“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…
For many years I believed I was managing effectively by telling people what to do. By being a ‘go to’ person that people called on for advice and guidance I…
Having worked in HR roles all my professional life, I feel a strong bond and passion for the profession. No doubt about it, HR work is tough. It’s emotionally draining,…
Performance Management Simplified All organisations strive to build better performance in their teams. Achieving this on a consistent basis is easier said than done of course. The most performance driven…
Human Centred Leadership Organisations need more human-centred leadership. What does this really mean? We think it largely comes down to whether leaders see the person first or the employee first….