The CIPD recently published an article saying that people with disabilities and chronic health conditions are most at risk of workplace bullying, while 1.25 million employees face violence at work, according to UK-wide research.
Academics from Plymouth and Cardiff universities interviewed 4,000 employees as part of a four-year study into staff ill-treatment in the workplace.
Bluegem offer a range of training and supporting learning opportunities to help organization's promote inclusions and inappropriate behaviour in the workplace. Contact us on 08444 827280 for more information.
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Thursday, 17 May 2012
Tuesday, 3 April 2012
What's on Manager's minds?
The CIPD recently published this article relating to a report from Roffey Park regarding the pressing issues on business managers minds.
"The economic climate is still the number one challenge for business, says this new research report from Roffey Park, with most organisations preoccupied with efficiency and cost savings.
The prolonged economic crisis is having a negative impact on managers who are feeling more insecure and under pressure, with public sector managers most affected. Those at the top of organisations generally feel more secure and optimistic about the future.
Larger organisations are finding the economic climate more difficult. They are under greater pressure from reduced revenue and difficult employee relations but are also finding it hard to adapt to changes in the macro-economic, political and regulatory environment.
Redundancies are still only being handled adequately. Well-managed redundancies align staff reductions to future business needs, carry out an open and transparent process with real consultation at all levels and provide good support for the people leaving.
International organisations are finding bureaucracy, political and legal systems and IT a challenge in managing international teams effectively. They also found it difficult to manage performance when cultural issues were problematic."
To help your business improve performance whilst maintaning employee engagement, contact us at Bluegem 08444 827280 or visit us at www.bluegem.co.uk.
"The economic climate is still the number one challenge for business, says this new research report from Roffey Park, with most organisations preoccupied with efficiency and cost savings.
To help your business improve performance whilst maintaning employee engagement, contact us at Bluegem 08444 827280 or visit us at www.bluegem.co.uk.
Monday, 12 March 2012
Surface Structure and Deep Structure - Snow
With our Canadian office opening in Calgary soon, this article by our colleague Clare Smale seemed very appropriate.
"The Sami people of Sweden, Norway and Finland have a language which lists hundreds of words for snow. In England we have just a few. If I was to ask you what the word 'snow' means, what would be the first three words that you would write down?
I would probably write something like white, precipitation (that's the geographer in me coming out) and frozen. IN NLP, the word 'snow' would be called a surface structure description. It's is a word that generalises, deletes and distorts all the different things that snow can be, in order to give one all-encompassing term that is easily understood. In reality, we all have a different interpretation of this word, probably including different pictures in our mind of 'snow' (maybe an Alpine view, skiers, a Christmas scene, a car stuck in a drift or many other possibilities).
In the UK we get so little of the white stuff, that using a surface structure word serves us well most of the time. Even in the UK 'snow' can be confusing and interpreted in different ways - commuters, farmers, excited children, the emergency services and sports clubs will all interpret and react to a 5cm snow forecast in different ways.
To uncover the generalisations, deletions and distortions that the word 'snow' has created, we would need to ask more questions and drill down into the detail of all the different possible types of snow. The deep structure is everything we know about an experience. The surface structure is everything that has been deleted, distorted and generalised by our language and representational systems (visual, auditory and kinaesthetic)."
To read the rest of this article and find out more about Sami words for snow and some practical ideas for you, click here
http://www.inspired2learnconference.com/Snow-Article.html
"The Sami people of Sweden, Norway and Finland have a language which lists hundreds of words for snow. In England we have just a few. If I was to ask you what the word 'snow' means, what would be the first three words that you would write down?
I would probably write something like white, precipitation (that's the geographer in me coming out) and frozen. IN NLP, the word 'snow' would be called a surface structure description. It's is a word that generalises, deletes and distorts all the different things that snow can be, in order to give one all-encompassing term that is easily understood. In reality, we all have a different interpretation of this word, probably including different pictures in our mind of 'snow' (maybe an Alpine view, skiers, a Christmas scene, a car stuck in a drift or many other possibilities).
In the UK we get so little of the white stuff, that using a surface structure word serves us well most of the time. Even in the UK 'snow' can be confusing and interpreted in different ways - commuters, farmers, excited children, the emergency services and sports clubs will all interpret and react to a 5cm snow forecast in different ways.
To uncover the generalisations, deletions and distortions that the word 'snow' has created, we would need to ask more questions and drill down into the detail of all the different possible types of snow. The deep structure is everything we know about an experience. The surface structure is everything that has been deleted, distorted and generalised by our language and representational systems (visual, auditory and kinaesthetic)."
To read the rest of this article and find out more about Sami words for snow and some practical ideas for you, click here
http://www.inspired2learnconference.com/Snow-Article.html
Wednesday, 21 December 2011
Friday, 18 November 2011
Racism still a problem for football
In his article Matk Bright comments on the issue of racism in football and particularly how certain fans have used social media to aim racist abuse at him. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/15744902.stm
This raises a broader question beyond the boundaries of football and into wider society. To what degree is racism still prevelant? Are we in a position now where people still hold racist views but now use social media as a way to voice them from the "safe position" behind their keyboard? Would they make the same comments face to face? What ever the answers, it is concerning that here in the 21st Century the odious nature of racism still infects our society, surely racism should now be consigned to history's dustbin.
This raises a broader question beyond the boundaries of football and into wider society. To what degree is racism still prevelant? Are we in a position now where people still hold racist views but now use social media as a way to voice them from the "safe position" behind their keyboard? Would they make the same comments face to face? What ever the answers, it is concerning that here in the 21st Century the odious nature of racism still infects our society, surely racism should now be consigned to history's dustbin.
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