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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.

Latest content on workplace culture

    • Hybrid working
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    Hybrid working will ‘never be perfect’, finds report

    by Ashleigh Webber 31 May 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 31 May 2022

    A Leeds University Buisness School report offers some tips for developing hybrid working policies and highlights the trade-offs.

    • Automation
    • Hybrid working
    • Latest News

    Davos 2022: Upskilling workers necessary to overcome business challenges

    by Adam McCulloch 26 May 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 26 May 2022

    Job experts from Capgemini, the EU and global recruitment tell delegates in Davos that employers need to confront demographic challenges if they are to tackle a lack of skills.

    • Alcohol and drug misuse
    • Discipline
    • Latest News

    Sue Gray findings: Party culture during lockdowns approved by bosses

    by Rob Moss 25 May 2022
    by Rob Moss 25 May 2022

    Failures of leadership and judgment in 10 Downing Street allowed staff gatherings to go ahead, the investigation into lockdown parties...

    • Hybrid working
    • Latest News
    • HR strategy

    Adapt culture to hybrid work: do not force a return to offices, says Gartner

    by Adam McCulloch 20 May 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 20 May 2022

    Hybrid working challenges culture but failure to adapt will cost firms talented staff and lost productivity.

    • Change management
    • Employee engagement
    • Latest News

    Squishy, flabby, foggy HR? Andrew Bartlow talks to Oven-Ready HR

    by Rob Moss 20 May 2022
    by Rob Moss 20 May 2022

    Andrew Bartlow talks to Chris Taylor about mergers and acquisitions, workplace culture and HR's need to focus on the business.

    • Stress
    • Coronavirus
    • NHS

    Nurses leaving due to pressure and workplace culture

    by Ashleigh Webber 18 May 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 18 May 2022

    The number of nurses and midwives leaving the NMC register has increased substantially, citing poor workplace cultures and too much pressure.

    • Police
    • Bullying and harassment
    • Latest News

    Police Scotland pays out £948,000 to female officer in sexism case

    by Jo Faragher 16 May 2022
    by Jo Faragher 16 May 2022

    Police Scotland has paid out almost £948,000 in compensation to Rhona Malone who brought a sexism and discrimination tribunal claim.

    • Civil Service
    • Hybrid working
    • Latest News

    Rees-Mogg under fire from civil service leader over hybrid working

    by Adam McCulloch 13 May 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 13 May 2022

    Ministers risk driving ‘good people’ out of Whitehall with their criticism of working at home, the first civil service commissioner...

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Latest News
    • Recruitment & retention

    How to build a compelling talent attraction strategy (today’s webinar)

    by Rob Moss 12 May 2022
    by Rob Moss 12 May 2022

    ON-DEMAND | Panel discussion examining how to build a stronger employer brand to help nuture a reliable talent pipeline.

    • Bullying and harassment
    • Dispute resolution
    • Employee communications

    Dealing with bullying in uncertain times

    by David Liddle 10 May 2022
    by David Liddle 10 May 2022

    Stories around bullying and harassment are all too common at the moment, so what can organisations do to avoid conflict escalating?

    • Corporate governance
    • Latest News
    • ESG

    BrewDog boss offers staff a fifth of his equity stake

    by Jo Faragher 4 May 2022
    by Jo Faragher 4 May 2022

    The boss of troubled brewing company BrewDog has set out plans to give 20% of his stake in the company to staff.

    • Civil Service
    • Employee relations
    • Latest News

    Home Office civil servants angry at Rwanda asylum seekers plan

    by Adam McCulloch 22 Apr 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 22 Apr 2022

    Home Office employees speak out over Priti Patel's plan for asylum seekers.

    • Latest News
    • Four-day week
    • Flexible working

    Government push for shorter work week needed, says study

    by Ashleigh Webber 21 Apr 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 21 Apr 2022

    A national push for a shorter work week would help reduce inequality and improve worker wellbeing, productivity and social cohesion, according to an academic study.

    • Legal sector
    • Latest News
    • HR strategy

    How workplace culture should support employees’ wellbeing

    by Katherine Maxwell 13 Apr 2022
    by Katherine Maxwell 13 Apr 2022

    What should employers consider when implementing initiatives to support and enhance the wellbeing of their employees?

    • Sexual harassment
    • Bullying and harassment
    • Latest News

    Sexual harassment in the Army ‘part of a wider cultural issue’, report finds

    by Ashleigh Webber 13 Apr 2022
    by Ashleigh Webber 13 Apr 2022

    Reports of sexual harassment in the Army have reduced since the research was last carried out, but a report suggests lewd behaviour is still present in the Army’s culture.

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