Win an athlete at work™ development programme!
What you can win: The athlete at work™ K2’s athlete at work™ programme takes what elite athletes know about performance and applies it to the business world. There’s no mumbo-jumbo; the athlete at work™ simply makes the secrets of world-class performance available to key performers in the corporate arena. With the right skills, tools and […]
Competition: Win a Water Wellpoint Wellbeing review for your organisation
Getting fit for 2010? How healthy do you think you and your work colleagues are? You could win a Wellbeing review worth more than £500 with our competition. The Water Wellpoint online wellbeing review assesses how employees believe their work affects their health and provides a valuable insight for employers on how they can better […]
HRzone’s Christmas giveaway
This Christmas HRzone is giving away some great prizes for members with our ‘hunt the robin’ game. This Christmas, beginning this week, HRzone will be holding several competitions for our members. The trick will be to keep a beady eye out for our cheeky robin wishing you a Happy Christmas. He looks like the one […]
Caption competition 6 October 2009
Thank you for all your funny entries: the winner is 'Adhna' with: "Finger of blame: David despaired – no matter how much he wriggled the finger of blame always seemed to be pointing at him." Congratulations Adhna, you have won this months' prize, outlined below. Kevin will be in touch with you to talk through […]
A new era of collaboration technology
Hilary Backwell discusses the rise in collaboration technology, including social media, which in turn demands a new approach to web security. To be successful, today’s business needs to strike a balance between cost-efficiencies, keeping a productive workforce motivated and ensuring that they are mindful of corporate and legislative compliance. However, the way that organisations […]
No time for silence: Breaking news to employees
No news is good news – but sometimes breaking bad news to employees is unavoidable. Rob Ashton explains how to do it and provides five steps to effective employee communication. It’s bonus time. And your employees are waiting for their yearly salaries to be topped up with performance-related pay. The trouble is that sales have […]
The collaborative executive
Alan Davis, chief HR officer at BT Global Services, discusses the importance of collaboration in business and observes how it has changed over the years, becoming more dynamic and extensive. After the 'greed is good' era of the 1980s and 1990s, it is quite a surprise to find that openness and collaboration have become such […]
Management-union partnership eases difficult market conditions
Partnership between management and unions can have a beneficial impact on companies' financial performance where the workplace faces a declining or turbulent market, according to new research published today. The finding comes from research undertaken by the independent Policy Studies Institute commissioned by the Department of Trade and Industry. The study – Collective Bargaining and Workplace Performance – […]
Book review: 50 ways to liven up your meetings
50 ways to liven up your meetings – Review Title: 50 ways to liven up your meetingsAuthor: Graham Roberts-PhelpsPublishers: Gower, June 2001Format: Hardback 200 pagesISBN: 0 566 083922Price: £45 Buy this book from the TrainingZONE – Blackwells bookshop. The book is split into two sections:Part 1 is18 pages on Ideas to Improve the Management of […]
