Do CEOs do HR’s job?
These are loaded statements, but do any of them sound familiar? “CEOs do the job of HR."“HR has become all about processes and not people.”“HR has lost the plot.” On the face of it these words seem rather harsh, after all HR work extremely hard often under difficult conditions, but this was the consensus of […]
The Neuroscience of Interviewing – Part 1
This article is the first of a two-part series. View the second article: The Neuroscience of Interviewing – Part 2 If you are involved in the interview process for your company and you don’t know the answers to these questions then you might want to read on…. "Tell me about your approach to hiring – do you […]
Can businesses help solve the food waste crisis?
Here are some shocking stats. Just the bread and cereal products thrown away in UK households could lift 30 million of the world’s hungriest people out of malnourishment All the world's nearly one billion hungry people could be lifted out of malnourishment on less than a quarter of the food that is wasted in the […]
Interview: Thomas Otter, VP Product Management, SuccessFactors
Learn more about what industry analysts are saying on the talent management landscape and how SuccessFactors can help companies address their capability gaps with the latest in HR technology. Who is Thomas Otter? Before joining SuccessFactors, Thomas Otter was an analyst with Gartner and had over 21 years experience in the IT industry. He spent five years […]
Round-up: HR Tech Europe 2014 Spring Warm-up
This was the second year that HRN Europe, which organises the sizeable HR Tech Europe event in Amsterdam in October, put on their smaller, shorter event in London – a ‘warm-up’ designed to explore content topics and ask questions to build up enthusiasm and excitement for the main event. Why HR managers never become CEOs […]
Why do we not talk about behaviour change in L&D?
“You know, you’re just like my grandmother”. As statements go, it wasn’t inherently controversial. But the fact that I was saying it to a 12 year-old boy certainly got everyone’s attention. Especially the boy’s. It was a technique I’d learnt as a psychotherapist. Say something to wrong-foot the client, to grab their attention and make […]
50 top tweets from HR Tech Europe Spring Warm-up 2014
HR Tech Europe Spring Warm-up came to London on Thursday March 27th 2014. The one-day event is the precursor to the two-day HR Tech Europe event held annually in October in Amsterdam. There were around 500 people in attendance, who came to hear from key speakers, including Adrian Furnham, Professor of Organisational Psychology at […]
Case study: diversity and dignity at Airbus
Airbus manufactures commercial aeroplanes and operates from sites across Europe; aircraft wings are manufactured in the UK. The organisation is complex, incorporating transnational reporting lines. The company is two years into an ongoing initiative with UK HR and employment law firm Vista to deliver a Dignity at Work and Diversity programme that is proving successful […]
LIVE COVERAGE: HR Tech Europe Spring Warmup 2014
We’re reporting LIVE from HR Tech Europe in London today. HR Tech Europe is one of the leading events in the calendar dedicated to HR technology and its place in the modern HR function. The main event takes place in Amsterdam on October 24th and 25th, but today the event is coming to you live from […]
Interview: “We certainly had an early mover advantage,” says ADP’s Steve Hardy
ADP has had a long-standing relationship with the Cloud – they launched their first cloud service in 1998, three years before the term ‘Software as a Service’ was even coined. Steve Hardy, Vice President, National and Multinational Strategy and Marketing at ADP says that this afforded the business an “early mover advantage”. In an interview with […]
How to make Happy Hour from 9-5
What is the ultimate role of HR? Is it all about benefits, processes, perks, hiring and firing? I say NO – the ultimate role of HR is to create a happy workplace. And while this may seem like a Pollyanna daydream, it makes a ton of business sense. Happy employees are not simply in a […]
‘Shadow side’ of personality – there’s more to it than corporate psychopaths
One of the most popular articles on HRZone last year was the eye-catchingly titled “Are you employing a corporate psychopath?”. This is entirely understandable – almost everyone has come across a smooth-talking, back-stabbing political operator at some stage in their career and there is something slightly thrilling about the idea that he or she may […]
Interpreting social signals in the workplace
Most people agree that communication is key to a happy and productive working environment. However, when that communication is non-verbal are we able to deal with and interpret the messages correctly? In this article I want to touch upon how we communicate at work and what role ‘social signals’ play in our daily conversations with […]
Interview: Charlotte deMetz, HR Director, Misys
What is the main HR technology project you have been involved in? I oversaw the implementation of an HR system from SumTotal Systems which included five solutions: learning, performance, compensation, workforce analytics and SumTotal’s elixHR platform, which links all our different HR solutions and pieces of software. Misys already used SAP HR to provide core […]
EXCLUSIVE: UK businesses struggling with leadership capability gaps, says Deloitte study
HRZone can exclusively reveal the UK results of Deloitte’s Global Human Capital Trends report, which surveys companies predominantly in the 10,000+ employee range. Five key priorities of UK HR Develop leaders at all levels, close gap between hype and readiness Develop HR professionals into skilled business consultants Build passion and purpose in the workforce Globalise […]
Stress is helpful – but if you think it’s not, it’ll mess with your head
Stress seems to be something we are all subject too. In a recent survey by ThoughtLeaders 83% of people said that they had experienced stress that affected their performance at work. We mostly talk about the negative impacts and whilst they are many there is some interesting research that may have us thinking differently about […]
Should whistleblowers receive rewards or awards?
Whistleblowers serve private and public interests when they raise concerns about wrongdoing but how do we recognise those who choose to come forward? Should we offer financial rewards or awards of a different nature? Policies and procedures for whistleblowing are becoming increasingly common in both the public and private sector. In the UK we tend […]
Which jobs make you happy?
The BBC has a story covering Cabinet Office research on the jobs most likely to make you happy and the jobs most likely to leave you miserable. The research is part of a wider move towards including notions of wellbeing and happiness on the public policy agenda. Top five jobs Clergy Chief executive/senior official Agriculture […]
CIPD HR Analytics conference: key takeaways
On Wednesday 12th March the CIPD held their annual HR Analytics conference in London. The event was attended by HR directors at various stages of readiness for bringing analytics capability into their organisations. The speakers offered a mix of both theoretical insight and practical advice. The event culminated in a talk from CIPD CEO Peter […]
Book review: The 31 Practices
Title: The 31 Practices – release the power of your organization’s values everydayAuthors: Alan Williams & Alison WhybrowISBN: 978-1907794353 This book was reviewed by David Evans of Burn Bridge Associates. This book has credibility, intrigue and is a window on the world we live in. This much we learn from the opening dedication – “we dedicate this book […]
