Category: Strategy

Strategy
Emma Browning

Are you in the culture club?

Five steps to creating a healthy workplace culture Positive workplace culture is what attracts talent, drives engagement, impacts happiness and satisfaction, and affects productivity and performance – all of which directly feed your profit pipeline. A happier workforce makes for a more productive workforce. Fact. It is widely acknowledged by business leaders that corporate culture influences productivity, creativity, profitability, business value, and growth rates.  In a Columbia Business School research study, 78% of executives said culture is among the top five things that add value to their company. The culture …
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Strategy
Emma Browning

Staycation or vacation?

Well the summer holidays are nearly here, and the weather is predictably, er, unpredictable! Are you risking a staycation after last year’s bumper summer, or are you a little more risk averse, like me? Full disclosure – I’ve taken some advice from the experts at the MET office and have booked a cheeky week of guaranteed sun, nearer the equator.  Just in case! Seriously though, that couple of weeks R&R is a really important time for me to unwind from the grind, so I’m not taking any chances and I’ve…
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Culture and change
Emma Browning

Is Your Workplace Ready for The Summer?

The days might be getting shorter now (gasp), but the temperature is still on the rise, hopefully! Chat in the office is mostly about beach diets and discount airlines. The pavements are packed full of joggers and cyclists. There’s no denying that summer is in full swing. But is your business ready for the school summer holidays? As always, a little preparation can go a long way. Here, we’re going to talk you through the considerations that you need to make to ensure that your business is fighting fit to…
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Culture and change
Emma Browning

Hands up anybody who would like to see a 12% increase in productivity in their business this month?

I bet I can see your hand in the air right now – who wouldn’t want a 12% increase in business productivity? Consider for a moment, the findings of research conducted by employee services provider Personal Group, which revealed that almost half of UK workers are unhappy in their job. The same survey showed that happy employees are a massive 12 per cent more productive than those unhappy with their work situation. So, if your employees feel unhappy or unappreciated, you can be sure as eggs is eggs that they…
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Culture and change
Emma Browning

Size doesn’t matter, but performance most definitely does

I’m lucky and have already been away for my main holiday this year and am now back and full of energy to start the next half of the year! Seriously though, that couple of weeks R&R is a really important time for me to unwind from the grind, so when I book my holiday, I don’t take any chances and I consulted with the travel experts for some guidance on where to go to ensure I have a great break with plenty of sunshine thrown in (my own weather experience…
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Culture and change
Emma Browning

Three quickfire tips to improve health and wellbeing amongst your employees

At this time of year, many of us are madly last-minute dieting and boot-camping, in a quest to be beach ready for our Summer hols. The selection boxes have been ditched in favour of kale smoothies, the wine bottles have been drained, and avocado and chia seeds are right back at the top of the shopping list! You’ve probably already considered your own health and fitness, but have you thought about the health and wellbeing of your employees? If you want your team to be firing on all cylinders, then…
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Strategy
Emma Browning

Meraki HR Managing Director, Emma Browning, welcomed to the board of Babelquest, digital marketing agency

Meraki HR MD Emma Browning has been announced as the new Non-Executive Director for Oxfordshire based digital marketing agency, Babelquest. Emma said of her appointment, “ I am delighted to be joining the Babelquest board. I have been working with the team at Babelquest for the last two years, supporting them in the development of their people strategy throughout a significant growth process and following a merger – all of which has firmly established them as a key digital marketing provider and a globally recognised HubSpot Diamond Partner agency in…
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Policies and procedures
Emma Browning

Partner With Local Businesses To Promote Employee Wellbeing

It’s that time of year again. Summer’s just on the horizon. Holiday’s are being penciled into the diary, and it’s pretty likely that health kicks and lifestyle overhauls have been the subject of many discussions in your workplace! Fad diets and beach bodies aside though, when was the last time that you took a moment to consider how you’re promoting health and wellbeing to your employees? It’s something that can have huge benefits for your business (from reduced staff absence to boosted morale and productivity), but it can also seem…
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Culture and change
Emma Browning

Never mind e=mc2.  Wellbeing2=profits10

I need to clear something up! What do we actually mean by employee wellbeing? To this day, wellbeing remains a hotly contested word, with various definitions and spellings and still remains “conceptually muddy.  What I can assure you though – it definitely isn’t ‘wellness’. “Workplace wellness” is usually linked with the word “health” and unsurprisingly the focus is mostly on employee physical health such as being at a healthy weight, nutrition, exercise, gym membership and stopping smoking etc.  All extremely worthwhile and creditable for sure, but they alone, will not…
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Strategy
Emma Browning

Is your business in a period of structured growth? If so, read on

If your business is in a period of  growth and expansion, you probably know that your future success will heavily rely on making  significant changes to your people strategy; be it recruitment, employment processes, training, lines of internal communication, management structure and such like. Specialist stuff. Ideally, you’d pass this all on to your own specialist HR Director to take care of for you, but at this early stage of the growth game, the costs of recruiting your very own permanent HRD are pretty inhibitive. So, it’s jolly good news…
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