THRIVE The Facilitator’s Guide to Radically Inclusive Meetings by Dr. Mark Smutny Overview This is truly a guide — containing a wide range of advice for those who want to run inclusive, engaging and productive meetings. It covers both the mindset and skills facilitators need. Those skills include: Planning a Continue Reading
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Unstoppable Teams
UNSTOPPABLE TEAMS The Four Essential Actions of High-Performance Leadership By Alden Mills Many leadership books talk about the whole organisation, but here Alden Mills talks about the uniqueness of small teams. And he draws upon his experience as a former SEALs team leader and rower. What they have in common is Continue Reading
Post-Covid Work Trends
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
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
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
The future of HR
THE FUTURE OF HR In considering a range of articles about what HR could and should expect in 2020 and beyond, I was reactive in a previous post. I looked at what others were suggesting and added my own thoughts. Which made me think about what I would suggest HR Continue Reading
Change seems to have found a new gear
CHANGE SEEMS TO HAVE FOUND A NEW GEAR Books rarely solve problems – people do – but a well-written, thought-provoking read can certainly help. At a time when we are either worrying how we’ll fit everything in, or wondering how to fill the hours – there is one constant. We Continue Reading