By Dave Crisp - hrreporter.com The last month saw two major operators in the United States with significant work at home arrangements — Yahoo and Best Buy — end them suddenly. Both are relatively newly hired turn-around CEOs who seem to have concluded it hurts performance or...
By Neil Hodge - hrmagazine.co.uk Good manners, a very polite person once said, cost nothing. And as the UK continues to tiptoe precariously between growth and recession, it’s a truth that many organisations should be bearing in mind, coming up with innovative ways to say ‘thank...
By Dan Emerson - finance-commerce.com For small businesses, one of the major challenges of rapid growth is properly managing and serving the needs of a growing workforce. Depending on their stage of growth and other factors, small companies have several options for human resources management expertise, ranging from...
By Kim Seeling Smith - Ignite-Global.com You’ve selected a team based on their technical abilities and individual strengths. Somehow this group of people with different talents and ways of working need to be focussed on the same project and in the same direction. Most importantly, they need...
By Kim Seeling Smith - Ignite-Global.com Meetings are a necessary part of work life. Yet they are over used and ineffective in many organisations. A 2011 study of over 800 IT workers conducted by Cisco Systems International found that nine out of ten workers would prefer...
By Katie Jacobs - hrmagazine.co.uk Has HR been neglecting the ‘small stuff’ in its quest to take a more strategic seat at the conference table? That’s the view of the majority of line managers, according to the findings of Roffey Park Institute’s Management Agenda Report 2013,...
By Mary Mercer - hrmagazine.co.uk The introduction of flexible working with legislation focused on caring responsibilities has generated the notion that flexible working is a benefit to working women, and in particular working mothers. Despite much data showing the business benefits of flexible working, the idea stubbornly...
By Dan Oswald - hr.blr.com What does HR need to do be seen as a strategic partner by the CEO and other executives in an organization? In this video, BLR’s Dan Oswald shares his perspective as a CEO as to what steps HR professionals should take...
From Human Resources Report - bna.com Human resources professionals will likely face several talent management issues in 2013 while also dealing with myriad federal regulations and the many requirements of the Affordable Care Act, experts told BNA. In general, the top issues for HR professionals in...
By Joanna Ruffle - hrmagazine.co.uk The economic crisis will continue to dominate the agenda in 2013, with further challenges ahead for Europe and beyond, especially within the public sector in this age of austerity. These turbulent times, however, call for swift and urgent action if the...