HR needs to listen to what leaders and others in their organisation think and want. But not everything everyone says is to be followed. That way chaos and failure lie.
A new world needs new thinking on leadership to deliver success, and gives HR an opportunity to prove its worth.
A recent report on the famous Ulrich model has reignited debate around its effectiveness. Chris Roebuck remembers the first time he was asked to weigh in, back in 2008.
The ‘business partner’ model of human resources has been around for about 10 years now. It has improved both transactional and transformational HR delivery, but this has not led to improving...
At the HR Excellence Awards this year there was some discussion about Goldman Sachs, the global investment bank, winning the award for Most people focused CEO. As one of the judges for other awards...
A new UK Chartered Management Institute (CMI) report confirms that organisations are potentially losing millions of pounds in lost profit because they have poor leaders. Over 2,000 UK managers were...
Recent comments on the future of HR from senior professionals in the public sector, both HR and indeed non HR, suggest that the future of HR hangs in the balance in many ways. Deep cuts have to be...
Difficult economic conditions and structural changes mean many organisations face probably the greatest challenges of recent years.
By chance today I found myself in the middle of a group of Service personnel who had just been presented with bravery awards. Among them was the widow of a bomb disposal expert who was posthumously...
As an organisation how can you gain competitive edge? In particular, now when many organisations are fighting over smaller markets, markets with less revenue or less growth potential due to the...
The announcement of the new guidance on employee engagement by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills is a welcome addition to the support available to organisations wishing to boost...
As we embark on 2010 it's worth considering some of the trends that will increasingly effect us in HR world next year and subsequently. Some are obvious, some not so.
