Can we make hiring great again?
Despite the fact that technology has invaded and simplified almost every single aspect of our life (think of Lyft, Amazon or Google), applying for a job seems to remain the same old boring experience. Candidates scroll down never ending pages of job adverts. They read disembodied company descriptions. They look at lists of random tasks […]
What to do about team conflict
There’s conflict and there’s conflict – the productive conflict that energises us when we’re grappling with complex tasks together (we often see that in winning teams) – and the non-productive, energy-draining conflict which is something different entirely. The latter causes people to dread Monday mornings; to loathe team meetings and to focus on survival (which […]
The reality of performance: no team is an island
In my last three articles, I’ve spoken about the things a team needs to focus on to become a winning team – with the main emphasis being on the team itself and its members. It’s fair to say that some people object to the term ‘winning’ to describe a business team because the implication is […]
The six habits that help teams win
In my last article I outlined the five steps to building a winning team. There are some meaty things to do and it’s not a quick fix. But if you focus relentlessly on those five things you’ll see significant progress and a stronger, more successful team will emerge. In this article I want to focus on six […]
5 steps to building a winning team
In my last article I described five different team types including the Winning Team. The Winning Team is the one that gets exceptional results. Results which benefit the organisation(s) and clients they serve. (And they get results without exhausting themselves. That’s an important distinction as many teams get great results but at significant personal cost). These teams pay equal […]
Team types – which one are you?
Six years ago my colleague Lois Burton and I identified five different team types – this was not an academic exercise – (goodness knows, there’s enough theory about teams out there to last a lifetime) – but one based on our experience of working with numerous leadership teams across all sectors over a ten year […]
Improving pensions comms: a creative nudge
Last week auto-enrolment hit the ‘1 million-business’ milestone. And with over 9 million UK employees eligible for auto-enrolment it’s time to look at how organisations can effectively communicate updates to pensions regulations to their teams. Let’s start with a little Nudge. The UK’s a long-time believer in Nudge – the theory of positive reinforcement to […]
Four social factors to consider for successful employee engagement
Recent research conducted by Gallop in its latest State of the Workplace poll has found that only 11% of the UK workforce currently feels engaged. Creating a culture of open and transparent employee engagement in the workplace is vital for every business, although this is much easier said than done. There are many reasons proposed […]
Interview: Kim Wylie, Head of Customer Change and Culture, Google
Kim Wylie is Head of Customer Change and Culture at Google. She will be speaking at UNLEASH 2018 in London on March 20th and 21st. HRZone readers get a 20% discount to UNLEASH by registering through this link. Jamie Lawrence, Managing Editor, HRZone: What are your current priorities/projects in your job? Kim Wylie, Head of Customer Change and Culture, Google Cloud […]
Global employee benefits: what should international companies be offering their workforce?
As an increasing number of employees live, work and travel abroad, the right employee benefits matter more than ever. This is especially the case as access to local healthcare systems is becoming ever more complicated and restricted, largely due to the burden of ‘the big three’: diabetes, cancer and heart disease. Accordingly, there’s growing recognition that […]
Four key dates you need to cover in your onboarding process
Your newest hires have signed their contracts, sent in their payroll forms, and you’ve confirmed their schedules for the upcoming first day at the office. Isn’t it time to relax and go back to vetting new candidates for other open positions or take an extra-long coffee break? Probably not.
Onboarding for empowerment: how to create a diverse, thriving workforce from day 1
Fun fact: companies that rank in the top quartile for ethnic and cultural diversity are 35% more likely to produce above-average profits when compared to organisations with low diversity. And organisations that are gender diverse are 15% more likely to be profitable. Even funner fact: several studies have demonstrated that diverse workforces lead to better […]
Domestic violence: Why employers should be tackling this silent, pervasive issue
Research launched in November 2017 showed that only one in 20 medium and large UK organisations have a specific policy or guideline to cover domestic abuse among their workforce. Yet the latest Office for National Statistics figures on domestic violence estimate that almost two million UK adults have experienced some sort of domestic abuse in […]
2 minutes with… Helen Williams, HR Leader, Statoil
Helen Williams is HR Leader at Statoil, working within Corporate People and Leadership. She works with leadership development, professional development and performance management and was previously HR Manager at the Tate Museum. Helen will be speaking at UNLEASH 2018 in London on March 20th and 21st. HRZone readers get a 20% discount to UNLEASH by registering through […]
Financial wellness: what will drive demand in 2018?
In 2017, the financial wellness market exploded as more employers grasped the extent of the UK’s problem and how it impacts both the productivity and health of their people. A quarter of respondents (27.5%) to our latest research (The Financial Wellness Playbook 2018) reported that levels of financial stress in their organisation were greater than […]
Auto-enrolment: the great British success story. But how do we maintain the momentum?
The pensions experiment launched by the Government nearly six years ago has become a great British success story. Nine million people are now saving into a workplace pension, which in many ways is a huge achievement in combating a looming savings crisis. This month marks a significant milestone in auto-enrolment policy, with the end of […]
The Go-Live Milestone: Getting it out there!
In our 12-part series, Kate Wadia – Managing Director at Phase 3 Consulting – guides the HR professional through how to navigate, succeed and lead with HR tech project-work. From the inception of the business case to the handover into BAU, we’ll follow an indicative project timeframe to explain the way and the why of a project step-by- step, […]
Women still await their seat at the law firm partnership table
Joanne Losty, recruitment director and part of the executive team at Excello Law, explores the extent to which gender inequality at a senior level continues to permeate through the law sector, and the critical need for cultural change in order to tackle this. Women in law firms will not achieve parity with men at a […]
Improving pensions engagement: what’s HR’s role in 2018?
One of the growing areas of concern for HR professionals is how financially prepared their employees are for retirement. Typically, lack of employee interest in pensions and savings is a major challenge. HRs face a fresh hurdle this year as the minimum contribution required for qualified schemes s rising from 6 April – a move […]
Benefits uptake: are you doing enough?
Providing employee benefits serves many purposes for organisations including motivation, retention and recruitment of staff. They’re also an important part of building an employee centric culture, where staff feel valued and looked after. There’s plenty of evidence that they matter a great deal to staff too. Research by CV Library shows that 62% of employees […]