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Changing the way the world works; putting people at the heart of business strategy and boosting business performance by doing it. Better for employers.

We believe in a better working world. Better for employees. We can help you become a 'Vibrant Workplace' where people want to take jobs, want to make a positive impact through their work and feel like it was worthwhile doing it. We do that by partnering with you to evaluate and transform the career experience had by your people using data from our cultural evaluation platform, mooqi, which informs

and shapes our bespoke training, coaching and consultancy solutions. The evidence shows that better business culture results in better business performance. Our process can help improve staff attrition, attendance, performance levels and your clients’ experience of using your services. Get in touch and let’s have a chat:

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04/02/2025

18 first coaching meetings in the last week & I am so inspired by the people starting their Vibrant Leaders journey 🥰

It’s an honour to me to get to do this work and work with people trying to make the world a better place. It gives me so much energy and enthusiasm to do more.

A Vibrant Leader is a Culture Catalyst.

They’re the influencers who shape the way their companies do business for the benefit of both their people and the company.

These are the humans who change the world and make it a better place.

What do you think makes a Vibrant Leader?

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30/01/2025

I need to take a moment and say… wow. Karina Todd, Simon Ward, Philip Brady, Ben Gadd you are my heroes 🙌

Honestly, these events are nothing without leaders like you coming and sharing with the rest of us and I learnt a lot from each of you today, and had fun in the process!

There’s so much appetite out there for the Vibrant Workplace movement and I’m thankful to every one of you who came along today to be part of this journey.

Thank you to for your support in making this event happen, to for capturing it (lots of content coming soon to share with you!) and to the T3 Conference Centre team who offer incredible facilities but donate all proceeds to charity.

This movement is only getting started, but each of you are the people who will determine how far it goes.

We can have a better working world, for both employers and employees. One in which:

✔️ Businesses thrive
✔️ Workers benefit from them doing so
✔️ And society is healthier & happier too

You will determine whether we will.

Thank you.

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23/01/2025

Help yourself & your team thrive next year!

15/01/2025

✨ The first-ever video episode of the Vibrant Workplace Podcast, proudly supported by nijobfinder, is LIVE! ✨

This episode features Craig Thompson in conversation with Simon Ward, MD at Kukoon rugs, diving into their incredible journey toward building a thriving workplace culture.

Simon shares his unique perspective on the Vibrant Workplace accreditation and what makes Kukoon stand out as an exceptional employer. 🎙️

🎥 Watch the video episode now on Spotify or YouTube.
🎧 Prefer audio? Listen on Apple Podcasts.

https://open.spotify.com/show/6YcS89vtZR1t5lcbBknBeu

🙌 Watch, listen, and share your thoughts - what do you think makes a vibrant workplace? Let us know in the comments!

09/01/2025

🌟 Don’t Miss the Vibrant Workplace Forum: Thrive '25! by Vibrant Talent Development
📅 Date: Thursday, 30th January 2025
🕥 Time: 10:15 AM – 1:15 PM
📍 Location: T3 Conference and Centre, Lisburn

nijobfinder is proud to support this inspiring forum designed to empower you and your team to thrive in 2025! Whether you’re an employer striving to create a thriving workplace culture or a jobseeker seeking forward-thinking employers, this event is for you.

✨ Why Attend?
✔️ Gain actionable strategies to boost workplace mental health & wellbeing.
✔️ Hear real-life success stories from workplace leaders.
✔️ Discover practical tools to set your team up for success.
✔️ Connect with likeminded professionals and employers.

👉 Secure Your Spot Now: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/vibrant-workplace-forum-thrive-25-tickets-1105794634519

This is your chance to start the year with fresh inspiration, actionable insights, and the tools to create a happier, healthier workplace this year.

09/04/2024

If there was any one thing that affected so many people in such a significant way we’d think of it on epidemic levels.

So why isn’t there more interest and action around menopause and supporting people at that stage of their life in both their personal lives and their careers?

Listen to the latest episode of the podcast to hear from Karina Todd on what we can and should be doing.

I’ll link both Spotify and Apple Podcasts in the comments and would appreciate if you would like and share to help get this important conversation heard folks 🙏

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The Vibrant Workplace Podcast, proudly supported by NI Jobfinder, is the show where we explore how to build a better working world for both employers and employees.

Check out the new episode ‘Menopause Unmuted’ on Spotify or Apple now 🎙️

08/04/2024

Episode 19 of the podcast titled ‘Menopause Unmuted’ is now LIVE with Karina Todd FCA from ‘Over the Bloody Moon’!

Sometimes people say to me they like the podcast - they don’t listen to every episode but tune in to the ones that are relevant to them.

That makes sense to me.

But, for this episode I would like to request everyone tunes in - whether you have / will / or won’t experience menopause.

Because this is not a topic to discuss solely with people who experience it - it needs attention from all of us so we can understand what those who are experiencing it are going through and how we can support them.

Karina helped educate me a lot in this episode. We discussed:

▪️What menopause is and the associated symptoms
▪️How it affects those who experience it and their careers
▪️How managers and co-workers can better support their colleagues
▪️What organisations can do to create a menopause-inclusive environment

I’ll link both Spotify and Apple Podcasts in the comments and would appreciate if you would like and share this folks - it is a topic that really should have a lot more attention 🙏

Craig

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The Vibrant Workplace Podcast, proudly supported by NI Jobfinder, is the show where we explore how to build a better working world for both employers and employees.

Check out the new episode ‘Menopause Unmuted’ on Spotify or Apple now 🎙️

15/10/2023

Weekly reminder that people who commit more of their life to work than anything else they will ever do in their waking hours deserve to be cared for in return.

And caring for them is better for business anyway 🤷‍♂️

It leads to better:

👉Talent attraction
👉Attendance
👉Engagement
👉Performance
👉Retention
👉Customer satisfaction
👉Customer retention
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👉Profitability!

So there’s no better time than right now to evaluate, and if necessary enhance, the lived experience of work had by your employees!

Because a better experience of work for them, means a better performing business too.

Do you agree or disagree? 🧐

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Our Vibrant Workplace process can help you optimise talent attraction, engagement & retention.

Want to know how? 📲🤷‍♂️

11/10/2023

Gun to the head, what do you do?! 😳🔫

Scott Alexander shared lots of incredible stories from his experience as a mediator in this episode. Like the time one employee claimed another had put a gun to their head!!

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The Vibrant Workplace Podcast, proudly supported by NI Jobfinder, is the show where we explore how to build a better working world for both employers and employees.

Give the show a follow on Spotify, Apple or Google so you’re notified when new episodes are released!

08/10/2023

Should people be able to open up about mental health at work? 🤔

Yes 👍
No 👎

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The Vibrant Workplace Podcast, proudly supported by NI Jobfinder, is the show where we explore how to build a better working world for both employers and employees.

Give the show a follow on Spotify, Apple or Google so you’re notified when new episodes are released!

18/09/2023

Worried about the week ahead? Big project? Important presentation? Well, anybody who ever did anything great also had to do it for the first time.

So go smash it and have a great week 👊😍

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Oh, while you’re here, we can help you optimise talent attraction, engagement & retention through our Vibrant Workplace process.

Want to know how? Slide into the DMs 🤷‍♂️

15/09/2023

Isn’t it funny how rich people tell poor people they’re being negative when they call out corruption, exploitation and abuse of power?

I’ve seen it twice in the last 24-hours alone.

You need to 👉 not complain👇

👉 adopt a positive mindset…

It’s like “Shut up Janice, your rent will take care of itself if you just thank the magic unicorn 🦄 Is anyone thinking about me and how much it costs to fuel my boat?”

I’m all for people trying to make the best with what they have.

I’m also all for calling out the world’s imbalances that leave households with two full time workers at risk of poverty 🤷‍♂️

(Source: Institute of Public Policy & Research - because “gut feelings” that poor people just need to work harder is evidentially incorrect)

Stop gaslighting the in-work poor. They do not have weak mental game because they’ve worked out what you’re doing to them.

14/09/2023

In the final Vibrant Leaders programme of the year which kicked off today, one participant mentioned how they joined their current employer...

They followed their old boss from a previous company.

That just reminded me of how powerful the relationship between line manager and team member can be.

You can work in a great company, but if you work under a terrible manager then your experience of it can be poor.

You can work in an ok company, but if your manager truly cares about you they can protect you and fight for you and that can mean the world.

The expression says "people work for people" - and while I still believe there are other factors in why someone will choose to take a job in and stay with a company - there's no doubt the strength of relationship with your manager is critical.

What do you think?

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I'm Craig Thompson - founder of Vibrant Talent. We can help you optimise talent attraction, engagement & retention through our Vibrant Workplace process.

Want to know how? Just DM me 🤷‍♂️

22/08/2023

In almost every leadership programme we facilitate we ask for an example of Autocratic leadership and hear "the army" in response…

But think about it, in a life or death mission soldiers must be able to think for themselves and make instantaneous high consequence decisions without waiting to be told what to do.

Sure, they also need to be able to follow orders. But don’t we all?

Like any leadership style, ‘Autocratic’ has its place.

On the latest episode of the Vibrant Workplace Podcast Gavin Hendrie explains what leadership and culture is really like in the military and why companies should be considering the depth and breadth of skills available in the ex-military talent pool.

Listen to the full episode on Spotify via the link (also on Apple or Google) and let us know what you think!

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5SmqZ2lCAlGc4so7lTRq0F?si=9c6-8wt9T_S3DBf5D6YHYA

10/08/2023

Do you believe that we have an income inequality problem?

Yes 👍
No 👎

08/08/2023

Do we need to rethink how we compensate our workers? 🧐

In this episode Dimi doesn’t just talk about what he thinks is broken in today’s transaction between employers and employees, but he shares his ideas for how it can work better for both!

Check out the episode here:

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4KdM9UjJLip3NWl4kSuaXZ?si=HM_nruz3RwWwBRD35cfsDw

02/08/2023

Do we need to rethink how we compensate employees in order to achieve true employee engagement?

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I’m stoked to share with you the brand new episode of the Vibrant Workplace Podcast, supported by nijobfinder, with special guest - founder of income inequality solutions start-up ‘VOSA’, Dimi Yar, as we discuss what it really takes to engage a team.

When we talk about employee engagement I often feel we're unrealistic based on current business models.

It feels to me like we're asking for employees to care like owners. But they're not owners. If the business does well, they get a company branded cupcake and the joy of appearing in a staged photoshoot for social media.

And in many industries they're going to work more than anything else they'll do in their lives for little more than mental / physical health problems and to toil in financial strife in return.

As we've seen in recent times, the moment the winds change even the largest enterprise will lay off thousands without warning.

So what's in it for the employees that WILL encourage them to engage and perform?

As many (but not all) businesses are currently run, why would they care?

And what can we do to deliver a model which results in BETTER business performance while ALSO working for the employees?

In a world where employers are struggling with talent attraction, attendance, performance and retention problems - and employees are struggling to pay the bills - how can we find a true WIN:WIN that's better for both?

Check out the snippet below from our conversation and I'll link the full episode in the comments!

Craig

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On Thursday the Vibrant Workplace Forum reconvened for a special event focused on employee wellbeing as we explored how to Thrive in 2025 🙌 I was absolutely honoured to be able to share this experience with those of you who joined us, and to collaborate for this event with some incredible leaders: ▪️Karina Todd shared how menopause affects everyone and what we can do to support our employees ▪️Ben Gadd told us how he’d turned his life’s pain into purpose and took us through a very timely breathwork activity ▪️Simon Ward told us why an organisation should care to support employee wellbeing and gave us an insight to life at Verified Vibrant Workplace, Kukoon ▪️Philip Brady closed the show with a demonstration of the impact of stress and real life example of what we can do to help ourselves in times of need Honestly, I could have listened to them all day and the time flew! Thank you also to nijobfinder.co.uk for supporting this initiative, to the Young Hunger team Michael Burgess & Ross Gargan for the coverage and to the T3 Conference Centre for their amazing facilities! If you want to see what we did, check out the video. And if you want to be at the next one, DM me to join the community 🤝 We can have a better working world. For both employers & employees. 🌍❤️ #VibrantWorkplace #ForABetterWorkingWorld

Across the Vibrant Workplace Accelerator @kukoonrugs employees had 17.02 times as many positive as negative days at work! That’s how business should be 😍 A full time worker will spend around 100,000 hours of their lives working… They deserve to have a positive experience doing so👈 But why would a business choose to operate that way when so many don’t? Kukoon MD Simon Ward tells us what he thinks in this episode 🥰 Have you checked it out yet? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The Vibrant Workplace Podcast, proudly supported by @nijobfinder is the show where we explore how to build a better working world for both employers and employees. Watch the latest episode on: 🔗 YouTube: https://lnkd.in/evXtzQ2f 🔗 Spotify: https://lnkd.in/ej2aDfJK #VibrantWorkplace #HR #Leadership #Management #EmployeeEngagement

☔️⛈️ It’s a wet, windy day in Norn Iron & sometimes on a day like this you need a little inspiration… How about checking out the story of a company who smashed the Vibrant Workplace Accelerator, demonstrating their employees had 17.02 x more positive than negative days at work in the process? 🤔 That’s how business should be. Better for employer ✔️ Better for employee ✔️ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The Vibrant Workplace Podcast, proudly supported by @nijobfinder, is the show where we explore how to build a better working world for both employers and employees. Watch the latest episode featuring Simon Ward (MD of Verified Vibrant Workplace @kukoonrugs on: 🔗 YouTube: https://lnkd.in/evXtzQ2f 🔗 Spotify: https://lnkd.in/ej2aDfJK #VibrantWorkplace #HR #Leadership #Management #EmployeeEngagement

Menopause Unmuted

If there was any one thing that affected so many people in such a significant way we’d think of it on epidemic levels. So why isn’t there more interest and action around menopause and supporting people at that stage of their life in both their personal lives and their careers? Listen to the latest episode of the podcast to hear from Karina Todd on what we can and should be doing. I’ll link both Spotify and Apple Podcasts in the comments and would appreciate if you would like and share to help get this important conversation heard folks 🙏 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The Vibrant Workplace Podcast, proudly supported by NI Jobfinder, is the show where we explore how to build a better working world for both employers and employees. Check out the new episode ‘Menopause Unmuted’ on Spotify or Apple now 🎙️ #Menopause #Perimenopause #VibrantWorkplace

Vibrant Workplace Podcast with Scott Alexander

Gun to the head, what do you do?! 😳🔫 Scott Alexander shared lots of incredible stories from his experience as a mediator in this episode. Like the time one employee claimed another had put a gun to their head!! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The Vibrant Workplace Podcast, proudly supported by NI Jobfinder, is the show where we explore how to build a better working world for both employers and employees. Give the show a follow on Spotify, Apple or Google so you’re notified when new episodes are released!

Should people be able to open up about mental health at work? 🤔 Yes 👍 No 👎 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The Vibrant Workplace Podcast, proudly supported by NI Jobfinder, is the show where we explore how to build a better working world for both employers and employees. Give the show a follow on Spotify, Apple or Google so you’re notified when new episodes are released! #VibrantWorkplace #MentalHealth

Do we need to rethink how we compensate employees in order to achieve true employee engagement? — I’m stoked to share with you the brand new episode of the Vibrant Workplace Podcast, supported by nijobfinder, with special guest - founder of income inequality solutions start-up ‘VOSA’, Dimi Yar, as we discuss what it really takes to engage a team. When we talk about employee engagement I often feel we're unrealistic based on current business models. It feels to me like we're asking for employees to care like owners. But they're not owners. If the business does well, they get a company branded cupcake and the joy of appearing in a staged photoshoot for social media. And in many industries they're going to work more than anything else they'll do in their lives for little more than mental / physical health problems and to toil in financial strife in return. As we've seen in recent times, the moment the winds change even the largest enterprise will lay off thousands without warning. So what's in it for the employees that WILL encourage them to engage and perform? As many (but not all) businesses are currently run, why would they care? And what can we do to deliver a model which results in BETTER business performance while ALSO working for the employees? In a world where employers are struggling with talent attraction, attendance, performance and retention problems - and employees are struggling to pay the bills - how can we find a true WIN:WIN that's better for both? Check out the snippet below from our conversation and I'll link the full episode in the comments! Craig #VibrantWorkplace #IncomeInequality #EmployeeEngagement #HighPerformingTeams

Does a four day week mean you have to shut your business a day a week?! And what’s the 100:80:100 rule? 🧐 Check out the clip to find out! Or listen to the full episode on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/269jjAueenJcIQ61TaT03r?si=1PrAHwmvQzG0t437JJNKXg #FourDayWeek #4DayWeek #StaffRetention #TalentAttraction #EmployeeEngagement

On average, by what percentage do you think moving to a four day week reduced staff absence in the pilots 4 Day Week Global have been running? Watch the video to find out!! For the latest episode of the Vibrant Workplace Podcast we sat down with founder of 4 Day Week - Global, Charlotte Lockhart 4 Day Week, to find out what they've been learning from their global studies. We talked about things like: - What a four day week is / and isn't... - Where it works / and doesn't... - What impact the global pilots have revealed - How to make it work / what the process is like Check out the video for a preview of our discussion, and click the link in the comments to listen on Spotify! Do you think a four day week is the future of work? 🤔 #VibrantWorkplace #4DayWeek #FourDayWeek #EmployeeExperience #EmployeeEngagement

There are fundamental pillars to engaging a team, and if we don’t get these right in the first place then we’ll find it much more difficult to get people coming to work driven to making a difference with the work they do. Do you agree, or disagree? Comment 👍 or 👎 and tell us what you think they are 💡 Check out our blog linked in the first comment below for more on the topic too! #VibrantTalent #VibrantWorkplace #EmployeeEngagement #EmployeeExperience #HighPerformingTeams

I'm sure you've heard the phrase 'The Great Resignation' in recent times, but what what does it mean? And how could it affect your company? 🧐 In this months blog post we'll take a look at all of this and provide some solutions on what you can do to avoid it: https://vibranttalent.co.uk/the-one-sure-antidote-to-the-great-resignation/ #VibrantTalent #GreatResignation #EmployeeExperience #EmployeeWellbeing #WorkplaceCulture #Leadership #jobs

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Work Sucks! But, it doesn't have to. Work can be great and can do so much for people. The world of work can be better, for both employers and for employees. Do you agree? You should read this week's blog - https://buff.ly/3qUKwAW

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Our Vibrant Vision is to change the way the world works, putting people at the heart of business strategy and improving business performance as we do it.

The evidence shows that better business culture results in better business performance. It doesn't benefit the employer, employee or customers of a business when everyone isn't on the same team. We help bridge the disconnect to create Vibrant Workplaces where people want to come to work, want to make a difference and feel like it was worthwhile doing it.

We work with clients across Europe providing a combination of blended learning interventions, consultancy and support to help improve the career experience of their people thus improving things like staff attrition levels, attendance, performance and client experience.

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