“Conversations with magic” are needed during change

A solutions-focused approach to change management helps reframe uncertainty into manageable questions

HR editorial tries... mindfulness

The HR magazine team trialled some exercises recommended for preserving good mental health

Briner: Beware the “corporate bullshit”

Evidence-based practice is not just looking at evidence but also about reducing uncertainties, said Rob Briner

Don't always look on the bright side (of personality)

It's just as important to pay attention to the dark side, which is unavoidable and consequential

Why HR professionals are losing their humanity

Unfortunately most people work in medieval, fear-driven cultures

Effective listening by using awareness

Poor listening is due to lack of skills in directing awareness purposefully

Hollywood mindsets: The connection between power and harassment

A good place to start in addressing harassment is to look at power through the lens of the 5-Level Emergent Leadership model

How to help rather than micromanage

Leaders need to think of helping as a major part of their job and clearly communicate that to their subordinates

Being 'radically honest' in the workplace

Transparency in organisations is growing, but is total (or rather radical) honesty always the best policy?

The office is dead. Long live the office

What can HR do to ensure that our workspaces really are fit for work?

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Learning from failure: What management derailment reveals

Failure can reveal more about psychological processes with respect to leadership than success

HR mythbusting: Can people be sorted into personality categories at work?

Our series by Adrian Furnham and Ian MacRae explores myths HRDs should be seeking to debunk in 2018