The HR Most Influential Podcast's second episode of series three has gone live, with Pam Parkes of Essex County council discussing how HR leaders can overcome resistance to change.
The John Lewis Partnership hit the headlines this week with the news that Dame Sharon White, the chair, would not be seeking a second term. This makes her term as chair the shortest in John Lewis’s...
Recent reports from Salesforce highlight the disconnect between the tech skills that companies are looking for and the skills candidates have and use.
In a 2022 report by Gallup, UK employee engagement levels were found to be among the worst in Europe, with fewer than one in 10 workers feeling enthusiastic about their job.
What does it mean to truly transform your business? In this short series, we take you through past winners of the HR Excellence Awards, and how they impressed the judges.
In the previous column of a potential new model for HR, people and culture teams, we explored the ubiquity of HR business partners in HR 3.0 and their transience, versatility and a key focus on...
There is much talk about the mental and physical costs of living and working in a VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous) world but change in the workplace can also be extremely good for our...
Imposing big changes on workers will naturally be worrying for them, but with the right preparation, employees can be reassured and concerns overcome.
According to Harvard Business Review, between 70% and 90% of mergers and acquisitions fail. It’s a shocking number, and the one thing they all have in common is people. Mergers and acquisitions fail...
Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter wasn’t without controversy. After taking control, 4,000 employees were let go within his first week as the self-titled “chief twit,” or CEO, sought to take the company...
A headline-making workplace cryptocurrency fraud has reignited debate on how far employer policies should change to guard against the impact of evolving technologies at work.
A new study from King’s College suggests that stereotypes around women’s ability to play chess may explain why they underperform when competing against men. Move away from the world of chess to the...
