Every year the two most important surveys for Group Risk Insurers come out in April and June – Swiss Re. ‘Group Watch’ shows how the Group Risk market is doing and how we, as an insurer, are faring in terms ... View Article
Article by 19 May 2015
There are many aspects to wellbeing, and many things that organisations can do to help employees. One component is helping people to think well, and I want to explore just one element of that – the power of perspective – ... View Article
Article by 19 May 2015
I’ve just watched ‘Up in the air’, the film where George Clooney is a ‘Transition Counsellor’ flying around the country firing people and then preparing them to find new jobs. It got me thinking about redundancy – it’s impact and the importance of ... View Article
Article by 14 May 2015
It was the end of a long working day, longer than most, and pleasantly tired, I leave the office and walk along the river Seine at dusk towards my hotel. Its an early spring evening and its cool and the ... View Article
Article by 7 May 2015
Metaphors are dangerous. For this blog post I try to use cooking as inspiration, and a little bit as a metaphor for HR and the impact of HR on organisations. Ingredient number 1: El Bulli – Cooking in progress (movie ... View Article
Article by 16 April 2015
We all know about managing Talent don’t we?…and we manage it very well , thanks for asking. No need to dwell on this point… We look after our High Potentials, we talk about them, (at least once a year) we put them ... View Article
Article by 27 March 2015
I’ve said it many times over: the future of work is simply this one word: flexible. Flexible in why it’s done in a range of ways is a total no-brainer. Fast paced, high expectation, always on yada, yada, yada. Flexible ... View Article
Article by 23 March 2015
Almost every people policy I have ever seen is about twice as long as it really needs to be. Many fall into the same traps, over and over, adding little in the way of practical value. So I challenge you. ... View Article
Article by 13 March 2015
I have a very painful memory from high school. At the start of one year the girl who had been my best friend since primary school ignored me and went and sat with another group of girls, cooler girls than ... View Article
Article by 10 March 2015
The hardest questions to resolve are those where people on both sides of the debate think that their reality has an automatic truth, a rightness to it that should automatically be recognised by others. That what they believe to be ... View Article
Article by 3 March 2015