Why the built environment sector needs to attract diverse talent
With an ageing workforce and ever-growing competition for skilled labour within the construction industry, the need to attract more talent from diverse backgrounds is greater than ever. As Equalities Manager at the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), I passionately believe that the built environment, as well as all business sectors, must put inclusivity at […]
Digital transformation is workforce transformation: Why HR must assume a leadership role
Digital transformation is top of mind in boardroom discussions today for ample reasons: higher quality products and services, employee productivity enhancements, operational efficiencies and cost savings. In these strategic talks, little mention is given to the need for workplace transformation. But one without the other is a recipe for failure. The risks of employee disengagement, […]
How EI makes your board more effective and benefits the whole organisation
Following the Lord Davies review in 2011 to increase gender diversity in UK boardrooms, 26% of FTSE 100 companies have successfully reached the required quota. But a new target has now been set of 33% by 2020. More women in the boardroom is just one aspect of increasing diversity and I would argue that rather […]
When culture kills the killer app
This article was co-authored by Helen Rosethorn, Partner, Practice Leader – Culture, Capability & Engagement, London, and Josh Feldmeth, Senior Partner, New York, at brand marketing consultancy Prophet. Every industry has been disrupted by a technology-enabled alternative promising faster delivery, lower costs, and delightfully better user experiences. In many sectors, these former disruptors now occupy […]
Book review: The Collaborative Leader by Ian McDermott & L. Michael Hall
HRZone has a range of books available for review. If you would like to receive one of our business books, free of charge, please contact the editor on editor at hrzone dot com and we can send you a list of what’s available. In return, we ask for a 400-700 word review of the book, […]
Book review: Leading With Vision by Bonnie Hagemann & John Maketa
HRZone has a range of books available for review. If you would like to receive one of our business books, free of charge, please contact the editor on editor at hrzone dot com and we can send you a list of what’s available. In return, we ask for a 400-700 word review of the book, […]
“In my view, organisations change through tiny adjustments in local climates.”
Mark Cole is Leadership Development Programme Manager, London Leadership Academy, NHS. He is also Head of Learning and Development at Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust. Mark will be speaking at the CIPD Annual Conference 2017 on Wednesday November 8th on equipping line managers with coaching and mediation skills. Jamie Lawrence, Managing Editor, HRZone: Can you […]
Are we setting our leaders up to fail?
Among the challenges HR have to contend with are the ones that arise from old-fashioned, top-down leadership cultures. These generally expect one person, the one at the head of the organisation, to do the lot, and to know everything there is to know. Leaders are held up as the source of all knowledge, assumed to be […]
How to harness the power of critical thinking
While most business leaders are willing to acknowledge publicly that their staff are their most important asset and resource, as we know in practice it’s often something they pay lip service to, preferring instead the comfort of the boardroom, the bottom line and dealing with shareholders. That’s not to say that progress hasn’t been made […]
“I’m looking forward to helping empower people across North’s business to reach their full potential.”
Dawn Robinson has recently been appointed as Global Director of People at North P&I Club, a leading global marine insurance company. Here Dawn speaks about delivering a new leadership and development programme that will equip North’s employees with the skills and experience to become brilliant leaders. Becky Norman, Deputy Editor, HRZone: Congratulations on your new […]
Get ready for the ‘Day After Tomorrow’!
Peter Hinssen is Chairman & Co-Founder at Nexxworks, a company that helps businesses to look further ahead to their ‘Day After Tomorrow’. In this interview, he argues that organisations need to overcome their fear of radical ideas and risk in order to successfully transition to future thinking. Peter will be presenting a talk, ‘Get ready for the […]
Promoting a thinking environment creates inclusion
There are a whole lot of new words being created to explain the impact of bias and sexism which comes with it. Words like: Manterrupting: Unnecessary interruption of a woman by a man. Mansplaining: Explaining without regard to the fact that another person in the group knows more than the explainer, often done by a […]
Even feminists show bias against female leaders
Consider this and notice the images in your mind’s eye. The visit to my doctor from earlier that morning was still on my mind when I found myself slamming the brakes of my car to avoid a collision. A driver was pulling out onto the roundabout just in front of me. Still shaking I carried […]
Menopause is not a women’s issue, at work or anywhere else
There’s so much rich insight coming out of the academic sector that HR professionals need to know. At Academics’ Corner we feature the best HR researchers that tell you what they’ve found and what you need to do differently on the back of the research. Get connected to the academic sector through Academics’ Corner and […]
Attachment in the workplace: do you understand how it works?
“Children are born with a range of innate behaviours to maximise their survival. Among these is attachment behaviour, which allows the child to draw their primary caregivers towards them at moments of need or distress.” Attachment difficulties include insecure attachment patterns and disorganised attachments that often develop into coercive controlling or compulsive caregiving. This theory […]
The 7 best leaders of the 21st century- and what you can learn from them
Seven well-known 21st century leaders, seven key lessons learned from their words. Take a look below! 1. Warren Buffet on mistakes Hailing from Omaha, Nebraska, Buffet is (according to the Forbes 2017 List of Billionaires) the world’s second richest man after buying his first shares at just eleven years of age and going on to […]
Leaders must avoid bad thinking leading to bad leadership
Martin Winterkorn seemed to be on track to make Volkswagen the world’s biggest car company. Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf was among America’s most admired bankers. Yet both got stuck in bad thinking that led to tragedy for their companies. They were, in a word, clueless. But they didn’t realize it, so they kept doing more of […]
“Organisations focus too much on performance being purely on what is in people’s goals.”
Paul Corke is Leadership Development Manager at MBNA. He was previously Learning Manager at Bank of America and before that Training Manager at Barclaycard. In this interview he lets us know his views on leadership today, the future of leadership and best practice when it comes to developing leaders. Jamie Lawrence, Managing Editor, HRZone: What […]
How to get on the HR speaking circuit
Trying to get on the HR speaking circuit can feel like being at the back of a long queue of a VIP nightclub. If your name’s not on the list, you’re not getting in until you build your professional profile, become a subject expert and attract the attention of event organisers. It may be a […]
Leaders must stay human in a digitizing world
Automation and AI are already changing many of our daily experiences. From automated supermarket check-outs to real-time Google translation, the world of work is most certainly changing. In Japanese, the word “henn” meaning “to change”, has inspired The Henn-na Hotel in Tokyo to imagine a totally different type of hotel, where 95% of its staff […]