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The best organisations don’t wait for change—they create it. The Culture Pioneer Awards are now open. They celebrate the bold HR and business leaders shaping the future of work. If your organisation is driving workplace culture transformation and proving that thriving employees lead to business success, now is your time to be recognised. 🏆 Gain industry recognition 📢 Showcase your culture as a business strength 🚀 Inspire others to follow your lead Entries close 3 June 2025. Don’t follow—lead forward. 🔗 Enter now: https://lnkd.in/eNksiBWr #CulturePioneers #LeadForward #WorkplaceCulture #HRLeadership #Learning #Wellbeing #DEI #Leadership

Building a productive workforce while keeping pace with regulatory changes is a key challenge for organisations in 2025. To support HR professionals, HRZone and Brightmine have combined their expertise to create a dynamic resource hub designed to boost workplace productivity while fostering employee wellbeing and preparing for future readiness. Explore newly added content, including: 🌟 A risk assessment form for sexual harassment 🌟Insights on mastering pay gap reporting (the deadline is looming!) 🌟Guidance on leveraging #AI to energise your workforce. Discover how to implement strategies that truly make a difference in your organisation ▶️ https://lnkd.in/eQJQddkd  #HR #WorkplaceProductivity #EmployeeWellbeing #FutureOfWork #HRStrategy #WorkplaceTrends #SexualHarassmentPrevention #PayGapReporting #Brightmine

🌟 How can HR become truly reputable by 2050?🌟 In our latest article, Gethin Nadin explores the essential journey HR must embark on to evolve from a hidden powerhouse and remain relevant as we race towards 2050. 🚀 Key takeaways: - The historic perception of HR as an admin function, makes it difficult for the profession's voice to be heard at the loud top table - Half of leaders say they don’t get enough input or advice from HR: The profession NEEDs to move from passive to active - When HR is its own biggest champion, that higher visibility enables the function to play a more strategic role Read the full article in the comments below! 👇 #HR #FutureOfWork #TalentManagement #EmployeeEngagement #WorkplaceInnovation #HRStrategy #TechInHR

Your culture. Your impact. Your recognition. Great workplace cultures don’t happen by accident—they’re built by bold #leaders who challenge the status quo and drive real change. The Culture Pioneer Awards celebrate organisations that put people first and prove that culture fuels business success. Why enter? ✔ Gain recognition for your organisation’s culture transformation ✔ Join a community of leaders shaping the #FutureOfWork ✔ Attract top talent Be seen. Be celebrated. Be a Culture Pioneer. ⏳ Enter by 3 June 2025. Enter now: culture-pioneers.com #CulturePioneers #HR #WorkplaceCulture #Leadership

The youth mental health crisis is creating an annual £24bn cost to employers in lost productivity. This figure (among other concerning statistics) was recently released by the Centre for Mental Health , Centre for Young Lives, Children and Young People's Mental Health Coalition (CYPMHC), YoungMinds, and Prudence Trust. The problem not only affects the parents and carers of children, but also younger workers coming into the workplace now and our future leaders. It is therefore a NOW and FUTURE issue that HR must address swiftly. Exploring this issue for HRZone is Karl Bennett, Wellbeing Adviser and Tracey Paxton, Clinical Director of Perkbox Vivup. Their article explores: 💊 The reasons behind the youth mental health crisis (and the over-medicalisation myth) 📱 The damaging role of social media and AI-generated imagery on our minds 🏃 Ways HR can address the issue through a PROACTIVE approach focused on prevention 💡 For further insights, read the article on HRZone (link in comments) #MentalHealth #MentalHealthCrisis #EmployeeWellbeing #WorkplaceWellbeing

📢 Looking for expert guidance on upcoming UK regulatory changes? 🌟 To help HR prepare for significant legislative change, our latest report outlines key themes from the Bill (and beyond), PLUS five adaptive strategies to prepare for what’s ahead. From revisiting your HR tech stack to reviewing your policy framework, these strategies will help you on your adaptation journey. Created in partnership with Brightmine and HR expert Barry Flack, this resource provides expert insight into the changing outlook for UK workplace relations. Download the report and discover how to leverage the UK’s upcoming regulatory overhaul to drive business productivity: https://lnkd.in/etdzPWjX #HR #EmploymentRegulations #UKLegislation #HRTech #PolicyFramework #WorkplaceRelations #BusinessProductivity #HRStrategy #HRZone

🛠️ Fix your workplace culture problems with expert insights 🛠️ Confronting your organisation’s cultural issues is essential for business growth, employee retention, and productivity. To help you navigate this rocky terrain, our resource hub, powered by Pecan Partnership, offers expert guidance, insights and solutions: Key highlights: 🔍 Culture assessments and values design 📈 High-performance coaching and leadership upskilling 🏢 Hybrid work refinement Discover how to build a culture where every individual loves to work and contributes to lasting business success. Explore the hub today: https://lnkd.in/e7z4bgBc #WorkplaceCulture #EmployeeRetention #Productivity

Too busy to read the 300+ pages of the World Economic Forum's Future of Jobs Report 2025? Worry not. HRZone columnist Quentin Millington of Marble Brook highlights the macro trends to pay attention to... 👉 Workers will see two-fifths of their skillsets transformed or made redundant. 👉 Around 1.6 million jobs will be lost to lower growth, whilst demand for creative thinking and resilience will rise. 👉 Higher-income economies are experiencing aging and declining working-age populations. Discover more about these macro trends in our article (link in comments). PLUS, Quentin outlines eight essential principles to navigate the challenges predicted by WEF. #FutureOfWork #WEF #HRTrends #Workforce2025 #HRLeadership #SkillDevelopment #CreativeThinking #Resilience #JobMarket #TransformationalChange

⏰ It’s time to combat the UK’s decade-long health decline! ↘️ Our new resource hub, ‘Wellbeing trends that matter’, powered by Vitality, shares key insights and guidance to help businesses halt this downward trajectory for UK health. Drawing on Vitality’s 10 years of research into building healthier, happier workplaces, this hub signposts the top wellbeing issues exacerbating productivity loss – and how to address them. Explore the hub to access: 🔍 Key findings from 10 years of Britain's Healthiest Workplace 2025 report 🎥 A webinar on tackling the productivity crisis 🏃 Insights into the mental benefits of physical activity And more! Build your wellbeing strategy around the health trends that matter most to UK employers in 2025. Explore the hub today: https://lnkd.in/euMFcxbF #Wellbeing #EmployeeHealth #Productivity #HealthAndWellbeing #HR #WorkplaceWellbeing #Vitality #EmployeeEngagement #MentalHealth #PhysicalActivity

Nearly one in four leading UK universities are slashing staff numbers and cutting budgets, leading to ~10,000 job losses or redundancies in the Higher Education sector. In HRZone's latest article, Ella Overshott co-director of Pecan Partnership explores how the HE sector's redundancy process can be done in a way that creates the best possible experience for everyone involved. Key considerations: 👉 Bringing the human element into what can otherwise feel like an impersonal and bruising legal process. 👉 Managing grief stages and survivor guilt 👉 Creating a plan for creating the best possible experience for all 👉 Establishing a collective awareness of why change is needed 👉 Encouraging people to take ownership of their choices and next steps 👉 And more! Check out the article on HRZone (link in comments) for more guidance on creating a people-centred approach to redundancies. #HigherEducation #Redundancies #PeopleCentred #CareerTransition #Leadership #ChangeManagement #WorkplaceWellbeing