Talent Management: The market landscape
It’s talent that’s the challenge, never more so than in the middle of the worst set of economic conditions since the 1920s. And that challenge is only going to get tougher with pay rises that are flat – or non-existent – taking away one of the most obvious motivational incentives. According to the Deloitte 2013 […]
Talent Management: vendor selection – analyst perspective
The Talent Management sector is rapidly consolidating as the leading HCM software vendors jostle for position in the wider market. The rise of newcomers such as Workday have put the old guard of SAP and Oracle et al on an unaccustomed back foot and racing to shore up their positions in the market. All vendors […]
Supporting senior leaders with mental health issues
This article was written by Mandy Rutter, Senior Clinical Business Manager at Validium. From the end of April, employers will no longer be able to legally remove company directors who have mental health problems. The success of the Mental Health Discrimination Bill is part of an important shift in attitudes towards mental illness: that people […]
News: Internships in London ‘out of reach’ of young people
Unpaid internships are often the only option for young people desperate for a job and struggling to find employment. But research published recently Trades Union Congress found that close to four in five (78 percent) of 18-34 year olds could not afford to take up an unpaid internship in London. The research, undertaken for Unions21 […]
Interview: Sarah Banner, HR Manager at The Cavendish Hotel
Sarah Banner is HR Manager at The Cavendish Hotel in London, the only hotel to be featured in The Sunday Times’ Best Companies to Work For List 2013. 1. What is the number one mistake HR managers make when trying to build an engaged workforce? A lot of HR departments think employee engagement is about […]
HR lessons from the Commonwealth Charter
The Commonwealth – the intergovernmental institution of 54 independent states loosely formed from the British Empire – recently released its updated charter [PDF, 200KB], which reasserts its commitment to “a common set of beliefs.” It’s quite a challenge to unite many different countries, with very different cultural backgrounds, under one set of values. Codifying these […]
How PAYE changes (RTI) will affect HR professionals
Real Time Information (RTI) is coming into play from next month and will change the way employers report PAYE information. Naturally, this will have large implications on the day-to-day role of HR professionals in both small and large organisations. Olivia Hill, Head of HR at AAT (Association of Accounting Technicians) discusses how to prepare for […]
An introduction to mobile learning environments
David Marshall, Founder and CEO of e-learning specialists Marshall ACM, looks to the next phase of e-learning and the use of apps in learning and development. Mobile learning has been a trend in the L&D industry for some time, but it is only recently that the combination of workforce demographics, mobile device capabilities and organisational […]
Elephants and crocodiles: the real challenge of corporate teamwork
This article was written by Clive Hyland, CEO of Think Feel Know. Few people who have worked in business would doubt the importance of effective teamwork, especially the leadership team, but all too often top teams serve mainly as a compromise of personal agendas and the notion of real team commitment disappears into the ether […]
How do we get senior leaders engaged with development training?
This article was written by Emma Littmoden, a partner at leadership programme provider The Living Leader. "We have an excellent programme of development training for all our managers throughout the company. Generally attendance is widespread and the feedback is really positive, but we are having a real struggle to get any of our senior managers involved […]
News: senior leaders must engage with social media to foster open culture
Organisations are being held back from building cultures of openness, collaboration and innovation due to a resistance to change and a lack of social media knowledge among senior leaders. This is according to new research from the CIPD on the landscape of social media and employee voice, launched today at the annual Voice and Value […]
News: Firms predict pay increases of 2.5 percent
Private sector employers are expecting minimal pay increases in the near future, according to new research from XpertHR. The survey questioned 127 private employers, employing 86,164 people, about their pay intentions for the 12 months to the end of February 2014. The median pay increase prediction for the next year was found to be 2.5 […]
Pros and cons of leasing office furniture
In this article Jorgen Josefsson, Managing Director at Scandinavian Business Seating UK, looks at the pros and cons of leasing. Leasing your office furniture and equipment could be a cost effective option as long as you are aware of both the advantages and disadvantages. Consider your office equipment needs, financial situation and your line of […]
News: House of Lords blocks ‘shares for rights’ scheme
The House of Lords has blocked an initiative that would have allowed employees to surrender certain employment rights in return for company shares. The scheme would have allowed business owners to give shares worth between £2000 and £5000 to employees. In return the employee would have to give up certain employment rights, including redundancy and […]
Workplace conflict – challenge or opportunity?
This article was written by Sue Hook of Sapience HR. You know what it’s like, the atmosphere in the team is prickly and ‘those two have obviously had words again’. They clearly don’t get on or it’s a case of the notorious ‘clash of personalities’. But do you have to just continue to accept this poor […]
News: inaccurate mileage claims could open firms to HMRC fines
Close to half of UK business drivers surveyed in a new study admit to submitting false mileage claims. This is according to new research from TomTom Business Solutions, which found 46 percent of drivers have over-estimated their mileage when claiming expenses. Over a third (35 percent) do so regularly. This is despite the fact that […]
Talent spot: Paul Ethell, HR Director for BAE Systems’ Combat Aircraft business unit
“I started getting interested in HR when I was at university. I thought it would be useful to do a business elective as part of my course and out of naivety thought HR sounded interesting,” remembers Paul Ethell, HR director for BAE Systems’ Combat Aircraft business unit. Ethell’s hunch proved correct and he did find […]
Smart office furniture decisions to improve employee wellbeing
This article was written by Mark Foster, Head of Furniture and Interiors at Office Depot. On the average day, the two things people spend most time doing are working and sleeping, generally for about eight hours each. As a result, it is no surprise that people devote a large amount of time to buying the […]
Retirement courses – value for money or flirting with age discrimination?
This article was written by Lee Coles, Head of Money After Work at Jelf Employment Benefits. Funding spaces on courses for those approaching retirement can be a wise investment, but there are good, bad and ugly courses out there. I would like to state the financial case for the ‘good’ specimens of what is arguably […]
News: European clock-watchers ‘here to stay’
New research suggests European workers are clocking in – then zoning out. One in three employees globally (32.7 percent) has no intention of leaving their current job in the next 12 months. European employees are most set on staying put at 37.8 percent, compared to one in five (21.7 percent) employees in Asia. CEB’s latest […]
