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How well-being can help HR regain its influence
Cary Cooper applauds the way health at work initiatives drive business successEvery profession is prone to a bit of self-examination and, as long as it doesn’t become a distraction from the day job, it...
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Dads ‘need office role models’
Shared parental leave depends on peer positivity, says surveyShared parental leave is about to become a reality. But its success may not come down to how well you communicate your policy or the...
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Case study: Hootsuite
How smart recruitment catapulted Hootsuite from start-up to $1bn business Ambrosia Humphrey admits it was an inauspicious beginning to an ambitious new leadership role when she first saw her office at...
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Who’s the most ‘intelligent’?
IQ is only one way of thinking about how smart we are. But for too many businesses, it’s still the only game in townShould you need any convincing of the discrepancy between conventional intelligence...
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How should you handle the office genius?
They won’t play by the rules, but they hold all the cards. HR and L&D professionals explore the tricky politics of managing high performers In the Mad Men heyday of the advertising industry, horror...
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“Whatever happened to Steve from IT?”
Why building an alumni network could open up a whole new world of recruitment possibilitiesSay ‘alumni’ and many people will shudder as they recall a laughably humiliating school reunion complete with...
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What you can learn from…Greenpeace
How the arrest of 30 activists refocused Greenpeace’s people policy There can be few more terrifying phone calls for an HR department to receive than the one Greenpeace answered on 19 September 2013....
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How to work for…Andrew Spencer
Head of learning & development, Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE)I’d never say we can do everything when it comes to training. We exist to support and represent engineers, and we focus...
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The fixer: Still waiting for my big HR break
A few years ago, I was made redundant from the civil service, and after looking at my career history and aptitude decided on a career in HR. I gained a Certificate in Personnel Practice, but despite...
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HR Confessional: Lost property
Because some employees leave more than just a rusting stapler behind I was tasked with clearing out the office of a manager who had left the company abruptly for personal reasons. In one of his...
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Q&A: Dr Martyn Newman
“You can’t measure intelligence with a pen and paper”An exuberant band of Hare Krishnas are out in force on London’s Regent Street the day People Management calls on Dr Martyn Newman, one of the...
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The holiday pay ruling: is it time to start panicking?
Limits on backdated claims, but calculation of pay must changeAn employee’s week in the Algarve could now cost their employer more in holiday pay if that staff member works non-guaranteed overtime. The...
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Review: The Book of Leadership
(Anthony Gell, Piatkus, £12.96/£6.99 e-book)There are so many books being published on leadership that it makes the market for whimsical romantic novels look positively moribund. Whether that’s...
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Must-read report: SHRM absence research highlights hidden absence costs
At 24% loss of productivity*, the cost of absence can weigh you down.Solutions from SHRM's 2014 absence research help lighten your load.The hidden cost of absence can catch you by surprise – and sink...
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A century-old lesson for HR
Why a first world war soldier’s insights on management are 100 per cent relevant, 100 years on, according to Simon BarrowI just read the diaries of a private from the first world war – the lowest rank...
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Recruiters hit back at Miliband’s ‘silly business bashing’
Thousands of jobs at risk with ‘knee-jerk’ policy reaction, warns REC's Kevin GreenEd Miliband’s plans to crackdown on “cowboy employment agencies” could put thousands of jobs at risk, Kevin Green,...
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Changing workplace requires ‘more quality vocational careers’
UKCES says decline in mid-level jobs has blocked developmentClimbing the career ladder has become harder as technology has increasingly infiltrated the workplace, according to a report from the UK...
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You’re not going anywhere
Why ‘ridiculous’ non-compete clauses are alarming British businessesNon-compete clauses in contracts are designed to prevent employees taking vital information or contacts to rival organisations. They...
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Liability for football club harassment transferred under Tupe
But time limit for bringing a claim did not start from transfer dateThe case of Vernon v Azure shows that employers may be exposed to claims transferred under Tupe for longer than they may...
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Employers struggle to find ‘job-ready’ entry-level candidates
But number of qualified young people up by 200,000 since 2007Around one in seven employers (16 per cent) were unable to fill all their entry-level vacancies in the last three years, despite a greater...
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