by Margaret E Ward | Mar 13, 2026 | Company Culture, Entrepreneurship, Leadership & Management
When you have a concern at work, do you raise it immediately, think it through carefully before mentioning it or just stay quiet? Is it safer to turn a blind eye to colleagues’ problematic behaviours and poor decision-making? Have you concealed your own mistakes...
by Margaret E Ward | Feb 27, 2026 | Brand journalism, Company Culture, Diversity & Inclusion
The craic, the banter, the scéal. Ireland is known for its céad míle fáilte, a hundred thousand welcomes, and hospitality is ingrained in our folklore, tradition and culture. Tourists marvel at our conversational prowess when they hear us in the pub, on the road and...
by Margaret E Ward | Oct 30, 2025 | Brand journalism, Company Culture, Leadership & Management
What would a chief executive do when confronted with boxes of brightly-coloured plastic bricks, clay, markers, paper and Post-Its? How might their team respond to the question: “Want to play?” It is not a phrase you hear in most boardrooms or workplaces today, but...
by Margaret E Ward | Oct 10, 2025 | Brand journalism, Company Culture, Leadership & Management
Culture isn’t a branding exercise; it’s about fixing what’s broken. For a strategy to work, leaders need to focus on the structures and behaviours that need to change. When senior managers treat company culture as a communications exercise, the chances of long-term...
by Margaret E Ward | Sep 5, 2025 | Brand journalism, Company Culture, Women at Work
Have you “girled” someone at work or in sports? This is when someone intentionally or unintentionally belittles, demeans or excludes someone using sexist language. Calling a woman “girl” or a man a “big girl’s blouse” may diminish their authority and imply they are...
by Margaret E Ward | Aug 20, 2025 | Brand journalism, Company Culture, Women at Work
Women are exhausted. Not only are 71.2 per cent of women aged 15-64 working, but many with a partner and children are still doing most of the housework, cooking and looking after the kids and older relatives. There’s the emotional labour as well: the endless...
