One in four UK workers say that their job does not offer good opportunities for skills training and development. However, as technology evolves, learning and development opportunities will start to become more accessible, enabling employees to build new skills on the job rather than in a...

It’s Mental Health Awareness Week in the UK, and businesses are being encouraged to talk about how stress in the workplace can be minimised. A recent Deloitte Global Trends report found that 59% of British adults in employment name work as the most common cause of stress, and 1 in 10 employees...

With the development of artificial intelligence and automation, companies are looking for more highly skilled workers who can work with these technologies and regularly upskill. AI and automation have many unexplored possibilities, but in order to leverage them properly, companies must have...

One of the subjects that we are passionate about at Cornerstone is the future of work and how humans will collaborate with machines. Although there are many fears surrounding automation and how robots are taking over the world in the media – there is no reason to be alarmed. The future of...

It’s that time of year at Cornerstone EMEA HQ where we begin to shape our Convergence agenda – and this year we will be joined by three inspiring organisations fresh to the HR market.  We came across these innovators as a repeat sponsor of UNLEASH’s Startup Zone – where we have long...

Recent studies have revealed that the average Brit checks their smartphone 10,000 times a year and that number is only going to grow, particularly as we become more reliant on them. Mobile devices play an increasingly important role in our daily lives – just a few of the activities we do on our...

Time is money, and money is scarce

In the age of smartphones and social media, it's becoming harder and harder to take the time to disconnect and “unplug” from daily working life – even during our holidays. A two week break from work seems a waste if the remaining 50 weeks are full of...

To fill an open vacancy in an organisation, there are two paths employers can go down. The obvious one is to hire someone completely new to the organisation through the usual recruitment process. The less obvious route is to promote existing employees to new roles, offering them a new challenge...

Organisations with a higher level of product and service innovation have a higher usage of continuous reviews to develop their people (as opposed to the yearly appraisal). Whereas organisations that innovate less, are more likely to develop their people through coaching and mentoring programmes...

SUEZ provides sanitation services for 58 million inhabitants, reusing 882 million m3 of wastewater, recovering 16.9 million tons of waste per year and producing 7 TWh of local and renewable energy.

With 83,921 employees and operating on all five continents, SUEZ is continuously...