4 Jul 2009

HCM strategy: Building Human Resources from the Inside Out

After commenting on the need to have a clear process as well as templates in developing people management strategy, I thought I should share my HCM strategy development process with…


4 Jul 2009

Beating the odds in recruitment and selection

338187446_682b87504a_mOne of the biggest complaints we hear from businesses is that they cannot hire the skills they want in the UK market.  It’s called the talent war.

I want to show you a simple calculation I…


3 Jul 2009

Property market 'hinders recruitment'
The decline of the property market over the past year has hindered firms in recruiting top talent, according to one HR director who currently lives in a hotel.

3 Jul 2009

Swine flu leads to surge in staff absence
Staff absenteeism caused by flu-like symptoms is running at 66 per cent higher than average as the swine flu virus spreads, figures show.

3 Jul 2009

Equality Bill
The Government are consulting on the Equality Bill until the end of September. The Bill will impact on everyone, particularly employers,so use the response form available here to have your say….

3 Jul 2009

Schoology

Schoology states that it “has built the first social network for education with an integrated course management system. Teachers, administrators, students and parents are now connected within…


3 Jul 2009

Danny McCoy named head of Irish Business and Employers Confederation
Danny McCoy has been appointed director-general of the Irish Business and Employers Confederation (Ibec), replacing the outgoing Turlough O’Sullivan from July 1.

3 Jul 2009

Is UK drifting towards a “nothing allowed” culture?

Idiosyncracies that we love

I am a serial migrant and one thing you learn “on the road” is that every community has phrases and ideas that are deeply coded.  They simply don’t mean what they…


3 Jul 2009

Absolutely mad!!

While looking for something on the Internet, I came across this, Can you believe it! Being a parent myself I find it hard to believe that a school would not know if a stranger was lurking…


3 Jul 2009

Riding the change curve
Yesterday I was presenting at an organisation’s internal HR conference. I gave the same presentation I’ve been doing all year, on the theme of ‘change and opportunity’. I explain the enormous…