With 32% of UK businesses in 2025 planning to reduce headcount either through redundancies or by recruiting fewer staff, the need for redundancy support has never been more pressing. (CIPD, Labour Market Outlook) We asked our Managing Director, Mike Burgneay, for his...
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Leadership Lessons from Redundancy: HR Insights
My story is not unique—between May and July of 2024 alone, approximately 82,000 people faced redundancy (ONS). However, the troubling trend doesn’t end there... As we enter 2025, the UK is experiencing the largest wave of redundancies in a decade (excluding the...
Finding the Right Balance: Redundancy Support and Cost Pressures
With 1 in 4 businesses looking at redundancies this year according to CIPD's Labour Market Outlook, HR is under pressure to do more with less in 2025, and redundancy support is becoming an essential service for businesses facing tough decisions. These are two separate...
Making a Business Case for Volume Outplacement
Making a business case for outplacement—especially at scale—can be challenging, even for the most experienced HR leaders. But with redundancy intentions for UK firms at their highest in over 10 years, the need to support employees through transition has never been...
What Are Stay Interviews? Understand in Under 5 Minutes
Stay interviews are often seen as the opposite of exit interviews, which focus on why an employee is leaving. But let’s take a closer look. What are stay interviews? What Are Stay Interviews? A stay interview is a proactive conversation—typically...
Navigating Redundancies: A Guide for HR Leaders
Redundancies are one of the most challenging tasks HR professionals face. The emotional and logistical weight of navigating this difficult process can feel overwhelming. As an HR leader, you’re not just managing the process—you’re managing the emotional well-being of...
Exit Interviews: The HR Game Changer to Driving Success
Reflecting on my career, I’ve come to appreciate the significant impact that exit interviews can have on an organisation. Moreover, in my current role, I see firsthand how valuing employee feedback can drive positive change and foster a healthier work environment....
Good Work Index 2024: Are Stay Interviews Worth It?
In 2012, we explored the Good Work Index in the UK, highlighting the importance of employee well-being and job satisfaction. Fast forward to 2024, and the landscape of workplace happiness has evolved with mental health support and work-life integration emerging as...
Career Coaching Scenarios
Career coaching interventions can help in many different scenarios. Here’s just a few examples of how Chiumento can make a difference to you and your people. New Directions Organisations change. And therefore so do the roles they need. Our New Directions programme is...
The five key factors that drive homeworking success
Here at Chiumento we know a thing or two about homeworking success. We started talking about it as a potential future business model way back in 2010. At the time we were reviewing our property portfolio and starting to ask some serious questions about how much of our...