In a recent article in The Financial Times, a consultant who advises strategy consultants on strategy (no, really, that’s what it said) informs us that the two buzzwords on every organization’s lips at the moment are strategy and execution. As ... View Article
Article by 7 April 2014
The latest news from the USA courts is that America’s giants in mobile technology has agreed to attend mediation ahead of their court battle over smart phone patents. They are locking horns in a battle that ultimately is about global ... View Article
Article by 4 April 2014
In July last year, the government introduced fees in the employment tribunal. Previous attempts at reducing the amount of claims heading into the tribunal service didn’t have much impact. Remember the misconceived statutory disputes procedures? They had the same aim, ... View Article
Article by 31 March 2014
It used to be that HR, as the custodians of the people policies, wrote them, reviewed them and held on tight to them. Highly knowledgable and clinging to that power of knowing what to do in any people-related situation. Over ... View Article
Article by 17 March 2014
A hypothesis: You have what you describe as a leadership skills crisis in your organisation; your leadership talent pipeline is hardly bursting at the seams and current leaders aren’t turning the organisation round quickly enough* / rising to the challenge* ... View Article
Article by 13 March 2014
I can imagine the conversation in the 1980s (I think) when this term first started to come into being. “So we can work shorter days, or fewer days and even compress weeks so we can better balance our life and ... View Article
Article by 10 March 2014
Statement 1 – I’m not a big fan of policies. Statement 2 – I’m also not an anarchist and I prefer not to do things that are illegal. I don’t think these statements are mutually exclusive, but all too often any discussion of HR Policies falls into a binary ... View Article
Article by 10 March 2014
Whilst I’m sad to say it, but my own experience over many years in HR, is that the reluctance often lies with managers – in the first instance. The first time someone asks for something a bit different, a bit non-standard, the shutters come down. I have heard every excuse under the sun for not wanting to grant a flexible working request.
Article by 6 March 2014
"The trite saying that honesty is the best policy has met with the just criticism that honesty is not policy. The real honest man is honest from conviction of what is right, not from policy."
Article by 6 March 2014
I'm privileged to do some work with apprentices at The Juice Academy, an employer-led social media apprenticeship programme and I simply want to share some real-life experiences on apprenticeships from three perspectives; my own, employers, and apprentices.
Article by 5 March 2014