‘I’m enjoying going to work again’ At Apex, we’re not normally ones for posting feedback, but this comment from a person we are supporting with coaching really impacted on us….
Too many workplaces continue to ignore the basic needs of human beings. Too many leaders still see this aspect as ‘soft’. Doing the important work of building emotional intelligence into…
At Apex, we believe in challenging the status quo when it comes to new ways of working. As a team, we have been discussing the importance of providing the best…
At Apex, we believe that doing a great HR job is adopting a ‘prevention rather than cure’ mindset. There are so many people related problems which could be prevented with…
“Never before have we needed HR to not be HR more than we do now” [Jacob Morgan, author of the Employee Experience Advantage]. At Apex, we believe HR needs to…
Much of life and the world of business is centred on our willingness to find compromise in difficult situations. Yet many people can find it so hard to compromise and…
“You matter”. Two simple words that can be so powerful. Yet how often do we say this to people in workplaces? More importantly, how often do we really mean it?…
Humanity is missing in too many workplaces. We may say people come first and that they matter, but what is the real experience of the people working in our organisations?…
I heard a frustrated manager say today that employees are ‘resistant to change’. I don’t think that is correct. In my experience employees are resistant to sudden change, change without…
The problems many organisations face, are due to the dehumanisation of work. In many organisations, people feel they are ‘just a number’ or a cog in the machine. Poor or…