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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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    by Rob Moss 11 Dec 2019

    Six of the top 10 employers in the UK are technology companies, according to employer review site Glassdoor.

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    Lloyd’s of London staff urged to behave during Christmas party season

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    by Adam McCulloch 6 Dec 2019

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    RB opens £200m innovation hub in Hull

    by Rob Moss 3 Dec 2019
    by Rob Moss 3 Dec 2019

    Health and hygiene supplier RB, formerly Reckitt Benckiser, today opens a £200m centre in Hull as a “magnet” for the best scientific talent with 200 new jobs created.

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    Why innovation is HR’s business too

    by Victoria Harrison-Mirauer 26 Nov 2019
    by Victoria Harrison-Mirauer 26 Nov 2019

    HR is in a fantastic position to support innovation, argues Victoria Harrison-Mirauer.

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    Personnel Today Awards 2019: KP Snacks tastes success with HR Impact Award

    by Lindsay Clark [email protected] 20 Nov 2019
    by Lindsay Clark [email protected] 20 Nov 2019

    We profile the organisations on the HR Impact Award shortlist.

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    CIPD Annual Conference: “Good work is about fairness and transparency”

    by Jo Faragher 6 Nov 2019
    by Jo Faragher 6 Nov 2019

    HR has a crucial role in promoting responsible and transparent leadership...

    • Latest News
    • Workplace culture
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    Blanket out-of-hours email bans do more harm than good

    by Jo Faragher 18 Oct 2019
    by Jo Faragher 18 Oct 2019

    Banning staff from accessing emails outside office hours could harm their wellbeing rather than improve work-life balance, a study from...

    • Employee engagement
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    • Wellbeing

    ‘Conclusive link’ between happiness and productivity

    by Rob Moss 17 Oct 2019
    by Rob Moss 17 Oct 2019

    It has long been suggested that happy workers are more productive, but now research from the University of Oxford has...

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    Mentoring key to building diverse leadership

    by Rob Moss 16 Oct 2019
    by Rob Moss 16 Oct 2019

    Businesses where women occupy more than 30% senior leadership roles are more likely to nurture ambition, with a quarter (27%)...

    • Stress
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    • Latest News

    CIPD’s Peter Cheese: HR’s role in improving mental health

    by Ashleigh Webber 10 Oct 2019
    by Ashleigh Webber 10 Oct 2019

    On World Mental Health Day, HR teams have been reminded of the scale of the mental ill health “epidemic” and...

    • Employee engagement
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    CPD: On the right tracks – how a New Zealand railway company has taken toxicity out of its workplace

    by Personnel Today 4 Oct 2019
    by Personnel Today 4 Oct 2019

    The links between engagement, performance and health and wellbeing are increasingly well-recognised. Maryan Street outlines the key lessons that New...

    • Employee engagement
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    Wound-up workers twice as likely to leave feedback

    by Jo Faragher 25 Sep 2019
    by Jo Faragher 25 Sep 2019

    Employees are twice as likely to give feedback on their workplace if they feel upset, according to a global study...

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
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    Amazon to deliver keynote address at Employee Benefits Live 2019

    by Debbie Lovewell-Tuck 25 Sep 2019
    by Debbie Lovewell-Tuck 25 Sep 2019

    Ben Farmer (pictured), head of HR, UK corporate, at global retail and technology organisation Amazon, will deliver a keynote address...

    • Business performance
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    • Latest News

    What the Rugby World Cup teaches us about honesty in business

    by Dr Austin Swain 24 Sep 2019
    by Dr Austin Swain 24 Sep 2019

    As the Rugby World Cup gets under way in Japan, Dr Austin Swain examines the brutal honesty that exists in...

    • Stress
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    Workplace culture contributing to ‘psychological harm’

    by Ashleigh Webber 23 Sep 2019
    by Ashleigh Webber 23 Sep 2019

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