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HR and Change

Understanding the benefits of resilience training

Understanding the benefits of resilience training

Resilience is defined as ‘the ability to function successfully, recover from setback and grow to meet future challenges’. A structured process helps us understand and manage employee’s response to workplace pressure and in so doing, build team and individual resilience.Continue readingUnderstanding the benefits of resilience training

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HR and Change

A tailored approach to testing in cultures

A tailored approach to testing in cultures.

The frenetic pace of business life means that leaders and their employees need to be more adaptable than ever. Learning agility and regular assessments are important but don’t forget that employee assessments in Asia can be quite different than those in Europe. A tailored approach to testing in cultures will help you get consistent information.Continue readingA tailored approach to testing in cultures

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HR and Change

Re-invent your HR function – it will be a central plank for your business success

Re-invent your HR function – it will be a central plank for your business success

Human Resources professionals need to see major changes in their job functions in 2016, even if their job title remains the same. The days of HR professionals hiring and firing based on historical criteria or spending their time calculating payroll and monitoring sick days will be well and truly over.Continue readingRe-invent your HR function – it will be a central plank for your business success

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HR and Change

HR and Change Management

HR and Change Management

Nearly 20% of projects to make change happen fail outright. Less than 2/3 of these projects deliver their intended benefits! The business costs of this can be vastContinue readingHR and Change Management

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HR and Change

Why should the HR function take on a bigger role in driving performance?

Why should the HR function take on a bigger role in driving performance?

Three clear trends will reshape the role of the HR function in organisations. The rapidly globalising economy; the increasingly speedy growth of the knowledge economy combined with an internet savvy workforce; the speed of IT change. Continue readingWhy should the HR function take on a bigger role in driving performance?

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Discrimination and Equality

Racial inequality and conversations we can’t afford to ignore

Racial inequality and conversations we can’t afford to ignore

What I learned from a conversation with John Lewis
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Leadership

Stop, change, start – the transition to successful leadership

Stop, change, start – the transition to successful leadership

Some years ago “coaching”, “mentoring”, “reflection” or “mindfulness” were neither words nor concepts raised in the Boardroom. Now they are discussed and employed but how deep is the process?

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Leadership

Coming out of a recession, you will need true leaders

Coming out of a recession, you will need true leaders

The challenges that will be brought about by the speed of change, the world of the Cloud and the scale of growth as we come out of recession, will require a new generation of leaders who are able to learn quickly and act wisely – both now and in the future. Continue readingComing out of a recession, you will need true leaders

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Leadership

A leader is ultimately accountable for growth

A leader is ultimately accountable for growth

The pandemic is still wreaking havoc. The oil price is dropping alongside the Euro. Threats of war are looming on several fronts. Continue readingA leader is ultimately accountable for growth

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Leadership

Minding manners

Minding manners

– why it’s important and why the rise of massive data analysis will affect decision making and leadership.Continue readingMinding manners