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The New Role of Trust in the Workplace
For years, trust in the workplace has been a background hum threaded through strategy, performance, and culture work. In the last year, the dull roar seems to have morphed into a sharp, ringing sound in leadership and HR conversations. Data from the Edelman Trust Institute indicates that global employees’ trust in their organization to ‘do […]
What Should Employers Leave in 2025?
Each year, we like to ask the OrgShakers team what practices and mindsets they believe employers should be leaving behind in the year that has passed to help them begin fresh in the new year to come. As 2025 has now come to a close, we wanted to see what they believed should be left […]
What We’re Reading: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
As we head into December, we wanted our final read of the year to feel seasonally appropriate while still delivering meaningful insights for leaders and HR professionals. And after looking at a range of options, we quickly realised: you can’t beat a classic. And so, this month, we are reading A Christmas Carol by Charles […]
Don’t Let Wisdom Walk Away: The Hidden Art of Knowledge Interviews
Every organization has been there; that moment when a key employee moves on, and suddenly we realize how much of their knowledge existed only in their head. It’s not just about losing a team member, it’s about losing the shortcuts, insights, and quiet expertise that made them such an effective member of the team. Knowledge […]
How to Make Employee Feedback Actually Useful
Feedback is one of the most powerful tools employers can utilize, as when wielded correctly, it can truly drive change in an organization. However, too often organizations will launch a big survey, collect responses, and then leave these results to gather digital dust. But that real opportunity for change lies in turning that feedback into […]
The Gift of Recognition: Creative Ways to Appreciate Your Team Over the Holidays
The holiday period is always a golden opportunity to shine a spotlight on the efforts of your people, helping to build a culture of appreciation that lasts well beyond December. Research increasingly shows that recognition is not just a nice gesture, but a real driver of better business. For example, a recent survey found that 77.9% of […]
Seasonal Hiring and Onboarding: How to Make Temporary Teams Feel Permanent
It’s not news to hear that the holiday season often brings a surge in temporary staffing needs. Whether it’s retail floor help, customer‑service agents, logistics crew or other seasonal roles, the festive months require those extra hands. And whilst the title of ‘temp’ looms as a reminder that these new hires are fractional, employers who […]
Virtual Holiday Spirit: Engaging Remote Teams for the Festive Season
In our increasingly distributed workforce, creating a meaningful holiday experience for remote or hybrid employees has its own unique challenges…which opens up a pool of opportunities for employers. With about 22 % of the US workforce working remotely in 2025 (around 32.6 million people) and 83 % of workers globally saying a hybrid arrangement is their ideal way […]
The Secret to Stronger Teams? Offboard and Onboard Your Internal Talent
When an employee is hired into an organization, employers often rejoice. They offer elaborate onboarding journeys, training plans, and buddy-pairing introductions to ensure this new hire is assimilated into life at their company. But when someone moves laterally or is promoted internally, their experience is notably different. If there is an onboarding process, typically it […]
Building HR Credibility: Why This Moment Matters More Than Ever
By David Fairhurst, Founder & CEO, OrgShakers For many years, HR professionals have spoken about earning a strategic seat at the executive table. Yet today, that ambition has taken on new urgency. Organizations are grappling with rapid technological advances, evolving workforce expectations, and an increasingly unpredictable operating environment. These pressures demand leadership that can unite […]
Wellbeing Starts with Great Work Design
Wellbeing programmes have always been a popular investment. Think yoga classes, mindfulness apps, fruit bowls…employers have tried all sorts of innovative little ways to help lessen those feelings of stress and burnout only to find that employee stress levels barely shift. The reason for this is simple: wellbeing doesn’t start with perks. It starts with […]
Is AI Creating ‘Workslop’?
An article from Harvard Business Review recently caught my eye. The article centered around this idea that generative AI tools are flooding workplaces with superficially polished but ultimately shallow output which they have dubbed as ‘workslop’. The claim is a provocative one. Instead of liberating workers, AI may be, in some cases, creating more busy-work […]
