Strategic HR

Business leaders failing to drive change

Leaders are reluctant to make changes in their organisations, research from Purple Cubed has revealed

Don't 'try' to increase diversity, do it

One of the key roles of CHROs is to not allow their organisations to ‘try’ to increase the diversity of the CEO successor pool, but to actually do it

Encouraging female staff to speak up with confidence

Just 8% of women find it easy to make their voice heard at work, and women are 68% more likely than men to say they never feel comfortable expressing themselves

Breaking the glass ceiling for disability

For disabled people false assumptions of what they can and can’t achieve can limit their progress

2018 Spring statement: HR community reacts

Experts hopeful but cautious about investment pledges on apprenticeships and T-Levels

Gender divide over approach to international assignments

Male expats focus on career development while women pursue adventure and experience

Law partners suspect gender pay gaps

A significant number of female partners are not being paid as much as men doing similar work

Develop HR teams with an OD mindset

Some HR people make fantastic OD practitioners, many do not

Poor gender diversity “single most critical risk to business”

A panel at a Hilton event discussed the need for flexible working and acknowledging unconscious bias

Supporting employees through the menopause

Without effective support for menopausal employees organisations risk losing or alienating key talent

Long-term gender pay solutions could create short-term reporting problems

Many companies are yet to disclose their gender pay gap despite the deadline being April