Recent research has revealed the effect that using technology in the workplace has on employee’s mental health. It suggests that although nearly 60% of senior decision makers said technology had “adverse effects” on mental wellbeing and work-life balance, less than a quarter of workers felt they could talk to their employers about these issues. The…
CMCBP have been researching inclusive meetings and why they are an important issue for employers seeking to develop effective workplace cultures. CMCBP developed this thinking for a recent workshop on inclusive communications. This blog is sharing some of the areas we communicated during that session. The way we communicate is based on each individual’s perception.…
In the past decade, the number of employees working from home has increased by 373,000 – a 27% rise. There are many benefits of working away from the office, including fewer distractions, increased productivity, cutting out the commute and juggling work with caring responsibilities. Getting the best from your home-working employee population relies on taking…
As a business psychology consultancy, networking is vital to CMCBP. With our psychology expertise, we’ve got some interesting insights about networking and we thought we’d share them here with you. Top Tips for Successful Networking Use emotional intelligence – understanding what you want to get from the networking session and by being clear on how…
National Work Life Week (7-11th October 2019) is an opportunity for employees and employers to take some time to focus on well being at work and maintaining a healthy work-life balance. Research shows that almost one third of UK workers reported they have a poor work-life balance and 38% of UK employees admitted that a…
Clare is a committee member of the North West branch of the Association of Business Psychologists. As part of that role she is keen on supporting others interesting in starting or developing their career as a business psychologist. To support this she contributed to an evening event where business psychologists shared their thoughts on the…
Clare works with a lot of organisations in helping them adapt to flexible ways of working and challenging biases about the meaning of flexible working. Clare works at home and is a fan of it herself as well as helping others to build flexible work cultures. In this Sunday Times article by Eithne Dunne on…
A new training programme is launched in Ireland to meet the demand for HR and business professionals in Strategic Workforce Planning Training and Consultancy. Strategic Workforce Planning is an extension to the existing concepts of talent management but deals with the future planning of talent and fast pace of change that affects this. At its…
As a business psychologist, I do a lot of work with clients who talk about their goals, and they normally include statements similar to the following I want to be the CEO of my company I want a better work life balance I want to set up a successful business I want to be a…
Journal.ie published an article by Clare titled ‘How to get a career you are happy with’. Please click here to read the online piece
‘Careering towards a better life’ Article on portfolio careers from the Sunday Business Post. Full article here. This article is based on a main area of my research and one that I passionately work in helping people achieve . I believe that alternative ways of working will continue to grow in demand, for a number of reasons.…
The Irish Times are running a series of article on The Way We Work, and are talking to various Organisational Psychologists to contribute to the discussion. Full range of articles can be found here See link for comments from Clare from Saturday’s opening article