Lisa Barnwell, Author at HiBob

Jun. 14, 2017 ·

3 min read

Retaining new parents – why and how?

Many new businesses start with great intentions, to create an innovative service or product and flexible and inclusive culture that attracts and keeps great talent. But marrying the two can be a challenge when HR budgets are slim and set up costs focus on output and delivery rather than internal policies and procedures. Hoping that your business will naturally grow with your employees and meet their changing needs as they arise is not the best plan for success. Unless you have a good understanding of what it means to become…

Diversity costs but so does failure to take action

Don't get left behind in creating an inclusive culture What does gender diversity mean to your business? There’s an easy way to measure this. How much have you currently invested to tackle it? If the answer is zero or the amount is nominal than I think we can safely say that diversity still falls under the “nice-to-have” bracket. What if we reframe the question, instead of looking at what you’re not spending to tackle gender diversity, let’s look at what it's costing you to fail at it? If…

Show me the money

How gender pay gap regulations can be good for your business What would you do if you knew - without question - that you were working alongside a colleague of equal or lesser competency who was earning significantly more than you? That you knew your skills and qualifications stacked up equally, and your ambition and commitment to the business were also on par? That this disparity wasn’t even a secret and had already been acknowledged by management to be unfair with a verbal promise to rectify at the next round…