Sadly, in a few weeks time I will be bidding a fond adieu to the Real People team and taking up a position in a business psychology firm in Covent Garden. I will sorely miss being a Real People person, and I can honestly say that I have never worked with such an amazing team. It’s a great feeling to love your job, and as we are talking about workplace culture this month, I thought it might be nice to share what I have learnt about fostering a positive culture from working at Real People.

The War For Talent is officially back on. With the economy slowly recovering, high quality job applicants are once again finding themselves in a sellers market. The candidates I speak of tend to be individuals who are talented, engaged and loyal and these applicants can be picky about the jobs they apply for and accept, simply because they have the skills and personal characteristics that make them highly desirable for organisations. 

Summer seems to be prematurely drawing to a close. Although it’s only August, the rain clouds and chilly breezes are back with gusto.  And if you were lucky enough, you may have even gotten away for a few weeks and stocked up on enough sunshine to last you until next summer.

Alas, if it were only so simple. 

As you may have noticed, this month we have been discussing the impact that changes to flexible working laws will have on your organisation. In this blog, I want to focus on a slightly different aspect of flexible working: the importance of having a culture that supports such policies. As with many of our blogs, I’ll start with a story…

·         ‘Culture-fit’ assessments help you to ensure you employ people who are right for your organisation

·         Start by developing your cultural values and find out what makes your best employees amazing

·         What’s more important, experience or a strong culture fit? Find out with Real People

As the yearly staff survey is distributed you can almost hear the moans and rumblings sweep across the workforce like a wave of discontent. They are begrudgingly completed but not before many questions are asked: “Why do these things exist?” “What do they actually do?” “How is the information going to be used?”