HR magazine

Features

Why is maternity discrimination on the rise?

Unscrupulous employers may be taking advantage of new parents that can’t afford to challenge them

Internal talent development is key to tackling gender diversity

Pushes to boost diversity can be detrimental to efforts to develop female talent from within

Mental ill health: The line manager's role

With the right guidance line managers are ideally placed to foster a climate conducive to mental wellbeing

Career planning – the elephant in the room?

With the rise of the gig economy HR needs to acknowledge the elephant in the room: people's need to move on

Systemic dialogue: Unlocking collective intelligence

For dialogue to be effective it needs to be a collective activity. By talking together a shared pool of understanding emerges

Harnessing the benefits of older workers

Older workers are key to the UK’s productivity: here’s how employers can harness their benefits

Case study: Training pub owners at Admiral Taverns

Ensuring time-poor licensees engage with training means ditching a one-size-fits-all approach

How public sector association Boundless became more 'human'

Boundless was haemorrhaging money and ruled by a culture of fear. A people-centric approach has changed all that

Goodbye pyramid, hello networked organisation

KCOM's CEO and chief people officer explain why we need to ditch pyramid hierarchies for ultra-connected organisations

Why off-the-shelf wellbeing offerings don't work

Bespoke initiatives, effective marketing and senior buy-in are key to successful health and wellbeing strategies

How can HR realise people's potential?

Kate Bowman and Dan Lucy pin down what potential really is and how to spot it

Case study: How Surrey Council uses restorative HR

With formal staff complaints going through the roof at Surrey Council it was time for action