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When an employer mishandles its messaging during redundancies, sometimes the "reputation of the business just cannot recover", a communications specialist says in the wake of a "completely avoidable" PR disaster.

Despite the clear benefits of implementing play in the workplace, very few organisations are "brave enough to really make this a habit", an expert on the topic says.

Despite most employers now offering greater flexibility than before the pandemic, working parents are struggling more than ever to juggle their work and home life, according to new research.

Employers are still viewing Gen Z as the 'future' workforce and leaders when they are well and truly here already, an academic and futurist says.

There's a tension in workplaces today between showing empathy and exercising authority, but these things aren't "mutually exclusive", says relationship expert Esther Perel.

HR can't afford to ignore difficult employees, but focusing on them at the expense of others is like giving too much attention to a child who's throwing a tantrum, a strategist warns.

With burnout on the rise, more employers need to "encourage a leave culture" and let staff know that "taking leave is about taking care of yourself", a chief people officer says.

An HR department with a shrinking budget can still deliver value, but it shouldn't be expected to deliver "the gold standard", according to an advisor who recommends resetting expectations now.

Managers often fall into the trap of not delegating because they think it would be easier to do things themselves, but this is worse for everybody, according to a leadership specialist.

Employers that try to rally their staff around a shared purpose to increase productivity risk alienating them instead, according to an HR advisory leader.