(A Reflective Moment for Organizational Leaders) THE DILEMMA The meeting room buzzed with sounds of feverish optimism. Recently purchased software to streamline the HR-related functions within the organization was yielding positive results. Everyone grew quiet as the CEO entered the ... View Article
Article by 22 July 2016
Airports may hold great surprises of bumping into some wonderful people. During such few occasions, I could meet celebrities, politicians, my former colleagues, and bosses and sometimes I chanced upon people who are connected with me on Social Media, such as ... View Article
Article by 18 July 2016
Whether you voted ‘in’ or ‘out’ in the UK’s referendum last week, if you’re in business, you’re probably experiencing some of what was labelled ‘Project Fear’ in your own organisation right now. In the wake of a reality that no-one ... View Article
Article by 6 July 2016
“HR justifying its seat on the board is such a hackneyed and patronising debate, but the fact that the question of whether it is even necessary for HR to be on the board keeps rearing its head. Here’s a statistic ... View Article
Article by 4 July 2016
Every professional is talented in one way or another. However, one of the keys for business success is to find the right mix of talent that can prosper within an organization’s unique set of internal and external environmental factors. Such ... View Article
Article by 29 June 2016
There are many concerns for businesses in the UK but in recent years, both productivity and the impact that sickness absence can have on top and bottom line performance, have put employee health and wellbeing right up the various stakeholder ... View Article
Article by 27 June 2016
In September 2016, I’ll be heading to Kampala (Uganda) with a team of HR/L&D professionals for ‘Connecting HR Africa’ where we will be putting our skills to very good use. We’ll be dividing our time between working with the staff ... View Article
Article by 23 June 2016
Every organisation has people who are passionate about their work and who work hard, extremely hard. They put in the hours when needed, they go over and above to meet deadlines and get the job done. They get up at ... View Article
Article by 10 June 2016
A recent 2015 Red Letter Day straw poll has resulted in me having a number of sleepless nights. The poll declared that almost 40% of UK employees confirmed they were “engaged” in their jobs. And around the same time an ... View Article
Article by 25 May 2016
Majority of global businesses are going through significant changes in order to stay relevant in a Digital world that thrives on disruptive innovations and is mulishly unwilling to bond with the conventional notions of management. This has profound implications for ... View Article
Article by 23 May 2016