The Right to Disconnect
Does the UK need French-style legislation to give workers the Right To Disconnect? As flexible work is here to stay, how do you create healthy boundaries between work and private life? Averil argues...
View ArticleParenthood on CV?
Should women (or men) who take a so-called career break to raise a family add this to their CV? Averil provides corporate culture context and trends in modern parenting to illustrate the debate. “The...
View ArticleESG is here to stay
Ignoring it will hurt your pocket: Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) value drivers first emerged from a UN conference in 2005. Over time it has become an important filter for investors and...
View ArticleGender Diversity is key to ESG
Getting it right scores across multiple dimensions: Getting ESG right is complicated as so many factors and activities are intertwined. You need to be seen to do the right thing. Acting on Gender...
View ArticleRecruiting more women makes everyone richer
The maths of gender diversity: Evidence from the City is that women are performing at least as well as men in fund management, the law, insurance, and banking. It is equally true in ‘real’ industries...
View ArticleThe ladder of workable New Year resolutions
Averil and Connie discuss sensible approaches to New Year resolutions using (properly researched) positive psychology and other behavioural techniques. From morning coffee, to Duolingo, to the ladder...
View ArticleUnconscious bias: are Heidi and Howard alive and well?
You’ll have heard about the 2010 Harvard Business School case study where the same professional’s CV was presented as either that of a Heidi Roizen or Howard Roizen? Sight unseen, biased judgment...
View ArticleThe curse of the good girl
Women are trained to be hard working and dependable while behaving in a predictable way: the perfect recipe to be overlooked for career development. How do we change this at the personal and cultural...
View ArticleIn search of the All-Weather Leader
As part of our White Water Insights research series, we are introducing a new white paper on leadership. Over the last 10 years – and in our previous careers – we have worked with hundreds of...
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