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Are You Remotely Happy? 3 ways to engage remote workers in workplace wellbeing initiatives

February 14, 2019 by Katy Lawn Leave a Comment

Are You Remotely Happy? 3 ways to engage remote workers in workplace wellbeing initiatives

A happy workplace makes a happy worker. Makes sense doesn’t it? Companies across the nation appear to believe so, as evidenced by the creation of new roles like ‘Chief Happiness Officers’ within corporations. This is just one way that we’re starting to see growing commitment to employee wellbeing. But with the rise of remote working (and with […]

Filed Under: Agile Working, Evolution of the Workplace Tagged With: Agile Working, Change in the Workplace, Flexible working, Knowledge Workers, Morale, Productivity, work, Workplace

All Present – but Correct? A new White Paper on Presenteeism

July 28, 2016 by Colin Stuart Leave a Comment

All Present – but Correct? A new White Paper on Presenteeism

Companies sink or swim based on their leaders, and good leadership in a company can be felt throughout the entire organisation. With the cost of losing an employee often being in excess of the annual salary of that worker, losing employees is a cost that organisations can scarcely afford. In contrast to this, the result of a good […]

Filed Under: Research Papers Tagged With: Change in the Workplace, Change Management, Morale, Presenteeism, Productivity, White Papers

A 4-Day Working Week? – A new White Paper

January 29, 2016 by Colin Stuart Leave a Comment

A 4-Day Working Week? – A new White Paper

In 1930, John Maynard Keynes wrote an essay titled “Economic Possibilities for our Grandchildren”. In this work, Keynes forecasted that in one hundred years hence, we would be working a 15-hour week. Yet today, nearly a century on, we revel in material opulence unimagined by the likes of Keynes, but we still persist with work […]

Filed Under: Research Papers Tagged With: 4 day week, Agile Working, Change in the Workplace, Flexible working, Morale, Productivity, White Papers

Standing Desks – A new White Paper

January 15, 2016 by Colin Stuart Leave a Comment

Standing Desks – A new White Paper

Standing desks are in. Once the province of Scandinavian design magazines, the stand-up desk is extending to the world of corporate drones over here in the rest of Europe. And, as it appears, for good reason — there’s an increasing array of medical evidence that hours of uninterrupted sitting can be surprisingly bad for your health. […]

Filed Under: Research Papers Tagged With: Change in the Workplace, Sedentary Behaviour, sit-stand desks, The Sedentary Epidemic

Avoiding the Desk Sentence – the dangers of Sedentary Behaviour

July 16, 2015 by Colin Stuart Leave a Comment

Avoiding the Desk Sentence – the dangers of Sedentary Behaviour

Colin Stuart, Managing Director of workplace consultancy, Baker Stuart, examines the dangers of long-term sedentary behaviour, explaining how changes to the workspace and company culture are vital in getting staff active. Usually when we hear shocking news, its best to be seated – but for the following you may wish to stand. In recent years, […]

Filed Under: Change Management Tagged With: Change in the Workplace, Sedentary Behaviour, sit-stand desks

The Sedentary Epidemic: Don’t force people to stand up to work

June 8, 2015 by Colin Stuart Leave a Comment

The Sedentary Epidemic: Don’t force people to stand up to work

Following a recent publication by The British Journal of Sports Medicine* of ‘The Sedentary Office’, an Expert Statement commissioned by Active Working CIC with Public Health England, the press in the UK published a number of articles about the ‘sedentary epidemic’ including these in the Guardian, Telegraph, Express and Daily Mail. The Guardian also published […]

Filed Under: Press Tagged With: Advice, Change in the Workplace, The Sedentary Epidemic, Workplace

Change in the Workplace –what motivates people at work?

February 22, 2015 by Colin Stuart Leave a Comment

Change in the Workplace –what motivates people at work?

“For the vast majority of organisations their human capital is their most valuable and important asset… the workplace needs to be seen as an investment to unlock the value of this human capital.” Colin Stuart, Value Rhetoric and Cost Reality, 2012 Work places have evolved throughout history, but not always to the benefit of worker […]

Filed Under: Change Management Tagged With: Change in the Workplace, History of Workplace Design, Knowledge Workers, Morale

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