Three lessons from EUROUT’s LGBTQ+ business conference

Speakers at the EUROUT LGBTQ+ business conference covered the challenges facing LGBTQ+ employees in the workplace and offered advice for businesses

Lindsay McGregor: Play matters more than purpose at work

Play is an overlooked concept in understanding and measuring motivation, according to author and Vega Factor CEO Lindsay McGregor

EQ of critical importance in world of AI

Speakers at a JCA Global event presented on the importance of emotional intelligence in leadership

Automation affecting both the high- and low-skilled workforce

While there’s a reskilling imperative for organisations to remain relevant in the fourth industrial revolution there’s a ‘skill and will’ issue, according to Ravin Jesuthasan

Cyber security overtakes corporate governance on boardroom agenda

Technology now dominates the boardroom agenda, according to research by the London Business School’s Leadership Institute and Harvey Nash

Shami Chakrabarti: HR must find a sensible social media policy

Employers must find an effective balance when it comes to social media policy, the Labour MP and former director of advocacy group Liberty Shami Chakrabarti has urged

CIPD 2018: Technology making employees lonely

Despite the “illusion of connection” technology brings, emails and remote working are leaving workers lonely and isolated

Selvin Brown: UK must adopt 360-degree inclusion

Speakers at the WIG Diversity & Inclusion Conference 2018 spoke of the need to remove barriers for ethnic minorities

D&I central to the army’s operational effectiveness

Setting up a three-stage framework to operationalise diversity and inclusion in the army

HR future leader of the month: Gary Jamieson

HR magazine speaks to the future leaders of the industry to discover the long-term trends they are planning to tackle in the years ahead

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Your leadership strengths and weaknesses

Focusing on your leadership strengths and weaknesses is not a hugely helpful strategy

Don't ignore the power of relationships at work

Our emotional worlds have a far bigger impact on our working lives than we realise, according to author and psychotherapist Esther Perel