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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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    Rise of individualism will redefine company culture: Accenture

    by Adam McCulloch 4 Feb 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 4 Feb 2022

    The latest Fjord Trends report finds employees are re-assessing what they want and expect from a company culture and employee value proposition.

    • Employee engagement
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    Three ways storytelling can aid retention

    by Alison Esse 4 Feb 2022
    by Alison Esse 4 Feb 2022

    Employees like to feel like they are part of something bigger than themselves. Alison Esse outlines why 'storytelling' can help acheive this.

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    • Education
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    Report on bullying by Imperial College leaders is published

    by Rob Moss 3 Feb 2022
    by Rob Moss 3 Feb 2022

    The president and CFO of Imperial College London ‘created or contributed’ to a workplace culture which tolerated favouritism, exclusion and the making of disparaging comments.

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    • Change management
    • Police

    ‘More required’ to overhaul toxic culture at Met Police, report finds

    by Jo Faragher 2 Feb 2022
    by Jo Faragher 2 Feb 2022

    An investigation has found officers routinely shared violent, misogynist and discriminatory messages.

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    Hybrid working: How HR can lead business from survival to success (webinar)

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    by Personnel Today 27 Jan 2022

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    • Equality, diversity and inclusion

    Disconnect between D&I desires and reporting

    by Jo Faragher 26 Jan 2022
    by Jo Faragher 26 Jan 2022

    Only just over a tenth of businesses in the FTSE 100 are fully reporting on diversity measures, according to consultancy...

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    • Employee relations
    • Employment law

    Making the world of work better: TUC’s Paul Nowak talks to Oven-Ready HR

    by Chris Taylor 14 Jan 2022
    by Chris Taylor 14 Jan 2022

    In the opening episode of the new season of the Oven-Ready HR podcast, Paul Nowak, deputy general secretary of the...

    • Hybrid working
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    • Gender

    Kelly Metcalf: Top five predictions for diversity, inclusion and wellbeing in 2022

    by Kelly Metcalf 12 Jan 2022
    by Kelly Metcalf 12 Jan 2022

    Fujitsu's Kelly Metcalf provides her top five predictions for 2022 around diversity, inclusion and wellbeing.

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    • Learning & development
    • Workplace culture

    ServiceNow crowned Glassdoor’s best place to work in UK

    by Personnel Today 12 Jan 2022
    by Personnel Today 12 Jan 2022

    Software company ServiceNow has been crowned the UK’s best place to work in 2022 by job insight platform Glassdoor.
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    • Hybrid working
    • Employee engagement
    • Employee communications

    ‘Remote’ workers? How divisive terminology threatens employee engagement

    by Darren Hepburn 11 Jan 2022
    by Darren Hepburn 11 Jan 2022

    Darren Hepburn suggests caution around the language used and its detrimental effect on engaging staff.

    • Health and safety
    • Latest News
    • Mental health

    BrewDog to expand HR in response to work culture allegations

    by Adam McCulloch 23 Dec 2021
    by Adam McCulloch 23 Dec 2021

    Independent review finds that problems at the beer company had largely been caused by its rapid growth and lack of leadership experience.

    • Corporate governance
    • Employee engagement
    • Latest News

    Wetherspoon appoints bar staff to board of directors

    by Rob Moss 20 Dec 2021
    by Rob Moss 20 Dec 2021

    JD Wetherspoon has appointed four pub managers to its board of directors after a consultation with shareholders and employees suggested...

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Latest News
    • HR practice

    Oven-Ready HR Reheated part 1: Elan Divon, Dr Sam Friedman and more

    by Chris Taylor 16 Dec 2021
    by Chris Taylor 16 Dec 2021

    As we’ve reached the end of Season 3 of the show, here are some of the best bits for you...

    • Scotland
    • Employee engagement
    • Latest News

    Scottish government airs support for ‘right to disconnect’

    by Jo Faragher 10 Dec 2021
    by Jo Faragher 10 Dec 2021

    Ministers commit to discussions over a right to disconnect for government employees and those in devolved agencies.

    • Latest News
    • HR practice
    • Dismissal

    How to let employees go remotely – and be better than Better.com

    by Stuart Duff 10 Dec 2021
    by Stuart Duff 10 Dec 2021

    Despite recent bad press, videoconferencing remains the best way of communicating redundancy to employees. Here's why...

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