This year has seen a number of leading financial services providers pushed into the spotlight for their employee incentive schemes, which in some cases have led to large FCA fines. But reward is not a straightforward issue – bonuses have always been...
FCA, Insurance, Company Culture
The FCA is continuing to keep a close eye on the insurance market as it seeks to eliminate bad behaviour and practices, with organisations operating within the sector, beginning to take a more robust approach to dealing with issues relating to company...
It could be argued that firms should be free to make their own choices when it comes to who they recruit and the type of culture they build. Yet in financial services, the regulator is taking a stand and stating clearly that diversity matters. For...
Risk Management, Company Culture
As a risk manager are you fully up to date with your company’s corporate social responsibility activities? If not, then current thinking suggests you should be.
Promoting CSR strategies in the context of effective risk management will be a priority...
‘Burnout’ is one of the year’s buzzwords, signifying an extreme type of work-related stress, where those affected experience physical and mental exhaustion that also involves a sense of reduced accomplishment and loss of personal identity.
Employees...
A fear-based culture can exist in the public and private sectors and affect both large and small enterprises. For those who have experienced it in the past, there may be memories of dreading going into the office, of a particularly bullying manager...
