Interview: Wizdom Powell, Chief Purpose Officer, Headspace explores men’s mental health
We interviewed Wizdom Powell, Chief Purpose Officer, Headspace about poor male mental health, particularly among the black population.
Why HR’s place is in the boardroom
HR has been at the centre of leadership discussions during the pandemic – we need to stay there.
Why digital transformation is key to weathering a recession
The worst is yet to come for many businesses, so is your digital capability up to the challenge?
How recognition can build a strong and meaningful connection with employees
Regardless of industry, geography or company size, for a business to succeed, connection is absolutely key. As research professor and author Brené Brown says, “Connection is the energy that is created between people when they are seen, heard and valued.” But, according to new research from global employee engagement company Reward Gateway, the UK workforce […]
Employee behaviour: the real secret behind engagement
Employers are ramping up the range of benefits on offer to employees in a mad scramble to find that elusive engagement silver bullet. As Facebook announces its latest offering, up to £15,000 for female employees to freeze their eggs, we’ve surely reached peak perk – and the moment to say, enough! A recent global report […]
The need for people – vs just business – analytics
Jon Ingham is Executive Consultant, Strategic Dynamics, and author, The Social Organization. There has been some useful development in HR’s use of analytics over the last few years. One of the positive aspects of this has been the increased use of the term workforce analytics, rather than ‘HR analytics’, to signal that we are interested in […]
Older workers deprived of performance appraisals and training in the UK – what can we do?
There's so much rich insight coming out of the academic sector that HR professionals need to know. At Academics' Corner we feature the best HR researchers that tell you what they’ve found and what you need to do differently on the back of the research. Get connected to the academic sector through Academics’ Corner and […]
What you can learn about effectiveness from the world’s best poker players
Whether you are an established business leader, manager, or apprentice, we all have at least one thing in common: we all want to make good decisions and deliver good results. To do that we need the right environment, support, knowledge, skills and mental attitude. And we need those things over the course of our careers […]
Utilising disruptive talent to expand the possible
The term ‘disruptive talent’ refers to individuals who see everyday things differently from the majority. They are capable of finding new and significantly more productive ways of doing things whilst rejecting the ‘tried and true’ solutions. In some cases these individuals generate ideas that lead to the next big thing – Virgin Atlantic, iPad and Uber […]
Your definitive guide to giving superb presentations
There’s so much rich insight coming out of the academic sector that HR professionals need to know. At Academics’ Corner we feature the best HR researchers that tell you what they’ve found and what you need to do differently on the back of the research. Get connected to the academic sector through Academics’ Corner and […]
Prevent the “Why did I just do that?!” feeling
How many times have you experienced what is called ‘esprit d’escalier’, a French term which literally means ‘stairway thinking’? You are just on your way out of a meeting, or have just pressed ‘send’ on that email, or have just hung up the phone. You have a sense of vague dissatisfaction (or perhaps clear disappointment […]
HR Summit highlights talent war
Talent optimisation was one of the key themes to emerge from the 11th HR Directors Business Summit held in Birmingham this week. This conference and networking opportunity drew together a large audience of HR professionals keen to learn about and discuss some of the burning people management issues of the day. These issues included attracting […]
HRD Insight: GGHT’s Gary Cookson on hiring the long-term unemployed
As a housing provider with a social mission, we recruit lots of staff who are long-term unemployed. This means that many of our employees – particularly our plasterers, joiners, electricians, plumbers and housing management officers – have often had little experience of the workplace. A large proportion of our workers are also our tenants, […]
53% of UK employees express passion for their jobs
With Valentine's Day right around the corner, the Kenexa Research Institute, a division of Kenexa, a global provider of business solutions for human resources, researched, "What makes an employee passionate about his/her job?" Having passion for one's job is defined by the extent to which employees are excited about their work, feel a sense of […]
Views on HR news: CIPD special
Jon Ingham trawls the net to provide his round-up of the great and the good of HR thought and opinion, so you don’t have to. This month, he reviews the use of social media at the CIPD Conference. For the last eight months, I’ve been providing an irregular HR blogosphere bulletin to HR […]
Views on HR News: HR’s Role in the Social Business
Jon Ingham trawls the net to provide his round-up of the great and the good of HR thought and opinion found on the web, so you don't have to. This month, he reviews HR’s role in the ‘social business’. I have been writing this bulletin over the last six months or so to help […]
Views on HR news: Engagement and productivity
Jon Ingham trawls the net to provide his round-up of the great and the good of HR thought and opinion, so you don’t have to. This month, he reviews posts on employee engagement and workforce productivity. My favourite posts this month have focused on employee engagement and productivity. Engagement Did you […]
Thinking of becoming a consultant?
John Pope outlines everything you need to consider before taking the plunge into consultancy work. During the recession, you may be frustrated at the resistance to your ideas for change; you may be upset at the way management has failed to take your advice or has ignored your warnings. You may envy the […]
Views on HR news: 10 of the best HR blogs
Jon Ingham highlights 10 of his favourite HR blog posts from the last couple of weeks, so that he can bring a few more great blogs and bloggers to your attention. Leadership Everybody Knows About Your Weaknesses – Do You? at Dan McCarthy’s Great Leadership. Generations Change and Generational Differences at Steve Roesler’s All Things […]
Retaining the talent in a recession
John Pope explains how employers can best attract, retain and motivate the high performers in times which have become tough all round. Too many of us thought that the good times were here to stay. As a result, many organisations became sloppy in managing their talented people; some even thought that talent was an asset […]