I had a great day at the CIPD Festival of Work last week. I’ve been thinking about the event, the speakers, and the vendors and connections I made. The HR profession is in rude health but we are still looking at ourselves as a support function, rather than a business partner. Partnering means being involved… Read More Reboot Transform
I saw an article last week about why mentoring in the hybrid era is the key to employee engagement. It isn’t of course – engagement is a nebulous concept with imaginary metrics designed to make it ‘important’ for HR, and a single element won’t ever be the key to it. However, mentoring IS a way… Read More Engagement anti-matters
Another in the occasional series where I vent a little. Read your policy; does it really describe what you want to happen? Data is there to help. Use it. Read your policy; is it just there to stop stuff happening? Managers manage – HR supports. If someone is underperforming support the manager to manage. Read… Read More What grinds my gears – HR
Runners exalt the marathon as a public test of private will, when months or years of solitary training, early mornings, lost weekends, rain and pain mature into triumph or surrender. That’s one reason the race-day crowds matter, the friends who come to cheer and stomp and flap their signs and push the runners on.… Read More Who cheers for you?
I saw a tweet on my timeline the other week linking to a story on the BBC website which piqued my interest. In the past I might have noted it and thought about how we might try something similar. This has changed now in the new social age as agility and informal approaches rise to the fore. I… Read More Just what is social?