What is post-vacation turnover effect?
Published in HR Director, August 29, 2025 For leaders and HR teams, the message is clear: the return-from-holiday window is a prime opportunity to re-engage staff and strengthen retention. B...
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How to build a lifelong learning culture: 3 key ingredients
Lifelong learning: a solution for employee stagnation, innovation challenges and a lack of motivation? Absolutely. Although organizations and leaders who encourage lifelong learning will be ...
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How to get performance management right
From Forbes Insights own Ang Brennan, head of learning and talent, recently featured in Forbes, in the article How to get performance management right by Sally Percy. Ang shared her views ab...
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Telling vs consulting: Avoid friction by adapting your communication style
Friction at work is largely caused by how we communicate For example, do you ever feel like you’re being talked at, not talked with? How does it make you feel? Angry? Hurt? Is it all down to...
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Build trust and boost engagement (the future of work depends on it)
FROM CIPD 2025 in London! As we emerge from five years of steady workplace change, one element stands out as the thread that connects productivity, performance and retention: Trust. Fresh of...
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How to assign work to different personality types
As a new manager, it can be baffling when your co-workers react differently to assignments... What fills one colleague with enthusiasm can cause another to feel put out. Motivating every mem...
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How good leaders become great with new leadership styles
According to Insights research, the best leaders have the agility to switch between a myriad of different leadership styles. They assess the issues and the needs of their people and adapt th...
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How to support civility in your workplace
With a backdrop of social polarization around the world, for many, work is one of the only settings where people from different walks of life find themselves working together toward common g...
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How to build trust among your employees
The Edelman Trust Barometer for 2025 revealed a stark reality: Trust in CEOs is at an all-time low and some businesses face an uncertain future. At Insights, we recognize that business leade...