Logging onto coaching: The pros and cons
Coaching is traditionally conducted face-to-face; the advent of technology has changed that, transitioning it as a service that can now be addressed through an e-medium. E-coaching is: “A two-way communication between a coach and coachee that is enabled through the use of technology, whether it be e-mail, telephone, online chat or a bulletin board.”This is […]
HR Tip: Redundancy and “bumping”
These questions are being answered by Learn HR, a market leader in the provision of HR and payroll training and nationally-recognised professional qualifications. Q: We have changed our telephone system and as a result no longer need a telephonist. She has been with us for eight years and is a good worker. She could do the […]
Extracts of a Life Coach: The glorification of age?
This week our fledgling life coach, Emma Ranson Bellamy asks for our help: Is age and a life long-lived a necessary precursor to coaching? Can we only teach when we have learned the lessons of life from experience at first hand? Add your comments by posting in the box at the end of this latest […]
Disability: Thought you knew everything there was to know?
Why shouldn’t someone without the use of their right hand become a barrister? Why can’t someone work in manufacturing because they are deaf? Mike Huss, senior employment law specialist at Peninsula employment law firm, a disabled person himself discusses the issues. I have written a number of articles since 1996 when the Disability Discrimination Act […]
Human Capital: Sharpening the tool to prove HR’s worth
Picture the scene. The HR director of a major corporation goes into the CEO’s office. “So,” says the CEO, “I know you have spent US$250m on a global SAP implementation, US$50m on consultants and turned HR upside down. You call it transformation. But what do I get out of it?” All too often, it’s a […]
News in Brief: The week in HR – HR happy-ometer swings
Catch up on the week in HR including HR happy with their lot, work gives life meaning for many and why there is no substitution for eye ball to eye ball communication. W/C 31/10/05HR are happy with their lotEighty-one per cent of HR respondents in a Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) survey said […]
The Couch?! Has a good old moan
Inspired by a recent news release, this week’s the Couch?! purges itself of all its moans and groans before it’s too late. If Britain follows Germany’s example moaning will become a thing of the past and we will all be thinking positively and communicating with our colleagues in a motivating way (Noooooooo! I hear you […]
Review: Managing successful projects with PRINCE2
Title: Managing Successful Projects with PRINCE2Authors: OGCPublisher: The Stationary OfficeISBN: 0-11-330891-4Reviewer: Tanya Cowin My first thought on receiving this book was that it would not be a “light” read (it has 400 pages, weighs nearly 2kg and I only took it on the train once!). I was, however, to be pleasantly surprised. This book works […]
What’s the answer? Cost of living increase
This week Nicholas Snowden, senior solicitor at Clarkslegal LLP and Helen Badger, employment law expert at Browne Jacobson present their ideas on whether a cost of living increase can be made the exclusive benefit of certain employees. The question:“If a company has agreed a cost of living increase (RPI) and everyone is entitled to it […]
Colborn’s Corner: How am I doing?
Performance appraisals are a bit like motherhood and apple pie after all who could object to them? Well I for one certainly don’t but why do we do them and are they all they are cracked up to be? Of course the textbook answer as to why we do appraisals revolves around the twin issues […]
HR Practitioner’s Diary: Chicken lickin’ good?
We catch up on Sue Kingston’s latest adventures including her sleuthing activities to find the light-fingered employees with a penchant for ‘lifting’ beef fillets, lamb hocks and chicken breasts; read on to find out more. W/C: 25 September 2005Well, what a month I’ve had! I don’t know if I’m coming or going, there certainly don’t […]
Opinion: Working on purpose
Forget vision statements; it’s meaning that people need at work. Here Colin Reeve, MD of R&A Consultancy and Training, explains how to make work matter more. Do you believe in vision statements? Does the vision statement expressed by your organisation fill your working life with a deep sense of purpose? Do you even know what […]
Case Study: Equality and diversity – Educating the NHS
An equality and diversity staff development programme is helping one of the UK’s leading NHS Trusts to place increasing value on equality and inclusion, and to reap the rewards of a diverse workforce. The background:Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust is a busy and successful two-star Trust, which serves a population of around 350,000 in […]
Don’t mention the ‘s’ word …
Today, 2 November marks National Stress Awareness Day a problem that can cause havoc to health and productivity alike; Annie Lawler of Breathing Space Therapies provides her expert commentary on this thorny issue. I had a successful career in advertising for over 20 years so I like to think I know a thing or two […]
HR Tip: Written confirmation of disciplinary sanction
These questions are being answered by Learn HR, a market leader in the provision of HR and payroll training and nationally-recognised professional qualifications. Question: What exactly should we put into a confirmation letter after we have imposed a sanction on an employee following a formal disciplinary hearing? HR Tip: You should leave the employee in no […]
How Did I Get Here? Sue Rice, HR Director Accenture
Sue Rice reveals the secrets of her success and explains how Accenture uses HR practices to get ahead; read her story in this latest How Did I Get Here? 1. How strategic is your current role and what does it involve?I’d see my role as a real mix. There is definitely a large strategic aspect, […]
Comment: On top form?
It’s not just sportsmen and women that suffer from a loss of form but also ordinary workers; Nick Hood, senior London partner at Begbie Traynor the business rescue specialists explains why businesses cannot afford to ignore the problem associated with the peaks and troughs of performance levels. Despite recently being knocked out of the Carling […]
CIPD Conference round up
A round up of news from this year’s Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development Conference in Harrogate. Leadership best taught at workBusiness schools teach the tools of management, but not the skills of leadership, delegates at the CIPD Conference in Harrogate were told.In a packed keynote address Charles Handy, who set up the London Business […]
Feature: Paternity leave rights will hit small businesses
Proposals to increase paid and unpaid paternity leave will be bad news for small businesses, say employers’ groups. The Federation of Small Businesses and Forum of Private Business are warning that small companies will find it particularly difficult to replace skilled male workers and will struggle with administering statutory paternity pay. The extension of paternity […]
Stress busting tips: The top ten
Pulling your hair out and guzzling another headache bill won’t tackle the longer-term issues associated with stress a problem that may be more readily felt at this time of year as the summer officially closes and the conference season gears up putting further pressures on HR professionals. And managing the problem can be an even […]
