HRZone is making a change
HRzone will be changing in 2015! Who, why, when, how? Here at HRzone we want to offer the best experience to our members, whether that’s through the editorial content we produce, the events we organise, or the community we create on site (that’s you guys!). We’ve seen from your feedback in the recent questionnaire as […]
The neuroscience of organisational values – part 1
In part two of this article series, Jan Hills looks at how the research detailed below impacts organisations and what they should be doing to adapt. There is a lot of talk about values in business. As a preoccupation it is taking over the whole culture debate, but given that values essentially form the bases of […]
HRZone announces US employee engagement awards
Following on from the success of the UK employee engagement awards, which will announce its winners in January 2015, we've teamed up with the EE Awards to bring the same program of recognition and celebration to America. The EE Awards will celebrate the best small and big businesses North America has to offer – the game changing, forward-thinking […]
Why you should show staff that they’re cared for
Learn 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. It’s a given that being cited as a company that […]
Interview: Simon Wells, Terrorist Negotiator, HM Government
Simon Wells has spent the past 13 years as a crisis negotiator in the UK and overseas, including on behalf of the UK government with terrorist groups. He has 30 years’ experience with the Metropolitan Police including 20 years specialising in using behavioural science to benefit law enforcement, the military and special forces units across […]
Companies are realising they must hire self-learners, says Josh Bersin
Josh Bersin, founder of Bersin by Deloitte, gives us his insight into what’s hot in the world of talent management. On the ‘Irresistible Organisation:’ “The term originally came about a year ago off the back of our Global Human Capital Trends study. We found that among 1700 organisations around the world, the number one problem […]
How teams really work, from the perspective of the brain – part 1
I have to confess I have always been rather sceptical about the management theory on teams, specifically the whole forming, storming, norming and performing idea. In my experience teams either skipped the storming stage or if they go through it, they never move on to the performing stage. And teams that did perform didn’t stay […]
Why did a global children’s right NGO implement HR technology and what did they solve?
We recently interviewed Mark Banbury, Global CIO at Plan International, on how the NGO is using HR technology to save children’s lives. In this follow-up Mark tells us the reasons he chose to implement cloud HR technology and what business challenges have been solved by the implementation. First business challenge solved: how many people work […]
The art of visual cues in video interviewing
“The older I get the less I listen to what people say and the more I look at what they do”. — ANDREW CARNEGIE The vast majority of feedback in organisations is conducted in writing, and yet we as humans are primarily visual communicators. In everyday conversation our minds rely on facial expression, gestures and […]
The relationship between HR and IT is driving process improvement at a global children’s NGO
We recently interviewed Mark Banbury, Global CIO at Plan International, on how the NGO is using HR technology to save children’s lives. Here Mark tells us more about how the IT and HR departments are working to maintain and leverage the cloud HR technology that now adds value across Plan. For Mark, creating greater connection […]
Five ways to improve workplace wellbeing
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. Promoting wellbeing in the workplace benefits both employers and employees. A healthy […]
Creating physiological and emotional coherence is one of the biggest challenges of our time
Dr Alan Watkins is an ex-physician dedicated to transforming business and society by vertically developing business leaders. Vertical development is, according to the Global Leadership Foundation, “building our ability to distinguish and let go of our own limited thinking and perceptions.” Alan’s book, Coherence, is a how-to guide. Vertical development is a relatively new term for HR. […]
Easing the strain with joined-up strategic workforce planning
Today’s businesses have more means of communication available to them than ever before. Yet, when it comes to delivering service excellence, a lack of visibility and interaction within the enterprise can end up limiting performance and leave front-line managers struggling to cope, culminating in a negative impact on customer service overall. Invariably, most large organisations […]
Is EI or IQ more important than the other when it comes to rising up the management ladder?
Creativedge Learning & Development is pleased to offering you the chance to win one exclusive Silver License for any one of its 120, 90-minute bite-size training sessions, used by some of the world’s best-known companies and leading brands. Send a simple email to editor@hrzone.com ASAP to be entered into the draw to win this prize, […]
Using HR technology to stop children dying
The Ebola crisis has caused massive mobilisation of resources around the globe – from an infrastructural point of view, that’s been felt by Mark Banbury, Global CIO at Plan International, the worldwide NGO that invented child sponsorship over 70 years ago. We talk to Mark about how HR technology is helping Plan respond faster, harder […]
Six tips for business leaders to show staff they’re cared for
Learn 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. You can also find out more information about the Institute […]
Think beyond the payslip: improve business results with strategic workforce management
If you ask ten people to define workforce management, you will likely receive ten different answers. Yet, the functions that comprise workforce management are well known, such as: time tracking, absence management, scheduling and labour law compliance. So why is there widespread ambiguity around the term “workforce management”? Perhaps because the benefits of strategic workforce […]
Is Google hiding the dubious past of your job candidates?
Earlier this year, the European Court of Justice (‘ECJ’), the EU’s highest court, ruled that EU citizens have the right to ask search engines to remove links with certain information about them. Such requests may be made when the information is considered to be inaccurate, inadequate, irrelevant or excessive for the purpose of data processing. […]
Why assess your next CEO?
The chief executive is arguably your company’s most important hire. The person appointed is tasked with setting vision and strategy, building and maintaining teams, taking big decisions and ensuring they’re delivered on. They’re required to energise the organisation by setting the right tone of behaviour, maintain focus when all around may be losing theirs and […]
Good management to successfully plan yearly appraisals
The article title might, perhaps, give away all-too frequent problems in HR. Let’s try starting with a question: is (good) performance something that is managed, or something that is led? I would strongly argue the latter – good or great performance is not something that comes from being firmly in control as much as it […]
