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#SalutingOurSisters: Tricia Pereira, shares her career story this Black History Month
29 Sep 2023 Tricia Pereira
October is Black History Month, and this year’s focus is on #SalutingOurSisters – celebrating the achievements of Black women. In honour of this, we’r…read more
Culture and diversity
Good news story
Leadership
Skills for Care
Top ten tips for the next generation of CEOs of health, housing and care organisations
08 Aug 2023 Peter Kinsey and Bruce Moore
Peter Kinsey, Chair and CEO of Iris Care Group and Bruce Moore, CEO of Housing 21 share their top tips for future CEOs of health, housing and care org…read more
Management
What data can tell you about developing a #PositiveWorkplaceCulture
20 Jul 2023 Skills for Care
Monitoring workforce and sector data can provide useful insights about developing a positive workplace culture. Find out more about how you can use da…read more
ASC-WDS
How can reward and recognition support a positive workplace culture
19 Jul 2023 Neil Eastwood
Neil Eastwood explores the opportunity to show more gratitude in the workplace and what options are available to employers to improve in this area. read more
Retention
Recognition scheme supports positive workplace culture for nurses
13 Jul 2023 Skills for Care
Zoe Steventon, registered nurse and General Manager at Edgbaston Manor, and Rebecca Kneller, registered nurse and Deputy Manager at Edgbaston Manor sh…read more
Nursing
What active allyship at work means
28 Jun 2023 Skills for Care
Chikere Igbokwe, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion (DEI) Consultant – Allyship, Antiracism, DEI Strategy, Diversity Recruitment discusses what allyshi…read more
Leaders’ role in developing a positive workplace culture
21 Jun 2023 Christine Wint
Christine Wint, Head of Leadership Development at Skills for Care discusses the importance of leaders in creating a positive workplace culture. read more
Creating a positive workplace culture for personal assistants
20 Jun 2023 Skills for Care
We spoke to individual employers (IEs) and a personal assistant (PA) about how to create a positive workplace culture for PAs. read more
Individual employers
Resources to support you with developing a positive workplace culture
15 Jun 2023 Skills for Care
As leaders and managers an important part of your role is creating a positive workplace culture. We have resources to help you. read more
Learning and development
Wellbeing
Why compassion matters in leadership
12 Jun 2023 Sarah-Jane Dale
Sarah-Jane Dale, Chief Operating Officer, AOD discusses what compassionate leadership is and how it benefits both leaders and teams. read more
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