Andy Murray is learning to manage his emotions. You can too.
There have been numerous articles telling us that Andy Murray is learning about how the brain works to improve his tennis. Well, Andy lost the chance of being Wimbledon champion but he may still be pointing the way to better performance. And pointing the way to leaders in business understanding more about their brain and […]
How the Equality Act helps create diverse workplaces
This Sunday is Disability Awareness Day. It is also 20 years since the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (DDA) introduced the statutory obligation for employers to make reasonable adjustments in respect of disabled employees, now enshrined in the Equality Act 2010 (EqA). This remains a central plank of an employer’s strategy to attract and retain disabled employees. […]
Er, what does disruption actually mean?
“I want to hear some new ideas that will be disruptive, that will alter my perspective.” It seems that ‘disruptive’ is the new buzzword. I hear it used as a description of what people seek from road shows, seminars and training events. It bothers me and it may bother you too that the commentators might […]
The Employee Engagement Executive Breakfast
How many people are affected by an engagement program? How many employees do you have? Multiply that by their friends, their families. How engaged people are at work ripples through to their home life too. We’d barely got through our first coffee before we were asked the above by The Maritz Institute, and it was […]
How can we improve the female talent pipeline?
To address the issue of a less than productive female talent pipeline across UK businesses, www.WeAreTheCity.com has launched a new awards programme – the WATC Top 50 Rising Stars Awards for 2015. These awards are the first to focus on the UK’s female talent pipeline below management level and will celebrate 50 women across multiple industries who […]
Passionate employees deliver superior CX
Why do passionate employees lead to a great customer experience? Because employees who take pleasure from what they do will naturally provide a better experience to the customer. Engaged employees are loyal and loyalty, if correctly channelled, leads to increased productivity which, in turn, leads to a better customer experience and ultimately improved company performance. […]
Make pensions communications engaging – here’s how
With the number of defined benefit plans in decline, pension provision through defined contribution arrangements is very much the norm. But engagement from employees is needed if this form of saving is to produce a satisfactory outcome for both employees and employers. When defined benefit pensions were standard, engagement was not so critical. Effective communication […]
Why do we still debate the composition of boards?
The debate around the composition of Europe’s boards continues. The new wisdom says we need more women, younger executives, and more people with less traditional backgrounds on the boards of some of our biggest businesses. But why? And why now? According to the PwC CEO survey released in January, the competitive landscape is hugely turbulent, […]
Don’t worry, HR will still exist in an AI world
Martijn Gribnau is Chief Change Officer of IPsoft, who automate IT and business processes for enterprises across a wide range of industries. Through its portfolio of autonomic and cognitive solutions, it provides services that allow its clients to secure competitive advantage. Martijn is responsible for supporting the company’s goal of being a dominant global technology […]
Workplace suicide: lessons from across the globe
Suicidal behaviour is complex phenomenon that occurs along a continuum progressing from diminished mental resilience – to suicidal thoughts – to planning suicide – to attempting suicide and finally dying by suicide. Although the catalyst may appear obvious, suicide is seldom the result of a single factor or event and is likely to have several […]
Talent have not won the war. It’s a terrible lie.
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Ergonomic offices: Steelcase Think chair review
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What skills shortages? How HR can defrost the frozen middle
With UK unemployment falling to a seven year low this month, HR functions will be continuing to review their talent strategies and looking for ways to gain ground on their competitors in securing key talent, with the battle for the best people as fierce as it’s ever been. What is good news for individuals – […]
More than a quarter of long-term absences related to mental health
Learn more ways to improve mental health in the workplace with The Ultimate Wellbeing Toolkit – a practical learning hub brought to you by financial protection specialists Unum, designed to equip HR professionals with the skills and knowledge to improve employee wellbeing. New figures released by Unum show that mental health issues accounted for 27% of Income Protection […]
How HR can help support the Reserve Armed Forces
Working in HR I am used to dealing with difficult questions and addressing people’s fears, but “What if I die?” is a tough one to answer when people are convinced military service means do or die charges across the battlefield. With reservists set to play a key role in the UK’s Armed Forces, people who […]
Lessons from high-profile hiring disasters
Learn how to avoid senior-level hiring disasters in our webinar, ‘Fraud, corruption, theft. Why executive-level screening reduces your risk’ at 2pm, Thursday 16 July. In today’s world, even the most liberal of organisations tend to have basic vetting procedures in place to avoid bad hires and the associated cost to the business. As we continue […]
Six arguments for executive pay
Consider for a moment that executive pay levels are about right. The figures in the press are surely eye-watering. Recent High Pay Centre analysis puts the average FTSE100 CEO package at around £5 million in 2014. This is almost a five-fold increase since the late 1990s. After some years of reports of rewards for failure, […]
Five choices to extraordinary productivity
The dramatic increase in the power of technology means that it’s never been easier to accomplish great things.Yet paradoxically, these same technologies can make it harder than ever to do the things that are important to us. It’s a paradox that lies at the heart of the on-going productivity debate. Every day we’re faced with […]
Is Usain Bolt sprinting all day? Why ‘always on’ isn’t working
Usain Bolt is an amazing sprinter. The fastest man ever recorded. But, how much of his time do you think he spends sprinting? More than me for sure, but relative to the time available to him, it is a miniscule fraction that he spends running out on the edge of his capability. A professional athlete […]
Winners of the North American Employee Engagement Awards announced
Senior business leaders from across the nation gathered in anticipation to celebrate the winners of the North American Employee Engagement Awards 2015. Winners and highly commended were selected by an exclusive panel of judges and announced, following a world class practical employee engagement conference held during the day, at the Tribeca Rooftop with breathtaking […]