How HR can become a game-changer
I was fascinated by some research that came out last week on the DNA of ‘Game-changers’ – those people who are ahead of the curve, not afraid to step outside of the norm, and have the ability to drive real […]
Five TEDx Talks for HR professionals
We can’t get enough of TED Talks, and judging by the popularity of our recent blog post (‘Five TED Talks for HR Professionals‘), neither can you! So we’ve gone back and scoured the TED website for the best talks providing […]
Five ways HR can improve its impact
Are your people processes enabling employees to work to their potential? Are HR initiatives making a measurable difference to the bottom line? These are some of the questions that will be tackled by speakers at next week’s CIPD conference, where […]
Five books for HR professionals
HR is constantly changing – there’s always new practices to keep on top of, and new policies to get up to speed with. But with so much of your time devoted to supporting and developing other people, do you get […]
Key questions HR should be asking
Conference season is upon us and HR folk are getting ready for the main event of the year – the CIPD’s Annual Conference and Exhibition in Manchester, 5th-6th November. It’s a great opportunity to catch up on leading-edge thinking, and […]
Five TED Talks for HR professionals
There’s a TED Talk on almost every topic imaginable – from how to tie your shoelaces, to the secrets of success. And with over 1,800 available to watch online for free, delivered by speakers as diverse as Stephen Hawking, Chimamanda […]
Is unconscious bias having an impact on your business?
A riddle to start this week’s blog: A father is driving his only son to school one morning. On the way, their car is involved in an accident and the father died on the way to the hospital. The boy […]
Five MORE blogs that every HR professional should read
After publishing last month’s list of five of our favourite HR blogs, we couldn’t shake the feeling that we’d missed some out – five just wasn’t enough! With so many excellent sources of HR know-how and think-pieces, written by passionate […]
How HR people can achieve star status
There’s been much debate recently about the need for the HR profession to step up a gear and prove the valuable contribution it can make to a business. But what do HR professionals need to do personally to win the […]
How to be an HR superstar
Wouldn’t it be lovely if people generally regarded HR as the ‘superstars’ of the business? Sadly, that’s often not the case, with the profession receiving a serious amount of (often unfair) flak for lacking business nous and taking a reactive […]
To holiday… or not to holiday?
If the latest research from the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) is to be believed, we are a nation of workaholics. Its recent study showed that two in five managers did not take their full annual leave allowance in […]
Five blogs that every HR professional should read
HR blogs are in no short supply; a quick Google search will throw up an overwhelming number of sites (over 300 thousand results!) offering information, advice, and reflection on anything and everything HR related to help make the most of […]