By Ian Hopkins - hcamag.com Everyone knows that there are some key capabilities that HR professionals need to be across to be effective and successful. These capabilities include the ability to influence, manage relationships, think critically and commercially, and demonstrate resilience. David Ulrich (probably the most quoted...
By Cameron Edmond - hcamag.com Performance management traditionally focuses on the high-flyers or those at the other end of the spectrum, but studies show re-thinking the system can help businesses in the long run. The recent issue of Hays Journal indicated that employers who invest in a...
By Iain Hopkins - hcamag.com If there’s one HR process that draws more heated debate than any other, it’s performance management. The existing model has a 75-year history, initially serving as a means to justify one’s salary. Much has changed and the general consensus today is that...
By Andrew Stewart - brw.com.au Chief executives have sat back for too long – it’s time to take control over HR and share the responsibility with their managers. If Bill Shakespeare was rewriting his play about the great King Henry, undoubtedly he would change his corporate rejuvenation...
By Paul Kearns - personneltoday.com HR consultant Paul Kearns concludes his three-part series of articles on HR professionalism by asking if HR can combine its role of administrative support function with its remit to drive the people aspects of organisational strategy. Is HR a support function or...
By Jeff Russell - GeniusHR Synopsis: A seat at the executive table requires a different mindset and a different approach to HR’s strategic role in business. A recent Forbes article is creating quite a stir in the HR community. In It’s Time for Companies to Fire Their...
By Sophie Vanhegan - hrmagazine.co.uk Cloud technology is the future for the business-world. According to KPMG, it’s now used by most organisations. However, with this new technology come new risks for company information security, and it is important for HR teams to ensure that they update...
By Rachel Nickless - afr.com Neuroleadership expert David Rock believes companies are going about staff management entirely the wrong way. In fact, the man who helped kick-start the international trend of applying brain science to the workplace is partial to abandoning performance management and forced ranking...
By Katie Jacobs - hrmagazine.co.uk People risks come in many forms. The following are just a few where HR can play a leading role in protecting against and mitigating any potential damage Critical skills shortage What’s the risk? Not having the right people in place with the skills you...
By Andy Philpott - hrmagazine.co.uk There is still a battle going on for HR to have greater influence within organisations. Marketing used to have a similar problem. Yet in the past 10 years stereotypes around the left-brained "colouring-in department" have evaporated as marketing professionals have increasingly...