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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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    While complex theories abound about the best approaches to flexible working, employees themselves simply apply common sense.

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    by Jo Faragher 25 May 2021

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    • Hybrid working
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    How the FSCS transformed its culture

    by Ashleigh Webber 13 May 2021
    by Ashleigh Webber 13 May 2021

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    Oven-Ready HR Reheated: Steve Browne, Marc Effron and more

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    by Chris Taylor 7 May 2021

    The second compilation of podcast interviews includes Steve Browne, Marc Effron, Emma Jones and Aoife Martin.

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    by Ashleigh Webber 27 Apr 2021

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    • Business performance
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    • Latest News

    Mutual trust between managers and staff boosts performance

    by Ashleigh Webber 27 Apr 2021
    by Ashleigh Webber 27 Apr 2021

    A study has found a strong link between manager-employee trust, financial performance and productivity.

    • Corporate governance
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    WeWork: Billion Dollar Loser author talks to Oven-Ready HR

    by Chris Taylor 23 Apr 2021
    by Chris Taylor 23 Apr 2021

    Chris Taylor interviews Reeves Wiedeman about his book examining the workplace culture at WeWork...

    • Corporate governance
    • Latest News
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    Investors influence HR practice in small businesses

    by Jo Faragher 21 Apr 2021
    by Jo Faragher 21 Apr 2021

    Small businesses that have received investment tend to adopt the HR and management practices of their external backers, according to research.

    • Hybrid working
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    Oven-Ready HR Reheated: Dave Ulrich, Peter Cheese and more

    by Chris Taylor 16 Apr 2021
    by Chris Taylor 16 Apr 2021

    Oven-Ready HR Reheated brings a selection of the key moments from Season 1. The first of two compilation episodes revisits...

    • Hybrid working
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    Furlough scheme may cause workplace divisions

    by Adam McCulloch 15 Apr 2021
    by Adam McCulloch 15 Apr 2021

    Furloughed employees show significant reduction in wellbeing, personal confidence, job satisfaction and commitment to their employers, finds new research.

    • Hybrid working
    • Coronavirus
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    Nationwide Building Society: Why we decided staff could work from home

    by Peter Crush 9 Apr 2021
    by Peter Crush 9 Apr 2021

    We now see almost daily announcements from companies allowing staff to work from home. But when an 180-year-old building society...

    • Artificial intelligence
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    • Change management

    Embracing organisational agility as a CHRO: five key behaviours

    by Mark Judd 8 Apr 2021
    by Mark Judd 8 Apr 2021

    Mark Judd examines how HR teams became used to operating in a climate of continuous and unprecedented change.

    • Hybrid working
    • Latest News
    • HR strategy

    Remote working job ads jump 233%

    by Rob Moss 6 Apr 2021
    by Rob Moss 6 Apr 2021

    The number of roles advertised as ‘remote working’ in the UK jumped to almost 78,000 in February.

    • Business performance
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    Personnel Today Awards 2021 opens for entries

    by Personnel Today 31 Mar 2021
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    HR and L&D teams wishing to celebrate the successes of the past year can begin their journey towards receiving the recognition they deserve from today.

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