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What is ‘everyday experimentation’ and why is it important at work?

Jan 22, 2025 | hrzone.com | Ella Overshott

According to a study by McKinsey, crisis-fuelled experimentation was the main driver of organic growth for companies during the pandemic. Companies that refocused quickly, invested more resources, and experimented with new technologies accelerated faster than others. The trend continues as the economic and political climate remains volatile and organisations attempt to rapidly adapt to AI advances and societal changes.
The lost art of team building

Jan 8, 2025 | hrzone.com | Ella Overshott

Tuckman’s forming, storming, norming, performing model of group development was first developed in 1965 and formed the backbone of team-building for decades. Indeed, when I first entered the world of full-time work on Marks and Spencer’s graduate scheme nearly 30 years ago, team building was a core part of our training. The purpose of any people manager was to create conditions for the team to thrive together and deliver results.
Next-level relationships: Reset the balance between burnt-out employees and coasting colleagues

Oct 30, 2024 | hrzone.com | Ella Overshott

The relationship between employers and employees is stuck in transition. During the pandemic the focus understandably swung towards employee wellbeing – keeping people safe and giving them all the tools needed to continue working from home (for those not in frontline sectors). If flexible hours and hybrid working weren’t already part of an employer’s suite of benefits they soon were, and as lockdown lifted and offices re-opened they became part of the ‘new normal’.
Menopause Awareness Month: Throw away your tick-box

Oct 16, 2024 | hrzone.com | Ella Overshott

Menopause Awareness Month is celebrated every October, with World Menopause Day observed on 18th October. It’s an important event organised by the International Menopause Society to raise awareness and educate people about menopause. And its efforts appear to be working, with Labour’s Menopause Action Plan now underway in the UK. Awareness days can be a really effective way of educating society about the very real challenges experienced by employees with protected characteristics.
Lessons from LEGO - what brought them back from the brink

Oct 3, 2024 | hrzone.com | Ella Overshott

With nearly 20 consecutive years of sales growth, it’s easy to forget that back in 2003, LEGO was on the brink of bankruptcy. Though he would give credit to LEGO’s employees and customers, the organisation’s turnaround was largely credited to CEO Jᴓrgan Vig Knudstorp (JVK), who took over in 2004 and took what, at the time, was considered a novel approach to transformation.
Labour Lessons: Symbolic actions to accelerate culture change

Jul 15, 2024 | hrzone.com | Ella Overshott

When you are attuned to what it takes to change workplace culture, it’s hard not to notice when organisations are getting it right (or wrong). Several things have caught my eye since Labour won the election, each of them a symbol of the cultural change Sir Keir Starmer intends to bring to government and his apparent desire to do this as quickly as possible.
Productivity unleashed: How to forge the future workplace

Jul 10, 2024 | hrzone.com | Ella Overshott |Andy Loveless |Victoria Kelleher |Natasha K.A. Wiebusch
Gallup State of Global Workplace 2024: A paradox of progress and wellbeing

Jun 17, 2024 | hrzone.com | Deborah Hartung |Ella Overshott

The latest Gallup State of the Global Workplace report reveals a troubling paradox: despite advancements in diversity, flexible work arrangements and a growing emphasis on employee wellbeing, engagement is stagnating, and overall wellbeing is declining. This certainly isn’t the progress we were hoping for, and it’s a wake-up call for business and HR leaders.
Are we taking employee wellbeing too far?

Jun 12, 2024 | hrzone.com | Ella Overshott |Hannah Gore

During the pandemic and in its aftermath, leaders understandably put employees’ physical and mental health at the top of the priority list. Since the pandemic, 81% of workplaces have increased their focus on employee mental health and the trend seems set to continue. This growing emphasis on wellbeing at work has generally been regarded as ‘a good thing’. Indeed, we support a systematic and comprehensive approach to employee wellbeing.
Culture change that works

May 9, 2024 | hrzone.com | Ella Overshott |Andy Loveless

Creating workplace cultures where people love to work and customers love to do business. We help organisations shape their culture in a way that is sustainable and meaningful. From strategy through to action and measurement, we help leaders engage their employees in the change journey and build a productive, healthy environment where people love to work.