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theHRDIRECTOR Issue 69
This issue we speak to
James Dalgleish
Head of HR - London Fire Brigade

FEATURES

Special Report
Interim Management
Retention
Reward & Recognition
Leadership

FEATURING

Hays Human Resources
Northgate Arinso
Mind
QVC
New Balance

Employee Engagement

Cutting E.D.G.E. Workforces
Successful employee recognition programmes reinforce a company’s core values by recognising and rewarding employee results that reflect those values. A powerful approach to recognition can align an entire workforce behind a company’s key goals and mission, directly impacting company performance and building a satisfied employee – and customer – base.
Time to engage...
Everyone likes to be recognised and thanked for a job well done or to be acknowledged for continued loyal service to an organisation. It makes people feel good about themselves, happy in the workplace and more motivated to continue working hard and improving.
The Heartbeat of Employee Engagement
Rarely has a topic received such overwhelming interest from HR practitioners and line managers as employee engagement. Organisations are queuing up to purchase ‘snake oil’ solutions to try to eek out additional discretionary effort and performance from employees.
Compromise early to avoid redundancy headaches
As some employers have learned the hard way, botched redundancies can wipe out any payroll savings they had hoped to make, through the cost of going to tribunal and eventual payouts to wronged workers. Therefore, when financial certainty is the watchword of the day, it is perhaps understandable that many businesses are turning to “compromise agreements” as a means of settling disputes early, for example, over pay or redundancy terms.
The world's biggest coffee morning
Simple, inclusive and enjoyable, holding a coffee morning in the workplace on the 25 September is an excellent opportunity to get staff together and engage them in a common cause.
Ross and Brand - not living the brand
A case of individual or corporate responsibility? Whatever you think of Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross, when they made that phone call to Andrew Sachs, it did indeed seem like they omitted to stop and consider how some people may well view what they were doing and, crucially, so did their bosses.
Employee Engagement – It’s not rocket science when you have the right software systems in place
With the MacLeod Review putting employee engagement on organisations' agendas and with a deadline of the end of March 2010 for the ‘Engaging for Success' recommendations to be implemented, organisations need to be taking employee engagement seriously.
"You've been here how long?"
Retention is often an issue in catering and hospitality, but key staff at the Novotel London West have clocked up more than 500 years between them.
Implications of lying on a CV
As the demand for quality employees increases and with a growing number of people seeking work it is vital that employers are able to identify CV’s that have been embellished.