How to retain executive talent during organisational change? Organisational change is a given. Whether it’s restructuring, leadership transition, or strategic pivots. For senior leaders, it’s rarely the disruption itself that creates risk — it’s how that disruption...
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Executive Onboarding: Maximising the Potential for Success
When it comes to executive onboarding, the stakes are high. A new leader steps into a big role means that everyone’s watching. The organisation has made a huge investment to bring them on board and now it’s time to perform. The danger is believing that success will...
Why Internal Mobility Starts with Better Career Conversations
One of the most common reasons people give for leaving their jobs, according to our exit interview data, is that employees feel their career aspirations have fallen off line with their employers. Whatever your people may say to you, the most common reason people are...
How Can Career Coaching Boost Employee Engagement?
The Current Jobs Market and Impact on Employee Engagement It’s no secret that the UK jobs market has become increasingly unstable in recent months. With higher employer costs, an unstable economy, redundancies and hiring freezes, the morale and productivity of...
Are Redundancy Headlines Impacting Employee Confidence?
Are redundancy headlines impacting employee confidence? In the immediate aftermath of the COVID pandemic, redundancy rates in the UK dropped to the lowest levels since records began. At the same time UK vacancy levels soared – peaking at 1.3 million open job...

Leadership Lessons from Redundancy: HR Insights
My story is not unique—between May and July of 2024 alone, approximately 82,000 people faced redundancy (ONS). However, the troubling trend doesn’t end there... As we enter 2025, the UK is experiencing the largest wave of redundancies in a decade (excluding the...

The Hidden Fallout of Redundancy: How It Impacts Everyone
When talking about redundancy, our first thoughts are often for those put “at risk” of potentially losing their job. Nevertheless, it is important to think about your wider team and how you support them through change and the uncertainty ahead. The Importance of Line...

Communicating redundancies: five key principles
Communicating redundancies is never easy. For either the organisation or individuals. Chiumento MD Mike Burgneay shares some of his thoughts on how to manage communications successfully. What we've learned over the past 30 years is that there are five "golden rules"...

Time off work – can you get it when you need it?
Time off work is something we all value. According to some researchers the global COVID pandemic made us all think harder about work-life integration. Not least a major shift towards hybrid and remote working. Doing away with the daily commute, and gaining back the...
Good Leavers: Boosting Your Employer Brand
Why don't we talk more about good leavers? Discussions about organisational success tend to focus on the importance of attracting and retaining top talent. Employee retention is vital for building a strong workforce but we often overlook the significant impact that...