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...
by Patricia Nazemetz and Will Ruch - hbr.org The HR discipline is evolving into a strategic voice because its sphere of influence — talent attraction, engagement and retention — is now recognized as the foundation to organizational success. But the pervasive influence of social media on...
By Personneltoday.com HR must help to build a new generation of ethical, self-aware leaders, according to new research from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD). Falling levels of trust as a result of the financial crisis, diminishing respect for political figures and controversy over...