Personal development: why and how you need to maintain your non-HR skills

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As people professionals, we value the people-centric nature of our work. The campaign to ‘put the human back in HR’ is an age-old movement for good reason. With the realisation that AI is no longer a Hollywood take on the future but an inevitability for the workplace – and indeed other areas of life – […]

Three ways to improve your strategic thinking skills

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During my career I have written many strategies, as an HR professional, a government policy adviser and even as a school governor. I know how to write a strategy and also know how to teach other people to write strategies. But what is much harder is to understand is the concept of ‘thinking strategically’ or […]

Financial wellbeing: Why 2020 should be the year that employers offer financial education

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For almost 10 years, people like me have done a pretty good job of convincing employers that their employees’ money worries are having a significant effect on their work. Increased absence and presenteeism, reduced productivity and engagement, and an increase in mental health issues can all be linked to financial concerns. In 2018-2019…  Worrying about […]