Continuing conversations at the CIPD: dialogue with the data
There are continuing conversations in HR, about data, people analytics, AI and the data and insights we should be deriving. I often wonder whether these are the right conversations. This month I found some of those right conversations at the CIPD Analytics Conference #HRAnalytics17, chaired by Mark Lawrence. Mark sits on the Analytics Advisory Board […]
“Meaningful conversations can happen at any time and can be of any length,” says Birthe Mester, Deutsche Bank
Birthe Mester is Global Head of Performance, Engagement & Culture at Deutsche Bank. She has 20 years professional experience in change, including cultural, behavioural and perceptional change. She previously lead a change management consultancy and before that was a diplomat with the German Foreign Office. Birthe will be speaking at the HR Directors Business Summit in early […]
Powering the internal comms of the future
Employee engagement is notoriously hard to measure. Is it how many people respond to your company-wide email requesting ideas for the next charity event? Or how many read your article posted on the intranet system? Or the amount of people you count walking out of the office with a smile on their face? This in […]
Recalibrating the succession plan to win and retain talent
All senior leaders will inevitably leave their post at some point. In fact, headlines are currently buzzing with news of new CEO appointments and departures across industries. Just in the last month, Expedia looked within to fill its newly vacant top role, naming former CFO Mark Okerstrom as CEO, while its former CEO Dara Khosrowshahi […]
Does #ThrivingAtWork risk your employees’ mental health?
It was Dr Brock Chisholm, the first Director-General of the World Health Organization, who once famously stated that “without mental health, there is no health”. For years now, we have seen the rise in the popularity of yoga, mindfulness, clean eating, wellbeing, and a whole array of trends to help us live better, healthier and […]
It’s time for fewer management buzzwords and more buzz-worthy management
New technology is intended to improve the way we live. One of the most obvious applications is in the medical field, where novel approaches to data analytics are helping researchers to gain a more granular understanding of the human body and address the root causes of serious disease. In the field of robotics, voice-activated exoskeletons […]
It’s not personal, just business – reflections on the CIPD’s Essential Interpersonal Skills Course
You either earn a reputation, are given a reputation, or declared missing in action because no one knows what you do. So stop worrying about the rise of the robots as it’s people you have to impress. You can be a tough and resilient executive, but if you become too scary, those who fear you […]
No laptop, no desk, no phone – a disappointing welcome for 42% of the world’s new employees
A global survey of 4,000 employees from the UK, USA, Australia and New Zealand, has revealed companies fail to provide basic tools on day one. More than one in four (42%) said that they didn’t have a computer or laptop ready for them when they started. While the lack of a computer was the most […]
HR technology implementation: the Building Blocks
In this 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 […]
How can organisations improve job quality?
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 […]
How big data can eliminate bias and elitism in candidate selection
Studies by the Social Mobility Commission have shown that the largest industries are failing to hire talented youngsters from less advantaged backgrounds because they recruit from a small pool of elite universities and hire those who fit in with the culture – still favouring middle- and higher-income candidates who come from a handful the country’s […]
Checking the facts: why background screening is crucial
We may be facing a skills shortage, but that doesn’t mean we should settle for subpar standards when hiring new candidates. Hiring talent is resource intensive and business critical. Although HR teams are under increasing pressure to recruit quickly to ensure the best people are not lost to other businesses – while also providing a […]
Employee mental health and wellbeing – are you doing enough?
With a recent national emphasis on mental health, UK employers have never had a better opportunity to start a conversation on this topic with their employees. And with 7 in 10 employees having experienced a condition that’s related to mental health – from stress to suicidal feelings – there couldn’t be a more important time to […]
Becoming a balanced leader – getting more yin for your yang
Debates about leadership often end up by contrasting different leadership styles, and inviting prospective leaders to detect which one suits them best and then build on it. Be true to yourself, the argument runs. There are numerous lists of styles to choose from: a recent piece in Forbes argued for four of them; Daniel Goleman […]
Creating a work-life balance: Why flexibility needs to be a two-way street
This is particularly true of graduates, who want to stay on top of their work in order to impress their peers. But as we get older and ‘real life’ gets in the way, our responsibilities change. Naturally, your attention is expected elsewhere, beyond the confines of the office walls. Balancing work with home life can […]
The ‘datafication’ of HR – how will this impact reward?
To date, those of you who have adopted compensation management technology have probably done so to gain operational efficiency. Reducing time spent on repetitive administrative tasks such as data calibration and spreadsheet reconciliation, whilst benefiting from improved data integrity and security together with a clear audit trail, have been the key buying reasons to date. […]
Three strategies businesses should adopt to retain talent
More than a third of HR directors have seen employee turnover steadily increase in the last three years according to recent research by recruitment firm Robert Half. The research suggests that despite companies investing time, money and effort into keeping their workforce happy, they are still struggling to retain talent. What do employees value most from […]
Leadership development challenge: implementing AI in the workplace
As Artificial Intelligence (AI) enters the workplace, business leaders need new skills to rise to the challenges and opportunities presented by this disruptive new technology. Task automation is a key area for AI applications. Roles traditionally thought of as requiring a high level human intellect are now being automated. The legal profession is seeing such […]
Anti-bullying week 2017: stopping the timer on workplace bullying
What constitutes workplace bullying? The most likely things that come to mind are threatening, abusive or patronising behaviours at work. Increasingly, these behaviours are reinforced by email or online work forums, and may even continue outside of work on social media sites. This all constitutes workplace bullying, but what is less spoken of is the workplace […]
Digital understanding: “This is not optional. We need to own it.”
HRZone reports on the key takeaways from Baroness Martha Lane Fox’s keynote at the CIPD Annual Conference 2017 in Manchester in November 2017. In her opening keynote, Martha Lane Fox spoke about her profound journey through digital. In 1997, when she cofounded lastminute.com she was dealing with a general consensus among society that the internet was […]
