Engagement vs Meaningful Engagement

For 71% of HR professionals, 2020 has been the most challenging year*. I'm guessing this may be comparable to other professions, but when you have an increasingly stressed workforce (59%), who are less connected to the organisation they work for (32%) and less engaged...

Reemerge. Rethink. Reboot.

Well, it's been a while. AnyGood? like many businesses is emerging from the economic and health tornado that is still leaving a trail of destruction behind it. I'll be honest, it feels like I've done a few rounds with Nicola Adams. But we're stronger for it right?...

An alternative view of the HR world

Guest Post by Ted Smith, HR Consultant and Author of Human Resources A to Z Way too many line managers rely on the ‘rules’ contained in their company handbook or online policy portal. I guess there is comfort sticking to the rules and responding with the classic line...

Implementing change that impacts people? Read this first.

I began my journey in change at Egg bank back in 1996 and have seen many methodologies, training courses and books come and go. Being a curious kind of person, (that can be read two ways – both are accurate!) I signed up to everything going to increase my knowledge...

IR35 – No delay past 2021 so what next?

Did you spend your Wednesday evening this week watching Parliament? To be honest, it's not a regular occurrence for me (really, it's not). But I just had to watch the proposed amendments to the Finance Bill specific to IR35 being discussed and hopefully voted on. It...

DWP Partners – A Fully Funded Recruitment Service

Over a year ago I had the pleasure of being introduced to the team at Reed In Partnership. Of course I'd heard of Reed, but somehow the existence of this service had completely passed me by. They shared the work that they do and I was completely bowled over, not only...

The Business Of Hypermobility

Hypermobility can be both a blessing and a curse, but I'm finding that this more accurately describes how I'm looking at AnyGood? and our need to contort into the kind of business that's needed today. For me, being flexible enough to offer free services, new features...

Leveraging Marketplaces To Help COVID-19 Support Efforts

For around 15 years now I've been getting (many would say "overly") excited by the sharing economy, marketplaces and crowdsourcing. The way they've eased so many high friction industries and enabled multiple users to transact directly has reinvented market behaviours....

Platform Engagement Doubles Due To Redundancies

Engagement within two sided marketplaces is always something you're tracking and driving. Although we're incredibly pleased to see our stats double in just one week, knowing that this is likely to be down to redundancies is not the reason we wanted this to happen. Our...

Remote onboarding, working and engaging

This is an offer of help that I recently sent to all of our existing clients. I'm sharing this externally in the interests of keeping as many businesses running as possible and people in work. In addition to our core business of introducing employers to personally...