Thanks to technology, there are more ways than ever before to connect with your employees. Formally worded letters have given way to emails, text messages, newsletters, magazines, intranets,...
Once upon a time, all an HR director had to do was organise a hundred or so turkeys to be delivered to grateful staff in the days leading up to Christmas.
Talentism is the new capitalism: that is the message of a research report by Mercer and the World Economic Forum, unveiled in Davos this year.
It is not often that the shambolic workers in the US version of the hit comedy The Office provide genuine lessons for employers, particularly in the field of motivation.
