Flexible working: how virtual offices are changing the art of leadership
With many businesses making the move to remote working in response to Covid-19, we need to be mindful that people working from home spend far less time with managers, and the geographical distance between employers and staff creates leadership challenges. Building relationships The best relationships are built through regular face-to-face contact, so getting to know employees […]
Why age diversity is important for business
Our workforce is ageing, so it’s time companies embraced a more age diverse workforce.
Inclusion: Sharon Doherty on high speed transformation in Fintech
What led you to become Chief People Officer of Finastra? When it became time to move on from my tenure at Vodafone last year, I wanted to join a company where I felt I could make my mark. Not many opportunities come up to lead the people function of a European headquartered software company and […]
Five ways to successfully mix business growth and social responsibility
Social responsibility and profits don’t have to be mutually exclusive.
The socially responsible business: using technology ethically
Choosing, deploying and using digital HR tools in a socially responsible way.
The four critical phases of employee experience
How to engage your team on a deeper level.
Three ways to improve employee engagement with your new health and wellbeing strategy
When launching a new health and wellbeing strategy, you need to be proactive in the way you publicise it. After all, your workers won’t be able to access benefits if they don’t know they exist. Drawing upon our recent experience of delivering a new health and wellbeing strategy, we’ve outlined three ways we helped to […]
Why keeping office banter is important for the workplace
Some argue it should be banned, but it does serve a function.
Diversity and inclusion: it’s time to champion greater social mobility for young talent
Social status remains a barrier to entry for some young people in their careers.
Corporate socially responsibility: Dr Alan Watkins on HR’s future
Its time for HR leaders to ‘wake up and grow up’, says Dr Alan Watkins.
Eating disorders in the workplace: how can HR help?
Supporting employees who are experiencing eating disorders.
Three organisations unexpectedly leading the way in social responsibility
If these companies can transform themselves into forces for good, then so can yours…
Employee satisfaction: not all engagement measures are created equal
The annual engagement survey is on its way out – but what will take its place?
Mastering the art of speaking up: how to be better understood
How and why misunderstandings occur and how to listen better so that this doesn’t happen.
Diversity and inclusion: Winston Ben Clements on breaking down barriers
The speaker and trainer talks to HRZone ahead of his appearance on a panel on inclusion at UNLEASH.
Coronavirus: six steps to prepare your organisation for a pandemic
There is still a good chance that with all local and international cooperation to stop the spread of the coronavirus that it won’t turn into a global pandemic like the H1N1 virus of 2009-2010, which killed more than 200,000 globally. But all organisations owe it to their customers, employees, partners, and others to prepare for […]
Transgender inclusion at work: three key issues for HR to tackle
The HR profession still has some way to go to address this issue.
High performance: driven by passion, not perks
How can you get the best performance from employees?
Brexit: implications for UK employment law
Changes we can expect to see in UK employment law following Brexit.
Diversity and inclusion: how to foster interfaith understanding in the workplace
An employee’s religious beliefs can have an impact on their experience at work.