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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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    It’s ringing – don’t panic! The rise of telephonophobia

    by Adam McCulloch 7 Jun 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 7 Jun 2024

    Generation Z has developed an aversion to telephoning but the fight back has begun!

    • Police
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    • Equality, diversity and inclusion

    Misogyny and workload forcing Police Scotland officers to quit

    by Ashleigh Webber 6 Jun 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 6 Jun 2024

    Police officers in Scotland are leaving in droves because of misogyny, heavy workloads, stress and pension changes.

    • Offices
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    • Workplace culture

    Are you embarrassed to have a messy desk in the office?

    by Adam McCulloch 24 May 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 24 May 2024

    Has hybrid working led to bad habits when it comes to tidiness?

    • Employee engagement
    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business

    General election call could lead to heated workplace debates

    by Adam McCulloch 23 May 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 23 May 2024

    Rishi Sunak’s rain-sodden general election announcement may have been a damp squib, but it will kickstart fevered political debate.

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    Why shared responsibility and culture are key to preventing burnout

    by Dr Tarun Gupta 16 May 2024
    by Dr Tarun Gupta 16 May 2024

    Employers, employees and insurers have a shared responsibility for prevening burnout in workplaces, writes Dr Tarun Gupta.

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    Balance and belief: how should HR manage the gender critical debate?

    by Jo Faragher 10 May 2024
    by Jo Faragher 10 May 2024

    The debate on sex and gender has become polarised. What are the challenges for HR and how should employers respond? 

    • Latest News
    • Leadership
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    James Watt steps down as BrewDog chief

    by Jo Faragher 8 May 2024
    by Jo Faragher 8 May 2024

    James Watt, the controversial chief executive of beer company BrewDog, has announced he will step down from his role. 

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
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    • Sex discrimination

    Could ‘microfeminism’ help achieve real change?

    by Adam McCulloch 3 May 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 3 May 2024

    We now have “micro-feminism” – a TikTok trend “empowering women and fighting gender inequality in tiny steps”.

    • Latest News
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    What’s the gen on Gen Z?

    by Adam McCulloch 26 Apr 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 26 Apr 2024

    Employee expectations move with the times and recent trends are pointing to some significant fault lines between the generations, our...

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    Google dismisses staff in US over Gaza protests

    by Adam McCulloch 25 Apr 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 25 Apr 2024

    The dismissals stem from Google's investigation into protests held on 16 April, which included sit-ins at Google’s offices in New York City and Sunnyvale, California.

    • Latest News
    • The HR profession
    • Workplace culture

    Survey: ‘My boss is like Donald Trump’

    by Adam McCulloch 19 Apr 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 19 Apr 2024

    This week’s round-up of some of the ‘lighter’ observations floating around HR considers new findings on management and productivity through...

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Latest News
    • Discipline and grievances

    Post Office chairman used ‘offensive and outdated’ terms

    by Adam McCulloch 18 Apr 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 18 Apr 2024

    An investigation has found that former Post Office chairman Henry Staunton used ‘offensive and outdated’ terms when discussing a job...

    • Military
    • Latest News
    • Race discrimination

    Rastafarian guardsman wins racism case – update

    by Jo Faragher 16 Apr 2024
    by Jo Faragher 16 Apr 2024

    A guardsman in the British Army has won a claim of race discrimination and harassment against the Ministry of Defence.

    • Europe
    • Employee engagement
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion

    How PepsiCo pushes employee experience to the max

    by Ashleigh Webber 12 Apr 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 12 Apr 2024

    HR chief for Europe Dannii Portsmouth tells Personnel Today how the drinks giant is focusing on employee experience.

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Latest News
    • Executive pay

    Want more female leaders? Ditch quotas and shake up your culture

    by Dr Nahla Khaddage Bou-Diab 11 Apr 2024
    by Dr Nahla Khaddage Bou-Diab 11 Apr 2024

    The best way of improving diversity within companies is by improving culture, not by imposing quotas, writes Dr Nahla Khaddage Bou-Diab, commenting on problems at Goldman Sachs.

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