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Why are you so tired?

When you’ve got okay work life balance, why are you still so tired? There is an answer.

The top 5 mistakes you can make with engagement surveys

At Elephant we’ve run hundreds of engagement surveys for businesses of various sizes. Our team have also worked in house and we’ve seen there are 5 key mistakes that you can make when you run a survey.
Have you made any of them?

Taylor Swift your HR

Taylor Swift has created a cultural phenomenon with her Eras tour. Can you take learnings from her for how you deliver your HR?

Why AI won’t replace HR

There are a flood of articles about how AI is going to replace so many roles, including HR. But there’s one thing that they’re missing……

Men do WHAT in the shower??

Here’s an interesting fact from the interweb. Apparently when most men shower, they stand facing the shower head, the water going on their chest. However most women stand facing away from the shower head, with the water on their back. Neither realise that they shower the opposite way to each other!! Don’t believe us? AskContinue reading “Men do WHAT in the shower??”

Managing mental health… the fruity way

Mental health issues are one of the biggest challenges today. Here’s a new idea for how to manage.

Cunk up your company history

There’s a popular BBC mockumentary series on Netflix at the moment called Cunk on Earth. In it, presenter Philomena Cunk presents the history of earth. It’s very funny, very irreverent, and quite brilliant. It’s very different from the usual dry and boring history programmes that we’re used to. And that’s what our company internet pagesContinue reading “Cunk up your company history”

Become an email inbox ninja

Some people put on weight at Christmas, others find it’s their email inbox that’s bulging at the seams a little bit! Now that many of us are working remotely, email is a key way to communicate. In one study we read, people surveyed said they have around 200 emails in their inbox, get 120 newContinue reading “Become an email inbox ninja”

Maternity Leave around the world

It’s amazing how different parental and maternity leave provisions are around the world! Here’s our run down of the five most generous countries, then a range of what other counties offer including some interesting provisions. We finish with who is the meanest western country in the world for paid leave. Number 1: Estonia Mothers inContinue reading “Maternity Leave around the world”

Public Holidays

With the Elephant team now based in NZ, Australia, the UK, France and the US – we celebrate almost 50 public holidays between us all! But who does have the most paid public holidays, and who has the least? What are the weirdest or most unique public holidays? What is the legislation HR and payrollContinue reading “Public Holidays”