Strategic & Sustainable HR

UK enters temporary lockdown: only essential travel allowed as pubs, gyms and non-essential shops close, impacting businesses nationwide.

COVID-19 is shaking up businesses all over the UK. With a lot of change around Statutory Sick Pay guidelines, we’re here to make sense of it all and support you during this period of uncertainty.

I just don’t understand why organisations do not see the Living Wage, and I mean the Living Wage NOT the government’s rebranded minimum wage (National Living Wage), as an opportunity.

Have you ever felt that you and your team could achieve more, be more productive and efficient at work, but every time you started, you get caught up in the detail and lose that laser-sharp focus? Even from a personal perspective, you want to explore a new health-kick, but life just keeps getting in the way? Well this blog for you...

At the SD Worx European Conference, held at the Park Lane Hilton on Tuesday 6 February, a panel of six individuals from different generations gave their thoughts on age-based stereotypes, their personal values, career aspirations, the challenges they’ve encountered and what, if anything, can be done to address the differences between the age brackets within the workplace. 

Sleep is one of the most important things our body does to recover. It increases productivity during the day and helps you maintain a healthy mind. Here are ten tips brought to you by SD Worx to help you make sure you’re getting a good night’s sleep.

In our fast paced world, it can sometimes feel like people are out for themselves, chivalry is on the way out, and people say ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ less and less. I find myself more often than not standing in front of till making a purchase, and when the transaction is complete I say ‘thank you’, but receive no response in return. I leave annoyed.

"Stand still and the rest of the world will walk past you" A quote from Marc Woods, speaking in February 2017. However, doing nothing would have been very easy for this particular speaker. When Marc was aged 17, he was diagnosed with bone cancer and subsequently had his left leg amputated below the knee.

There was once a level of anxiety surrounding smart working and its impending implementation in the workplace. Once thought of as merely a fruitless buzzword, smart working has caused a lot of confusion due to its previously indefinite or unclear meaning. Surely we should all be working smart? And how exactly can you define ‘smart’?

After a London seminar with 100+ talent leaders, we explore why talent management must evolve—and why the real changes needed may not be what you expect.

It’s 8am, and you’re about to dial into your first conference call. You have back to back meetings all day, with some double, even triple bookings. There are 50 new emails in your inbox, and you’ve got 5 voicemail messages. A colleague asks you how you’re doing, and you reply with “I haven’t even got time to stop for lunch today!” to which your colleague looks suitably impressed and walks off, under no doubt that you are very busy and therefore clearly adding lots of value to the business.

Join ISMA’s National Stress Awareness Day to promote employee wellbeing and showcase its value as a smart investment for your business.