams. 

    • Benefits
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    • Four-day week

    What our nine-day fortnight trial taught us

    by Sam Franklin 13 Jul 2023
    by Sam Franklin 13 Jul 2023

    Why choose a nine-day fortnight over a four-day week? Sam Franklin discusses why trialling this policy has worked for his start-up company.

    • Latest News
    • Recruitment & retention
    • Employer branding

    Why is employer branding 20 years behind consumer branding?

    by Rob Moss 13 Jul 2023
    by Rob Moss 13 Jul 2023

    ON-DEMAND | Watch our webinar looking at how employers can gather insights into how their employer brand is perceived.

    • Employee engagement
    • Latest News
    • Recruitment & retention

    How to create a purpose-led culture to retain top talent

    by Stephanie Coward 11 Jul 2023
    by Stephanie Coward 11 Jul 2023

    Creating purpose at work is often said to improve retention, but how do employers achieve and communicate this?

    • Artificial intelligence
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    AI revolution? ‘What if I like repetitive tasks?’

    by Adam McCulloch 7 Jul 2023
    by Adam McCulloch 7 Jul 2023

    Who’s to say HR managers don’t like doing routine tasks? Some of us enjoy mind-numbingly repetitive procedures – they exercise parts of the cerebrum no amount of brainstorming can reach.

    • Ethics
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    • Workplace culture

    How can we deal with polarisation at work?

    by Matt Dean 5 Jul 2023
    by Matt Dean 5 Jul 2023

    Conversations on- and offline seem more polarised than ever. How can we avoid this damaging workplace culture?

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