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Last week we were delighted to welcome our supporters, partners and friends to Jolyons at No. 10 to celebrate our first birthday. In the past year, we've had the privilege of working with some fantastic businesses in Wales, including DevOpsGuys, Creditsafe, Acuity Legal, Tŷ Hafan, Cardiff & Vale College and the Wales Audit Office. And we seem to have had quite an impact. When we set Sitka up, we made it our mission to challenge the stigma of recruitment. Ove...
A recent report by the CIPD stated that ‘Manager behaviour not only impacts on employee health and well-being, but also on employee engagement’. As we mentioned in our last blog, effective engagement of employees is critical for business success. Being a good boss matters. As the saying goes, 'people leave managers, not companies', and 50% of people who leave their jobs cite a bad manager as the reason. Although each manager will have a unique style, those who are s...
'The only thing that is constant is change' (Heraclitus). This well-known saying is truer than ever in our fast-evolving economy. In the last 50 years, we have moved from a factory-based to a knowledge-based workforce. People want greater flexibility in their work life now and the 'job for life' is not the Holy Grail for employees. The explosion of social media platforms has also had a huge impact and negative comments from disgruntled employees can make or break a company in hours. In ord...