Automation, data science and rigid workplaces
Explore how automation, data science, and workplace technology are transforming HR. This roundup examines the intersection of tech innovation and work culture, from HRIS integration to AI adoption and the challenges of rigid organizational structures in an increasingly digital workplace.
HR in retail: interview with David Bannister, ex-HRD, River Island
David Bannister, former interim HR Director at River Island, shares insights on retail HR challenges, performance management evolution, and strategies for supporting business growth. His expertise spans reward, change management, and leadership coaching in the retail sector.
Family-friendly workplaces: the role of mental wellbeing
Employers should prioritize mental wellbeing by addressing work-related stress, supporting employees with mental health challenges, and implementing family-friendly policies like childcare vouchers. This approach creates happier, more productive workplaces where parents can thrive without stigma or discrimination.
What can organisations do to stop older workers disengaging from the workforce?
Organizations can retain older workers by understanding why they disengage—whether due to financial security, health issues, or unsatisfying work conditions—and creating meaningful roles that provide social contact, income, health benefits, and personal fulfillment rather than relying solely on financial incentives or raising retirement ages.
Soft skills analysis: Theresa May
Theresa May’s leadership style prioritizes work ethic and results over traditional soft skills like gregarious communication and personality. While critics label her approach as dull, May views effective management and action as more important than self-promotion or crafting an inviting public image.
2017 trends, extreme talent acquisition and the struggle between HR & marketing
Discover key 2017 HR trends including extreme talent acquisition strategies, the evolving role of HR professionals beyond people management, and the emerging tension between HR and marketing departments over brand responsibility and organizational culture.
Is there such a thing as a natural born leader?
Natural-born leaders may be a myth. While certain traits like communication, integrity, and decisiveness are valuable, leadership qualities can be developed through recruitment, training, and mentorship rather than being innate abilities.
Why businesses need lessons in love: making your people feel appreciated
Employee recognition drives business success and personal fulfillment. Research shows that employees who feel genuinely appreciated are more innovative, loyal, and productive, with companies practicing effective recognition achieving significantly higher financial returns than those that don’t.
Agile HR, digital leadership and why ‘compulsory happiness’ is bad for business
Explore curated insights on agile HR practices, digital leadership requirements, and workplace culture trends, including why enforced happiness damages employee engagement and organizational performance.
Promoting a quality-driven business culture – a six-step guide
Building a quality-driven business culture requires a structured approach from leadership. This six-step guide covers articulating values, permeating them throughout operations, empowering employees, establishing standards, creating blame-free environments, and measuring success to achieve lasting competitive advantage.
Leading from the front: how to focus a workforce during uncertain times
Senior managers can effectively lead during uncertain times by setting a clear agenda and leading by example, helping their workforce make sense of ambiguous situations and maintain productivity despite anxiety and reduced creativity.
“Leadership isn’t just a role; it’s a mindset with a specific set of behaviours that isn’t limited to how we run our businesses.”
Interactive management consultant Joe Britto shares how his day balances meditation, preparation, and facilitation work with organizational leaders across Europe and North America. His approach emphasizes creating psychological safety, addressing real team dynamics, and helping groups identify opportunities within their challenges.
Coffee Break: Bad hires, emotional culture and payroll pet hates
A curated roundup of HR insights covering recruitment challenges, leadership strategies for emotional culture and gender balance, emerging skills like mentoring and people analytics, and payroll management trends shaping modern workplaces.
Coaching for leadership – how to make it work
Leadership coaching develops confident, focused leaders through early skill-building and continuous self-development. Effective coaching helps individuals establish leadership habits earlier in their careers while developing the reasoning, thinking, and influencing skills needed in today’s workplace.
Coffee Break: CVs, HR business partners and millennial misconceptions
Stay informed on HR trends with our curated roundup of top news, research, and expert opinion covering tech, strategy, recruitment, and leadership—from automation myths to misconceptions about millennials.
What is a leader? A learner…
Great leaders embrace continuous learning and self-doubt, recognizing that leadership is a journey requiring constant improvement. Research shows the best leaders view themselves as learners focused on five key fundamentals for ongoing development and growth.
Giving feedback to promote confidence and learning
Effective feedback promotes confidence and learning when delivered continuously rather than through annual appraisals alone. Modern organizations are moving toward ongoing feedback cycles that support real-time performance improvement and employee development in a constantly changing business environment.
Measuring leadership: how can we do it effectively?
Effective leadership measurement goes beyond financial outcomes to include people development, innovation, and organizational impact. This article explores proven methods for assessing leadership effectiveness, including the five key practices identified through decades of research by leadership experts Kouzes and Posner.
“The gig economy is risky but rewarding. All the mistakes are yours to fix, but you can also be proud of your results.”
Self-employed consultant Erik Korsvik Østergaard shares how he structures his days around purpose and entrepreneurship. Running his own HR transformation business requires balancing client work with business management, offering both rewards and risks that demand constant excellence.
Just how can you quickly spin up teams on the fly and make them more efficiently?
Leaders building teams quickly should prioritize people first, then tasks. Successful rapid team formation requires leaders who wear three hats—leader, manager, and facilitator—combining genuine interest in team members with strong delivery accountability and delegation skills.
