Hypnocurious?

At this year’s CIPD Festival of Work , one session in particular stayed with me. It wasn’t filled with bold frameworks or the latest in...

At this year’s CIPD Festival of Work, I sat in on a powerful session exploring how we build real, meaningful manager capability in today's complex workplace. The panel included voices from across industry - Andy Ayim MBE, Shane Ashby-Roche from The White Company, and Claire Angliss from Rolls Royce SWR - all reflecting on the evolving nature of leadership. When we talk about what makes a great manager, we often default to skills that are easy to measure: performance managemen

Why is it that men are less likely to seek help for their mental health? Statistically, the figures are sobering. In the UK, suicide is the leading cause of death for men under 50, and men account for nearly 75% of all suicides (ONS, 2023). Only 36% of NHS referrals for psychological therapies are male (NHS Digital). In the construction industry, the situation is even more acute: men in construction are nearly four times more likely to die by suicide than the national average