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...
Inviting a team of employees into a protected space, where they are given permission to do things differently than the rest of the organisation, is what we refer to as an ‘agility bubble’.
Imposing big changes on workers will naturally be worrying for them, but with the right preparation, employees can be reassured and concerns overcome.
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...
Ford Motor Company has launched a matchmaking tool to help employees find potential partners for job shares.
A lot of the problems in business — and in human resources — can be traced back to a single root: bad thinking. Over the course of my career as a consultant, I’ve seen business leaders make abysmal...
Having worked at BHS, Habitat and now Mamas & Papas, Caroline Cording is no stranger to uncertainty. Beau Jackson finds out the high-street veteran’s secret to building people resilience
The UK government signalled its intention to intensify benefit sanctions with the recently announced ‘Way to Work’ scheme, which aims to move half a million people into jobs by the end of June 2022.
Business has outstripped NGOs, government and the media as the only trusted institution on the annual Edelman Trust Barometer.
Companies are investing in digital technology and automation in order to adapt to significant workplace changes brought on by the pandemic.
Complicated human power relationships can enable or restrict changes in organisational practice