There was a time when the annual HR calendar was arranged around a comfortable, familiar cycle: wakes weeks in the summer; the graduate milk round in the autumn; and the CIPD conference in Harrogate....
Employee engagement is the most important issue the HR community has to resolve if we are to maintain credibility with our peers in other disciplines.
American author Washington Irving described Christmas as "the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart."
Whether it’s lounging on a sunny foreign beach or enjoying a domestic ‘staycation’, July and August are the months when much of the UK chooses to take a break from work. Which means that, if months...
"I declare open the Games of London, celebrating the 30th Olympiad of the modern era.” Earlier this month, the Queen announced to a TV audience of four billion the start of the 2012 Olympic and...
In The Book of Yo! (Capstone), Simon Woodroffe, founder of Yo! Sushi and ‘dragon’ on the first series of the BBC’s Dragons’ Den, writes about the mindset he adopted when facing the challenge of...
Last month, I highlighted the crucial role that 177,000 people – more than a third of whom (70,000) will be volunteers – will play in a range of customer service and support roles during London 2012.
At the first meeting of International Olympic Committee in 1894, its founder, Pierre de Coubertin, suggested a three-word Latin motto for the Olympics: ‘citius, altius, fortius’ – ‘faster, higher,...
In 1899, Charles Duell, the US Patent Office commissioner, was predicting the demise of his organisation because, in his view, every human and organisational need had already been addressed by the...
The New Year is traditionally a time where we look back at the past 12 months in the hope of learning lessons for the future.
With the festive period upon us, I bring tidings of (qualified) joy and an important message for every UK HR practitioner. It is a seasonal offering from an unusual source: the Centre for Retail...
In Japan, during a recent business trip, I was invited by my host to taste something from a selection of the finest ‘sashimi’, which discerning HR gourmands will know is basically pieces of raw meat –...
