POST-COVID WORK TRENDS After the response and recovery phases, the next step for organisations — for HR — is to decide when to ‘re-set’ their businesses, and create their new operating models. And there are five trends for them to consider. REMOTE WORK WILL INCREASE Although many organisations managed with Continue Reading
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Working from home is working – for now…
WORKING FROM HOME IS WORKING…FOR NOW Change, as we’re so often saying and reading, is now a constant. If anything the debate has shifted not on ‘if’ but how quickly. A CHANGING WORKPLACE The pandemic has turned the world of work on its head — and specifically the workplace. Overnight, Continue Reading
How does COVID-19 change the way we recruit?
HOW DOES COVID-19 CHANGE THE WAY WE RECRUIT In some ways, I’d suggest that great recruitment practices will endure – even in a COVID-19 world. But there are a few things we can do to ensure our resourcing activities are robust enough to maximise our chances of recruiting the best Continue Reading
Six (relatively) new things for HR to ponder in 2021
SIX (RELATIVELY) NEW THINGS FOR HR TO PONDER IN 2021 In 2020, many of the rules of work changed. What was considered impractical and unworkable suddenly became the norm. Companies were forced to learn how to rethink their practices. Home offices became the rule and no longer the exception — Continue Reading
What do your recruitment communications say about you?
WHAT DO YOUR RECRUITMENT COMMUNICATIONS SAY ABOUT YOU? In a sense, I’d like to believe the current recruitment practices I see and have experienced are a blip. Something that has been enforced by a downsizing of recruiters at a time of unprecedented applications. Except many of the practices I see Continue Reading
Did you mean employee engagement…or employee engagement?
DID YOU MEAN EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT…OR EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT? It shouldn’t take COVID-19 to get companies to focus on employee engagement – but before I get to the meat of the blog, it’s worth talking about what precisely engagement is. The interesting fact is, it means two different things and therefore you Continue Reading
The future of work (more thoughts)
THE FUTURE OF WORK (MORE THOUGHTS) This is a subject that is really interesting me at the moment. Yes, I’d like to think I’ve always considered what’s new or up and coming – but taken in the round of culture and a company’s brand, this is becoming a hotter and Continue Reading
HR as a value-adding function
HR AS A VALUE-ADDING FUNCTION HR is becoming a value adding function – or at least should if managed correctly. I have for many years been advocating that HR should not be seen as a cost. Which is typically how it is seen by most firms. A slightly better position Continue Reading
Scaling leadership
SCALING LEADERSHIP Scaling Leadership (Building Organizational Capability and Capacity to Create Outcomes that Matter Most) by Robert J. Anderson and William A. Adams I appreciate books based upon facts. There is nothing wrong in reading someone’s opinion on any given subject (this review is a case in point) but when Continue Reading
Underestimate a good role profile at your peril
WHY JOB DESCRIPTIONS ARE UNDERVALUED And I’m talking recruitment specifically here… It’s fair to say that both sides of the equation have felt short-changed more than once. New hires regret joining a company based upon a job description that bears little resemblance to the role they’ve been asked to do. Continue Reading