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The Importance of Ethics
https://steeringpoint.ie/worklife/the-importance-of-ethics/“Ethisphere, an organisation that tracks the ethical conduct of the world’s largest companies, found that the businesses that qualified for its 2022 list of most ethical companies outperformed an index of similar large cap companies by 24.6 percent overall. The Institute of Business Ethics similarly found that companies with high ethical standards are 10.7% more profitable than those without. ”
How Much Should You be Working?
https://steeringpoint.ie/worklife/how-much-should-you-be-working/“Digital tools have made it possible to work from pretty much anywhere, at pretty much any time. This was supposed to usher in a new age of liberation: the worker, no longer constrained by their office environment or nine-to-five schedule, is now free to live the life they always wanted. In reality, it has just meant the expectation of swift email correspondence has extended its lebensraum to the realms of evenings, weekends and even holidays. That edenic notion of freetime signed off its suicide note with a customary “sent from my iPhone” footer.”
Financial Education: What do Employers Owe their Employees?
https://steeringpoint.ie/worklife/financial-education-what-do-employers-owe-their-employees/“Employers have an obligation to ensure their staff are financially literate. That means teaching them about key areas in which they can make improvements, such as budget and savings planning, financial goals, property advice, retirement projections, investment education and debt management – and tailoring that advice according to each individual’s circumstances. ”
What is the impact of DeepSeek, China’s new AI model?
https://steeringpoint.ie/worklife/what-is-the-impact-of-deepseek-chinas-new-ai-model/The impact of DeepSeek’s flagship model, DeepSeek-R1, is difficult to ignore. Trained with an investment of approximately $5.6 million — compared to the estimated $100 million to $1 billion spent by American competitors — its success challenges the prevailing notion that AI progress is reserved for companies with vast financial and computational resources.
Blending Skills-Based and Competency-Based Interviewing: Similarities, Differences, and Benefits
https://steeringpoint.ie/worklife/blending-skills-based-and-competency-based-interviewing-similarities-differences-and-benefits/Job interviews are undergoing a significant transformation. Traditional approaches—emphasising personality, presentation, and educational qualifications—are being re-evaluated in favour of methods prioritising skills and competencies. One movement driving this change is the “Tear the Paper Ceiling” initiative, which advocates recognising candidates based on their skills and experiences rather than formal degrees.
Combatting Decision Fatigue
https://steeringpoint.ie/worklife/combatting-decision-fatigue/“Decision fatigue is “the idea that after making many decisions, your ability to make more and more decisions over the course of a day becomes worse,” says Lisa MacLean, MD, psychiatrist and chief wellness officer at Henry Ford Health System. “The more decisions you have to make, the more fatigue you develop and the more difficult it can become””
Working Through a Personal Crisis
https://steeringpoint.ie/worklife/working-through-a-personal-crisis/Navigating a personal crisis while maintaining professional responsibilities is a challenge that transcends industries, job titles, and career stages. Whether it’s coping with illness, grieving a loss, managing family upheaval, or facing financial difficulties, these situations can profoundly impact one’s ability to function effectively at work. The modern workplace often demands our full attention, yet life’s inevitable crises don’t pause for business hours. Working through such periods is difficult, but it can be done. This article hopes to explain how.
What Does Donald Trump’s Second Coming Mean for Ireland?
https://steeringpoint.ie/worklife/what-does-donald-trumps-second-coming-mean-for-ireland/The predictions of an extended period of stress during which none of us could be certain what would happen proved false. In the end, it was all over quickly. No need for days of counting, court procedures to declare state victories, or bloody insurrections as denialism spread. Donald Trump is the President-elect. He won quickly and emphatically. To lean on an old cliche, the result was shocking but not surprising.
Is Working From Home Still the Future?
https://steeringpoint.ie/worklife/is-working-from-home-still-the-future/“Three years on from the pandemic that made WFH models ubiquitous, the practice’s status is oddly divisive. CEOs malign it. Workers love it. Like most statements around WFH, that analysis is over simplistic. So what’s the actual truth: is WFH good, bad or somewhere in between?”
Why We Can’t Only Focus on White-collar Workers
https://steeringpoint.ie/worklife/why-we-cant-only-focus-on-white-collar-workers/The world of work is often discussed through a narrow lens, one that privileges white-collar professionals — those in offices, technology firms, and knowledge-based industries. Whether in media narratives or policy discussions, their experiences take centre stage, shaping public perceptions of employment trends and workplace issues. This disproportionate focus, however, comes at a cost. It sidelines millions of workers in blue-collar and service industries, whose labour is no less vital to society. By failing to consider their realities, we construct an incomplete and exclusionary narrative about work itself.
What is the State of Workplace Loyalty in 2024?
https://steeringpoint.ie/worklife/what-is-the-state-of-workplace-loyalty-in-2024/“Employees may be uncertain as to how loyal they should be to their company given the ever-changing landscape and the potential drawbacks of over-investing themselves. But employers will always want loyal employees…So how can employers work to earn loyalty from their staff?”
The Dangers of Playing it Safe
https://steeringpoint.ie/worklife/the-dangers-of-playing-it-safe/“To stop playing it safe, companies need to reassess their relationship with risk. Of course risk can bring failure. (As we’ve established, playing it safe can too.) But those failures don’t need to be failures. Through a shift in mindset, they can instead be viewed as opportunities for learning.”