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Toxic bosses – how to consign workplace bullying to the last century (a three minute read)

By business author and Purple Cubed founder, Jane Sunley Ever since I wrote this viewpoint about a grad’s experience of an organisation’s misguided recruitment process, I’ve been hearing from other young people starting out in the world of work. Whilst there are many excellent employers out there, some of these stories make for uncomfortable reading. Purple Cubed is all about sharing great practice and it would just be too negative to write about them all. However, I do feel compelled to write a piece about workplace bullying and to share with you the worst example I’ve heard so far (are you [...]

2019-03-18T16:26:06+01:00 March 6th, 2019|

This Valentine’s Day create an environment where it’s possible to ‘love what you do’ (a five minute read)

By business author and Purple Cubed founder, Jane Sunley The origins of Valentine’s Day are somewhat murky, from martyred priests and blood-soaked fertility rituals, to tales of an imprisoned Saint Valentine falling in love with his jailer’s daughter. Beloved of florists, card manufacturers and restaurateurs, today it’s a very popular opportunity to celebrate love. Love can mean many things; mutual respect, understanding and tolerance, kindness, compassion and transparency, personal attachment, excitement, the drive to spend time and achieve things together… This resonates with employee engagement, if you think about it. As lines blur between home and work, ‘loving what you [...]

2019-03-06T13:04:52+01:00 February 13th, 2019|

How to unleash the power of an engaged workforce

Many hospitality businesses are worrying about candidate shortages, labour turnover and how they're going to fuel profitability and growth with such a shortfall of people. We know (and this is backed up by Forbes and numerous others) that “high levels of employee engagement drive improved customer satisfaction, which impacts bottom line profits. The effectiveness of an individual leader is a key factor influencing engagement and this also impacts retention of talented employees, discretionary effort in the organisation and organisational profitability.” There is also compelling evidence of a clear correlation between manager effectiveness and engagement level. This, in turn, impacts the [...]

2018-10-16T16:48:27+01:00 October 16th, 2018|