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Human Resources

Personality at Work – Why Aren’t We More Ourselves?

Whilst the workplace has become more personal in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, which forced a convergence of issues like wellbeing and professionalism, showing too much personality at work has ironically yet to gain widespread acceptance. Although professionalism inevitably involves a certain amount of restraint, this frequently goes too far. Nowadays people often fear […]

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Human Resources

Why We Should Talk About Personal Problems at Work

COVID-19 has been a mixed bag for the world of work. Whilst for some it has been a wholly negative experience, bringing redundancy, social isolation, and new erratic working conditions, for others it has brought immeasurable benefits. One such benefit is the ‘humanisation of the professional’. No longer is the label ‘professional’ disassociated from the […]

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Consulting Industry

Management consulting – where did it begin?

EXECUTIVES often rely on the advice of expert management consultants. Was it always this way? Where did it all begin? The very first management consulting firm was Arthur D. Little, founded all the way back in 1886 by a professor at MIT whose name was (funnily enough) Arthur D. Little. Almost 30 years later, Booz […]