What does a data-driven approach to HR look like?
Improving HR's business impact must be a priority for future-thinking, strategic HR professionals. This article looks at one key aspect of impact: the importance of having a data-driven model. If you'd like to delve deeper into this topic and understand at a broader level how to improve HR's business impact, download our webinar – Make HR […]
Top 10 reasons why your organisation needs to shift to a data-driven HR model
Improving HR's business impact must be a priority for future-thinking, strategic HR professionals. This article looks at one key aspect of impact: the importance of having a data-driven model. If you'd like to delve deeper into this topic and understand at a broader level how to improve HR's business impact, download our whitepaper – Make HR […]
Have you mobilised your innovation agents?
Who are the true innovation leaders within an organisation? Well yes, some of them may sit at the top table. In fact, if you’ve read the first article in this series, leading innovation, you may remember that I commented that if it’s not on the top team’s agenda it’s not going to be in the […]
Four top tips for better sleep and improved workplace performance
This article was written by Jeff Archer, Director of The Tonic Corporate Wellness. Sleep, or lack of it, is a hot topic at the moment so how might sleep routines impact on energy levels and performance in the office? In his book, Internal Time: Chronotypes, Social Jet Lag, and Why You’re So Tired, Professor Till Roenneberg […]
How HR can use storytelling to create customer centricity
Everyone in business is talking about customer centricity, but very few are getting it right. Part of the problem is that it’s not entirely clear where ultimate responsibility lies – the CEO? The sales and marketing team? HR? We believe it’s up to everyone but a truly customer-centric organisation has the end user embedded in […]
Are you ready to build and lead a culture of innovation?
Are you fully prepared to do what it takes to lead a culture of innovation within your organisation? I admit you’ve served your time, worked your way up through the ranks, built up some leadership CPD points and your job title now contains the word leader, executive or equivalent. What else do you need – […]
Coffee break: Resilience, unconscious bias and rigging your performance review
Here is your weekly list of news, opinion and interesting blogs from across the HR world. Let us know what you've enjoyed reading this week in the comments below! Development – What do women's career paths really look like? (HBR) – The business benefits of early intervention (Unum) – Why is resilience so important for […]
How to present a stronger business case to the board
Some HR teams struggle to justify HR and training investments and initiatives in a way that wins the board’s approval. Often this happens because they find themselves in the dark about the long and short-term ambitions of the company they work for or because there’s a lack of clarity about the business strategy itself. Asking […]
Are female senior managers really paid less?
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 […]
Beyond Recruitment: are you immersing potential recruits in your company culture?
Statistically Generation Y, or Millennials, make up the largest percentage of jobseekers and much like buyers in the housing market, these numbers wield power. They are the next talented professionals in-line and naturally businesses want to capitalise on this. However, gaining and retaining these digital natives has proven to be more difficult than ever. With […]
“Some of the best examples of what can be achieved in partnerships aren’t about money”
As more companies seek to clarify their brand values for both employees and customers alike, doing more for charities and the environment has slowly risen up the agenda for many businesses. But how do you go about selecting a charity to support, and what are the benefits of going beyond ad-hoc fundraising and actually forming […]
Coffee Break: Commuting, HR Tech & million dollar mission statements
Another week has gone by, and so here we are to bring you the latest round-up of HR news, opinion and assorted bits and bobs from across the internet. Let us know what you've enjoyed reading this week, and what you think of the articles we've shared below! Leadership – How to wrtie a million dollar […]
Gossip in your workplace probably does you more good than harm
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 […]
Mutiny on the ice: Earnest Shackleton and the trust equation
After the ship Endeavour sank, crushed by ice in the Antarctic 100 years ago, Sir Earnest Shackleton faced the beginnings of mutiny amongst his men. Shackleton and his crew had been sailing towards the South Pole so that they could seek to be the first ever to cross the Antarctic. On the way, their ship […]
How can we better understand the ‘office creep?’
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 […]
Coffee Break: Managing teams, robo recruiters and offices for introverts
We've spent another week cherry-picking our favourite blogs, tweets and articles for your Friday reading pleasure, aren't we nice? Let us know your thoughts on the articles below, and if you have any other tips for pieces we should read! Engagement – Businesses are embracing the idea of teams. Managing them is hard (The Economist) – […]
What employee benefits are currently being hyped?
In March 2016, Google yet again, topped the Fortune 100 best companies to work for listings. Benefits such as free organic meals, unlimited snacks/refreshments, personal fitness classes, nap pods and enhanced healthcare with virtual doctor consultations makes it the firm everyone wants to work for. But are these perks – viewed by Google as crucial […]
Zero-hours contracts – friend or foe?
Zero-hours contracts have received a lot of attention in the press over the past couple of years. Generally speaking, ‘zero-hours’ means contracts where the employer doesn’t guarantee the individual any hours of work. We’ve also seen some high profile cases of businesses using (and ‘abusing’) zero-hours contracts. The criticism in some of these specific cases […]
How to avoid manager dependency
It goes without saying that managers need to be able to support and help those that they lead. Problems arise when leaders find it hard to release control and team members take advantage of the situation to shirk responsibility. Over time, this can lead to ‘manager dependency’. With the benefits of operating a flexible working […]
Coffee Break: Robot workers, feedback fear and the end of the office dress code
The end of the week is nigh, and we think it's time you make yourself a brew, put your feet up, and have a read through our picks of the week's best HR news, opinion and tidbits. Let us know what you think, and what you've enjoyed reading this week! Management – Managers beware: busyness […]