HRZone relaunch: The Missing Features
What’s missing, why, and when will it return? Whilst redesigning the site, we've had to prioritise a few areas to make sure that the relaunch goes to plan, and that there is as little disruption to you all as possible. For this reason, we've had to leave a few familiar features off the site for […]
Tailored recruitment testing – how to make it better
As many have unfortunately experienced, making the wrong hiring decision can carry a significant financial penalty. Industry estimations put the costs at up to 15 times annual salary which is why recruiters and HR professionals alike have looked to mitigate the risk of making a bad hire through the adoption of recruitment testing. The practice […]
Five mistakes leaders make when managing virtual teams
As a manager and leader of virtual teams, who would you consider the elite group ensuring that your virtual team projects are successful? Would your answer be stakeholders, perhaps consumers of your product or service indicated by revenue, employees, or assigned team leaders? A good answer would be everyone above who are benefactors of the […]
HRZone relaunch: A sneak peek at your new homepage
Not only will the new site look great, we’re also filling it with more quality content than ever before It’s all well and good us making HRZone look prettier and easier to use, but our efforts would all be in vain if the content wasn’t up to scratch too. We’ve got lots of exciting plans […]
How learner data is going to shake up learning and what HR needs to know
There is a lot of talk about big data and how it will transform businesses and help them become more responsive to customer needs. The same thinking can be applied to corporate learning and development. To date, HR managers and L&D professionals have approached skills development from either a business need perspective or to meet demand […]
Employee Engagement Excellence programme to launch in US and UK
Over the next year the very best examples of employee engagement in North America will be recognised and amplified as HRZone launches the Employee Engagement Excellence programme in the United States. The programme combines an awards program and a one-day practical conference and aims to push employee engagement to the forefront of the business agenda. Both […]
It’s time to get grown up about empowerment
Today, no-one I meet suggests we should build organisations where staff are less empowered, where more command and control is needed, and where workers are put to task under clear instruction and without the need to engage them. But despite the obvious appeal of an empowered organisational culture, it seems hard to achieve. In Roffey […]
Shift workers risk mental and physical health
Staff working shifts outside the hours of 0700-1900 hours are at higher risk of developing chronic health conditions and serious illness, and could even be risking a decline in cognitive function a recent survey revealed. In this article, Gary Cattermole, director at award winning employee engagement consultancy and staff survey specialist, The Survey Initiative, explains […]
HRZone relaunch: The transformation begins!
After a long wait, the new HRZone is nearly here! We’ve already shared the reasons behind the redesign in our earlier update, we also got your feedback on what you want to see from the site in our survey, and now we can finally begin the process of switching the site over to its new […]
How understanding the brain can help you understand your colleagues across the globe
It's Neuroscience Learning Month on HRZone. You're reading one of the pieces that's been written to help you develop a sound understanding of why neuroscience principles are important to business, and a basic understanding of how you can apply them effectively. There's loads more content going live over the month to help you on your […]
Employee Engagement Awards 2015 – announcing the inaugural winners
The Employee Engagement Awards were set to recognise the great work that companies across the UK are doing when it comes to putting engagement at the heart of their strategy – we’re very pleased to announce the winners for our first year! Hundreds of companies entered the awards, ranging from start-ups to multinationals including Lidl, […]
Sticking with those management resolutions in 2015
A new year brings with it the opportunity to set new goals and start afresh, and managers across the country will be looking to do just this in 2015. However, we all know it is easy to make resolutions, but much harder to stick to them. Our advice is to break your goals down into […]
Avoid winter coughs and colds
You’ve heard it before: ‘don't go outside in this weather, you'll catch a cold’. But colds are actually caused by viruses, not cold weather. It is true that you are more likely to get a cold during the winter months, but that's because we spend more time in confined, unventilated spaces with larger groups of […]
Connecting the employee experience with customer satisfaction
Paul Barnes is UK Country Manager at enterprise feedback management (EFM) company Questback. 1) What's the impetus behind the recent movement towards connecting employee engagement with the customer experience? When asked to name their two top business priorities, CEOs consistently rank the customer experience and getting the best out of staff at the top of the […]
Unlocking data in HR
Payroll is one of the biggest business costs, and yet despite an increasingly competitive marketplace, few organisations truly understand what drives the performance of their workforce. A recent survey by HRReview found that 79% of HR professionals agreed that their organisations believed effective talent management was critical to the bottom line. However, over 50% thought […]
The essential role of HR in employees’ engagement and commitment
How to create high employee engagement and commitment has become a central focus point for many organisations’ strategies. The added value that engaged and committed employees have is increasingly being recognised by CEOs, stakeholders, managers and HR. Our latest research shows that despite this recognition, there’s still much work to be done to realise employees’ […]
How is postgraduate education helping HR professionals become more strategic?
Traditionally, the Human Resources function has served primarily as the systematising and employee-policy arm of executive management. The role of HR professionals was closely aligned with personnel and administrative functions that were sometimes viewed by the organisation as “paperwork”. However, the sector’s shift in professional designation from personnel to human resources has been part of […]
How do you make change the ‘new normal?’
It takes lots of small steps to make big changes happen inside an organisation, especially one where cultures and working practices have become deeply ingrained. When I was appointed technical director for Harvey Water Softeners 18 months ago, I began making plans for a wide reaching, two-year change programme. Now, at the halfway point, here […]
Bring your business into the 21st century
Find out more ways to improve your workplace wellbeing 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 they need to show employees that they are valued. Establishing a balance between work and private life is a hot topic […]
Rethinking HR delivery in the NHS
Persistent cost pressures and HR functions facing continual scrutiny on efficiency means that NHS organisations are having to fundamentally rethink how they provide HR services. But new HR initiatives are emerging for departments needing to create efficiencies in the back office without sacrificing quality. Although the £2bn a year of NHS additional funding announced in […]