Evidence Talks

How many times have you heard someone kick off a presentation or a conversation with the phrase 'As we all know...', closely followed by a strong assertion or claim? In this episode Richard and Pilar meet face-to-face to talk (so forgive the background noise!) about how disruptive and dangerous myths and fads can be in the workplace, and whilst there may be a nugget of truth in there somewhere, it's been over-played or over-simplified.  We discuss a four common workplace myths: Millennials  - we've seen an explosion of focus on this population group, highlighting how we need to do things differently because they need and want different things. This is often seen as the rationale to do things differently whether that's your recruitment strategy, succession planning or provision of development. But what does the evidence say? Engagement - As we all know...increasing employment leads to increased productivity. Quite apart from the challenges associated with its definition, this is