‘Playing the race card’: What underpins a proof-seeking leader?
When facilitating diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) conversations with leaders, it isn’t uncommon I get a series of blank and sometimes confused faces. This typically happens when I have...
View ArticleHow to make the Worker Protection Act work for you
A tightening of legislation around sexual harassment in the workplace was always likely, given the number and range of cases in the news. Workplaces have been exposed as places where power is abused,...
View ArticleHow do you know if your hybrid approach is working?
With overwhelming change agendas, cost pressures and retention challenges, ‘making do’ with your hybrid working approach may feel like the only option. However, the tangible benefits that can be...
View ArticleContracting: From accidental adversaries to progressive partnerships
Organisations depend on internal relationships to operate effectively. Yet, our organisations are a glorious mix of people thrust together with different motivations, goals, professional backgrounds,...
View ArticleIs your business clear or opaque when it comes to pay transparency?
While the Equal Pay Act has been in place in the UK since 1970, the gender pay gap persists. Claims of gender pay disparity go well beyond just speculation – the data speaks for itself. In fact, the...
View ArticleBarclays discrimination claims: From lip service to lawsuits
Barclays, the latest employer to be embroiled in a high-profile legal battle, faces accusations of gender and racial discrimination. A female Vice-President alleges she was passed over for promotion...
View ArticleNew legal rights for carers: What HR professionals need to know
The Carer’s Leave Regulations 2024, which came into force on 6 April 2024, granted new employment rights for people who juggle unpaid caring responsibilities with paid employment. These regulations...
View ArticleEntries for 2024 Culture Pioneer Awards now open!
The entry period is now open for our 2024 Culture Pioneer Awards, and we are excited to see who this year’s champions of culture change will be! Whether you are at the beginning of your culture change...
View ArticleWork and Pensions Secretary claims mental health “gone too far”
Last month Britain’s Work and Pensions Secretary, Mel Stride claimed that our approach to mental health was in danger of “going too far”. Stride suggested that some people believe they have a mental...
View ArticleChannelling chameleons: Why HR team’s must be agents of change in 2024
In 2024, HR professionals and the companies they work for are increasingly under the spotlight of social media and news sites looking for the latest employment scandal. Viral TikToks with dodgy...
View ArticleHuman resources: Whose return on whose investment?
Last week I read a LinkedIn comment on how ‘any fool could see’ that HR managers had to ‘demonstrate ROI’, or return on investment, for people development and similar initiatives. The comment struck...
View ArticleTalent management transformation: When should you start?
Figuring out when to move forward with digital transformation can be tough and very specific to the organisation making the change. In the final article in our content series on talent management...
View ArticleReducing pressure and reaching potential with a coaching culture
Meet Sarah. She used to be proud to tell people what she did for a living and who she worked for. Not anymore. She’s fallen out of love with the role. Sarah’s a wife, mum of two and busy senior...
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The transformative power of trust
Public trust in our leaders, be they political or business, has never been so low, with many leading institutions hugely damaged reputationally, through a litany of scandals and repeated failures to...
View ArticleTen ways to inspire and encourage intrapreneurship
With today’s diverse workforce spanning five generations, coupled with the effects of globalisation and the demand for innovative solutions in a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA)...
View ArticleSelf-management part one: How to recruit without managers
Self-management is a system of work where manager job roles are either entirely removed or significantly reshaped into more coaching or specialist practitioner roles. Hence, the ‘self’ bit. We direct...
View ArticleIdentifying the risk factors for suicide within our organisations
In our organisational landscape, as HR professionals, it’s crucial to identify individuals who may be at heightened risk of experiencing elevated stress levels, who are grappling with poor mental...
View ArticleSick note culture and the rise of ‘Corpowelfare’
Last week the UK’s Prime Minister set out his plans for the government to tackle the UK’s “sick note culture”. As I’ve written about previously in HRZone, the average number of days lost to sickness...
View ArticleThree cornerstones for influencing peers outside HR
HR directors must enable colleagues to support investments in people. A recent coaching conversation shows how one HR head positioned herself to influence peers and champion a shared agenda. The final...
View ArticleWhy it’s time to rebrand HR
HR needs a rebrand. There, I said it. And I don’t mean changing the name of the function to People or Talent.. That is simply putting lipstick on the pig. What we need is to change the pig; a total...
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