by Siân Harrington - hrmagazine.co.uk US novelist Jack London, best known for The Call of the Wild and White Fang, famously said “affluence means influence”. But for those ranked on HR’s seventh annual Most Influential list, contemporary Nigerian author Ogwo David Emenike may be more pertinent:...
by Charley Morrow - mylinkage.com When we think about measurement, we usually think about measuring objects—their length or weight. The concrete nature of this sort of measurement is easy to understand and predictable: A meter is always a meter. Talent measurement, in contrast, is not easy to...
By Ross McGarrigle - hrmagazine.co.uk Now the Olympics are over, the UK is looking towards a more positive future. With the Olympic Legacy being widely discussed, the hope is that the doom and gloom of the past few years is behind us. But for the economy...
By Kim Seeling Smith - KimSeelingSmith.com Many companies are starting to embrace the concept of onboarding a new employee. And why wouldn’t they? You’ve probably read the statistics: According to the Wynhurst Group, 22% of staff turnover occurs within the first 45 days of employment. They also...
By Bobby Cameron - informationweek.com We all like to think our enterprise has a creative, dynamic culture--but how many really do? Put yours to the test. Changing the culture of an organization from process-oriented and bureaucratic to innovative and creative isn't easy. It takes time and requires...
By John Charlton - personneltoday.com John Charlton considers the legal implications should firms wish to place staff under surveillance. Britons face snooping on a wide scale, with surveillance common in both public places and at work. Thanks to technology it is ever easier to do, yet employers...
The National Workplace Program (NWP) is an awareness, early intervention and prevention program, specifically for workplace settings, which aims to increase the knowledge and skills of staff and managers to address mental health problems in the workplace.The NWP utilises an evidence-based approach and focuses on: how...
By Kate Russell- hrmagazine.co.uk The Paralympics gave us a wonderful opening ceremony and delivered some great performances, as well as gold medals for Team GB. The feats of the Paralympians inspired audiences round the world and saluted them twice over for their achievements. London 2012 helped many...
By Dr. CK Bray - eastvalleytribune.com On The Job Most of us hate change. As much as we would like to think that we are adventurous, fun loving, risk taking individuals, when it comes down to it, change may be a bit harder to swallow than...
By Rob Gray, - hrmagazine.co.uk HR directors can become obsessed with retaining their best talent at all costs. Yet if employers have few qualms about proclaiming the end of the job-for-life culture, they should not be surprised if many of their best employees always have one eye...