Workplace wellbeing – in the hands of technology
A quarter of professionals are currently feeling unhappy with their work-life balance, according to recent research, indicating that the pressures of working life are becoming too much for millions of employees across the country. With such a high percentage of employees struggling to cope with the ‘always on’ working culture, it isn’t surprising that the […]
How to change the way you feel about work
Five measurable elements can improve motivation and meaning at work – and bring competitive advantage. Structural changes and a requirement to ‘do more with less’ have created a more demanding workplace for many employees. To help individuals cope with the resultant pressure and adversity, some organisations are introducing resilience training. This is important but sometimes […]
Bringing sporting mindsets into the workplace
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 make […]
Are you able to find a leader in a haystack?
While the current labour market is highly competitive at all levels of experience, there is no more precious commodity than candidates for leadership roles. Despite effective leaders being widely recognised as the cornerstone of business success, our latest research shows that many organisations are quite simply failing at succession planning. The majority (63%) of the […]
Performance appraisal: dump it or fix it?
“Perhaps no talent management process is more important or more reviled than performance management.” Effram & Ort, 2013 In one of the most viewed documents on the web, Netflix, the streaming company with over 2,000 employees, revealed it has no mandated system of performance assessment. While this caused a flurry of interest, going process-free seems […]
Eight lessons from the 2015 Employee Engagement conference
On September 10th 2015 180 HR professionals attended an event dedicated to making their engagement efforts more organisationally-focused – so they added real business impact. Follow all the commentary on the hashtag #EEUK2015. #1 Giving people space is not always the best choice Keynote Alison Lowe, CEO of Leeds mental health charity Touchstone, told a […]
Four quick ways to improve your employee rating scale
The spring 2014 Employee Outlook Report from CIPD found that one in three employees feel their performance management process, and the communication from their managers, is unfair. If you think you might be in the same boat, taking another look at your performance rating scale is a simple way make improvements. The most familiar rating […]
“Venture capitalists put talent ahead of strategy every time.”
This is an interview with Tim Dyson, CEO of communications and marketing group Next15. Tim joined Next15 in 1984 straight from Loughborough University and became its global CEO in 1992. Tim has been named an Emerging Power Player by PR Week US. In 2013, Tim was recognised on the Holmes Report’s In2’s Innovator 25, which recognises individuals […]
Is the ‘Peter Principle’ on your risk register?
When Peter Parker became Spider-Man, his Uncle Ben warned him that “with great power comes great responsibility”. After a steep learning curve, Peter grew into his superhero role to save the day and reboot a multimillion pound franchise. Unfortunately ‘Peter Principle’ had no wise uncle to warn him that without the skills or aptitude […]
Five lessons from Investors in People award winners
Many businesses benefit from investing in their people, but we believe that the best of the best should be publicly recognised for their efforts. That is why Investors in People (IIP) holds an annual awards ceremony that celebrates the companies who manage and develop their staff most effectively. Through these awards, we aim to create […]
Time to blow up H(B)R – and the CIPD as well?
Harvard Business Review (HBR), the world’s premier intellectual business magazine, likes to publish pieces which are challenging, rigorous and readable. For example Justin Fox’s piece ‘What We’ve Learned from the Financial Crisis’ (November 2013) is still on the money today, as the EU political-financial and Chinese stock market crises unfold. But HBR likes something even […]
A collaborative approach to reduce HR complexity
As organisations look to address budget challenges, many are starting to focus on HR as an area where delivering the right changes can make a difference. Sally Campbell, Director of Health at arvato UK, explains how Action for Children – a national charity for children and young people – took a collaborative approach with their […]
Book review: The New Psychology of Leadership: Identity, Influence and Power
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, […]
This week in ‘I Hate My Job’ – September 3 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. […]
Creating an intuitive workplace for future wellbeing
In today’s digitalised, data-driven world, we work faster, learn quicker and absorb more information on a daily basis than previous generations would have ever thought possible. This influx of technology into the workplace means that, by 2030, HR departments will be increasingly focused around people analytics, making decisions based on data collected from their workforce. […]
From cleaner to COO: Karen Hester of Adnams
Karen Hester is Chief Operating Officer at the award-winning brewer and distiller, Adnams. In April this year she became the first female executive director to sit on Adnams’ board, since it was founded in 1872 – a remarkable achievement after joining the business as a cleaner in 1988. Here, she talks about her journey to […]
The world of work must change… but why?
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 […]
Mindsets. Do you really know what one is?
Mindsets – they seem to be increasingly popular, yet misunderstood and misused. More seriously, the word ‘mindset’ often appears without definition, without its underlying assumptions about personality and people made clear, or any explanation of why one mindset might be better than another. At a recent HR conference, for example, I became increasingly frustrated by […]
Boring and unproductive meetings? There’s an app for that!
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 […]
Subsidising race fees as an employee benefit
Based in Boise, Idaho, Kount produces solutions for fraud and risk management, helping to reduce fraud losses for online merchants and payments processors. Kount has a commitment to the organisation’s core values of innovation, agility, customer success, future focus and teamwork. One of the main reasons people choose to live in Boise is to take advantage […]