Book review: Connecting People by Kate Davies

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, […]

Just what could a growth mindset do for you?

Meta-LUCID’s Mark McCarthy talks us through the concept of Fixed and Growth Mindsets in business, and their partnership with best-selling author Matthew Syed. This content originally appeared on our sister site TrainingZone. The concept of the ‘Growth Mindset’ has been around for a while but has only recently become popular in corporate performance improvement. Why […]

Creating social glue for employees without a ‘home’

We’re very used to the idea of remote workers. But what about employees with nothing to be ‘remote’ from? The speed of the shift to mobile connectivity and devices is making the traditional office and corporate HQ – with all the associated capital costs and long commuting times – look outdated and inefficient. In the US, […]

Coaching’s search for respectability

Karen Drury is a volunteer for the EMCC. Coaches are everywhere. A report published by the International Coaching Federation and PwC in 2012 estimated that there were 21,000 professional practicing coaches in Europe, generating around $900m in revenue.   The growth in the industry has not been mirrored in the academic field, even if research interest […]

Would you say you’re too polite – or too pushy?

Our view of politeness is associated with not acting in a selfish or over-domineering style. People who are pushy are often perceived as being rude and arrogant, while people who are over polite can be seen as a push-over. Straying too far in either direction can disrupt productivity and negatively impact on the business. How […]

How to redesign your organisation for the future

In order to succeed in this changing world, organisations that are more agile, innovative and productive need to be created. As you’ll know from my previous articles in this five-part series, my view is that providing more freedom, focus and feedback for employees are fundamental drivers of this organisational redesign. I’ve written this article to […]

25 years’ experience, now struggling to find a job

Paul served a short prison sentence earlier this year and is still on probation. Since leaving prison in June he has applied for countless jobs, but is struggling to get past the tick box. Prior to his sentence, Paul worked for over 25 years in the financial industry. Like many others, Paul is qualified, experienced […]

Employee engagement lessons from Caesars Entertainment

Jeremy Galinat is Director, Corporate Benefits at Caesars Entertainment. We talked to Jeremy following Caesars’ win in the Wellbeing category at the 2015 North American Employee Engagement Awards and discussed aspects of the Caesars wellness programme, including the importance of comprehensive and the company’s future aspirations. Why we think we won the award… Well, we […]

Millennials at work: are we subscribing to a fantasy?

What are some of the commonly held pre-conceptions about millennials in the workplace? They vary from curmudgeonly stereotypes of the under-35s as a bunch of entitled, narcissistic selfie-takers who aren’t capable of staying in the same job for more than five minutes through to more carefully considered research which shows that millennials are in search […]

Can sponsorship help the female talent pipeline?

Women are entering the consulting industry in unprecedented numbers, but the proportion of them who’ve made it to the top of the organisation remains small. Source Information Services and nbi recently teamed up to try and understand why. “Having to sell my soul” Two-thirds of the 40 senior people in leading consulting firms around the world […]

This week in ‘I Hate My Job’ – October 14 2015

Each week in “I Hate My Job,” we bring you insights from the minds of disengaged workers across the Twittersphere. The biggest lessons is that there’s no one reason why people hate their jobs and why they’re disengaged. Dissatisfaction is driven by personality, life circumstances, day-to-day stresses and much more. This is just a glimpse. […]

Six questions to match candidate and employer expectations

Recruitment interviews are pivotal in the selection process and play a crucial part in the assessment of professional expertise, competencies, skills and motivators. Having a goal-oriented conversation, understanding the requirements of a vacant position, bringing this into the interview and extracting the maximum of relevant information needed for making a good choice, is a challenging […]

Why positive organisations win out every time

Robert Quinn is professor at the Michigan Ross School of Business and a reseacher who has spent significant parts of his career analysing organisational change, leadership and performance. From his research he has become a believer in the power of ‘positive organizations’ due to the wide evidence base – essentially, when people are happy and thriving, […]

Nine qualities authentic leaders live by every day

There has been much discussion of the idea of authentic leadership, yet while I have read and heard much about its importance, less time and effort has been dedicated to understanding exactly what makes an authentic leader. The Oxford Dictionary definition of authentic is “of undisputed origin, genuine”. So what does this mean when we talk […]

Five minutes with Hyatt Hotels’ CHRO Robb Webb

This is an interview with Robb Webb, Chief Human Resources Officer at Hyatt Hotels. Robb will be speaking at the HR Tech World Congress taking place in Paris on October 27 – 28 Jamie Lawrence, Editor, HRZone: What’s your approach to talent attraction at Hyatt and how do you reduce ‘churn’ among your employee base? Robb Webb, CHRO, […]

Would you be able to fire a family member?

This article originally appeared on our sister site BusinessZone and was written by Sue Ingram of Converse Well. Hiring a family member is easy. Perhaps they arrived to help you out over a busy period or when they needed the money. Possibly they were what the business needed ten years ago, but the situation has now […]

If you are successful, will your children be?

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 […]

Is mindfulness the panacea that the workplace needs?

Mindfulness is increasingly being adopted by the private, public and voluntary sectors, with organisations including Google, BT, GSK, Morgan Stanley, Aetna and General Mills praising the benefits of its impacts on wellbeing levels, productivity and absence. A “mindful nation” could be a less burnt-out nation It seems that even parliament is taking this ancient practice […]

Why aren’t we redefining the way we work?

There’s something fundamentally wrong with the way the world works. In a series of 5 articles over the next few weeks I’ll share with you why that’s the case, what we need to do about it and how you can begin to implement changes within your own organisation which will start your journey towards a […]

Virgin: why we implemented unlimited holiday

In response to Richard Branson’s decision to offer Virgin Management staff unlimted holiday, we caught up with Sharron Pomells, Head of People Operations at Virgin Management, to find out more about the policy, the inspiration behind its introduction, the ongoing challenges of running the scheme, and what they have in store for the future. What was […]