How to make your flexible benefits system a success
What have HR managers been saying about flexible benefits schemes? Mark Dixon takes a look, explains the rise of flex, and provides a checklist of steps to consider and common pitfalls. Flexible benefits have been used in the US for years to recruit and retain the best employees. They’ve advanced to such a stage that they’re […]
What’s the difference between winning a gold and silver medal? Self-awareness…
Think of the top three things an athlete needs to have access to in order to win a gold medal at Tokyo 2020: secure funding, world-class facilities, a finely balanced diet perhaps? For coaches, there’s no doubt that building a network of support around athletes – allowing them to enjoy the kind of tunnel vision […]
Treading on eggshells? Autism in the workplace
Employing an individual on the autistic spectrum can be culturally enriching and develop unique communication skills amongst colleagues and managers, who work alongside employees on the autistic spectrum. However, let’s be realistic, until this point is reached, it can be challenging, leading to stressful situations and a real fear of the dreaded word “tribunal”. With personalised, […]
Getting beyond “one-and-done” in performance management
The Plainspeak Analyst is Katherine Jones, Partner and Director of Talent Research at Mercer, the world’s largest human resources consulting firm. Her job is to design and deliver insight research and services to Mercer’s global clients. She was previously VP, Human Capital Management Technology Research at Bersin by Deloitte. She has a PhD in Curriculum and Instruction from Cornell University. […]
The dark side of marginal gains, interrogating your inner voice & the nature of persistence
John Amaechi OBE is a psychologist and high-performance coach. We caught up with John at this year’s Good Day At Work Conversation, organised by Robertson Cooper. He is an English retired basketball player who currently works as an educator and broadcaster in Europe and the United States. John is a member of the American Psychological Association, the British Psychological Society (BPS), the […]
Public sector engagement: personality and employer branding
Based on an innovative and forward-thinking whitepaper, this blog series highlights several key parts of how a new empoyment deal for public sector staff could revitalise the sector and tackle disengagement. Employer branding has been described as an attempt by employers to better define the psychological contract in terms of the value employees derive from their […]
Public sector engagement: workplace tensions and job pressure
Based on an innovative and forward-thinking whitepaper, this blog series highlights several key parts of how a new empoyment deal for public sector staff could revitalise the sector and tackle disengagement. Job pressure is a measure of constant perceived excessive workload. Workplace tensions examines an individual’s ability to cope with competing pressures in the workplace such […]
Public sector engagement: the role of conversational practice
Based on an innovative and forward-thinking whitepaper, this blog series highlights several key parts of how a new empoyment deal for public sector staff could revitalise the sector and tackle disengagement. The TEDD® model views the organisation as a ‘conversational arena’, recognising the importance of day-to-day conversations between managers and their team in managing performance. Such […]
Public sector engagement: what should employees be contributing?
Based on an innovative and forward-thinking whitepaper, this blog series highlights several key parts of how a new empoyment deal for public sector staff could revitalise the sector and tackle disengagement. Employee contributions describe what employees feel they are bringing to the employment deal. These include job engagement, capability and organisational engagement. Job engagement [JE] We […]
Public sector engagement: what should employers offer to employees?
Based on an innovative and forward-thinking whitepaper, this blog series highlights several key parts of how a new empoyment deal for public sector staff could revitalise the sector and tackle disengagement. Within the employment relationship, employer contributions describe the different ‘offerings’ that employees value and expect to receive from their employer. These are broadly characterised as: […]
An introduction to our blog series: developing a new employment deal for local government
This series of blogs sets out the essential elements of the whitepaper, Developing a New Employment Deal for Local Government. The centrepiece of the whitepaper is a model called the The Employment Deal Diagnostic, otherwise referred to as TEDD® Influenced by the latest academic research, TEDD® conceptualises and personifies the employment relationship as a fluid […]
Mental health at Crossrail, the ROI of wellbeing and wellbeing optimism
Christina Butterworth is Occupational Health and Wellbeing Strategy Lead at Crossrail. We caught up with Christina at this year’s Good Day At Work Conversation, organised by Robertson Cooper. She was previously Head of Health and BG Group and is on the board of the National School of Occupational Health. Jamie Lawrence, Editor, HRZone: What have you learnt […]
Evidence-based agony aunt: I feel like I’ve been harshly judged in my appraisal
Our evidence-based agony aunt, Jan Hills, uses findings from neuroscience and psychology to tell you how to solve your organisational problems in brain-savvy ways, that work with the mind’s natural tendecies and not against it. Got a problem you want her to look at it? Drop us a line at editor@hrzone.com. We’ll get back quickly. […]
Evidence-based agony aunt: I don’t know which job offer to take!
Our evidence-based agony aunt, Jan Hills, uses findings from neuroscience and psychology to tell you how to solve your organisational problems in brain-savvy ways, that work with the mind’s natural tendecies and not against it. Got a problem you want her to look at it? Drop us a line at editor@hrzone.com. We’ll get back quickly. […]
Evidence-based agony aunt: helping a nayser deal with their new tendencies
Our evidence-based agony aunt, Jan Hills, uses findings from neuroscience and psychology to tell you how to solve your organisational problems in brain-savvy ways, that work with the mind’s natural tendecies and not against it. Got a problem you want her to look at it? Drop us a line at editor@hrzone.com. We’ll get back quickly. […]
I wanna be a famous HR writer!
“Blogging isn’t writing. It’s just graffiti with punctuation.” This line from the viral thriller Contagion made me wonder if the writing bug spreading through the HR profession is making it difficult to stand out from the crowd and become a respected writer. Like politicians and celebrities, HR bloggers can bypass the conventional media channels by […]
Book review: Humans are Underrated
HRZone has a range of books available for review. If you would like to receive one of our business books, free of charge, please contact the editor on editor at hrzone dot com and we can send you a list of what’s available. In return, we ask for a 400-700 word review of the book, […]
How to cultivate a winning mindset in your new joiners
In HR and Talent Acquisition circles, we place great emphasis on quality of hire, but recruiting people with the right skillset and experience is only part of the equation. With increasing pressure and expectations for new joiners to ‘hit the ground running’, we want our new joiners to slot in quickly, navigate easily and direct […]
How to make the case for HR technology implementation
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 […]
4 companies on how to win at leadership development
Leadership is a hugely important factor for any organization. Given how important it is to have great leadership in place, developing first-time or more junior managers is of vital importance. Having the support and processes in place to take young managers and help them flourish, though often overlooked, makes all the difference! We spoke to […]