READ As organisations mark International Women’s Day, they need to challenge assumptions that women make choices that hinder their careers, and focus on systemic bias instead. Many people believe that...
Read More
WATCH In this webinar for Cranfield School of Management, I look at the case for true default flexibility, at what the government is offering via their consultation, and at what…
READ What is being consulted on is not default flexibility. Default flex means that all jobs are advertised with the available flexibility (if there is any) already designed in, to...
Read More
READ Last week saw Equal Pay Day – the day when women effectively stop earning due to their pay gap with men – but also International Men’s Day. Organisations need…
The Government is hailing its proposal to make flexible working a ‘day-one’ right for employees as the way to make flexible working ‘the default’. But in reality, its plans fall...
Read More
READ Will the spread of hybrid working be a tipping point for fathers? Will it deliver greater acceptability of flex? And greater take-up? Does the wish for equality at home...
Read More
READ Managing flexible workers is not as complicated as many people fear. I recall mistakes made and lessons learned over the years, and suggest some simple approaches for the manager...
Read More
WATCH my conversation with Elliott Rae, founder of the father website and community Music Football Fatherhood. What fathers want is changing. What should employers should do, if they are not...
Read More
READ Now is a good time to remember the importance of handing staff control – it will help businesses survive Covid-19. We are living through a forced experiment in working...
Read More