In this blog, we want to write about the topic of self-awareness because of it’s strong importance in the success of everything. That might sound like a very broad claim to say that something can be responsible for the success of everything, but hear us out.

We are in the midst of a fascinating time for HR, People and Learning Teams. Work as we know it is changing, both on an organisational and individual level. The role and function of organisations as employers is evolving.

It is not uncommon for employees to refuse their holiday days in fear of a massive build-up of unmanageable work while they’re gone. Many don’t feel that holidays are worth the amount of work they have to catch-up on when they’re back.

Have you ever thought about why we don’t always do the things that will benefit us? And I don’t mean things that we will eventually do because we are obliged to do them, for example, carry out a project or write a contract.

Why is it an issue if we struggle to retain information? Put yourself in the following situations. You’re going for a new promotion and need to learn how to manage a larger team.

We’re all familiar with the statistics. According to research from Gallup, 85% of employees worldwide are not engaged in their job. Additionally, 71% of employees in Western Europe are not engaged (2017 Gallup State of the Global Workplace survey).