Weighing up the options
How do organisations decide what projects they take on and what to turn down? Recent work with a small community interest company has given insight into such decision-making. Not an…
Book review gold – The Chimp Paradox
Let’s start with some questions. Do you… Ever say or do things that you later wish you hadn’t? Struggle to deal with stress, failure and difficult conversations with others? Sometimes…
Putting the ‘R’ in SMART
Listen to "Putting the 'R' in SMART" on Spreaker. As HR professionals it’s likely that we remind managers to ensure the targets they set for staff are SMART so many…
Good manager, bad manager – improving how managers are developed
As someone who’s passionate about management development, I’m always on the lookout for research on development methods and, more importantly, ways to improve the quality of managers. A couple of…
Book review – Stop Talking, Start Doing
Stop Talking, Start doing – it doesn’t take a genius to figure out what drew me, and I’m guessing many others, to the title of the book of that name…
Making flexible working work
The term ‘flexible working’ brings to mind practices such as part-time hours, flexitime, zero-hours contracts and working from home. The concept also comes with it an implied understanding that it’s…
Teams – development, contexts and evolution
At the recent CIPD Annual Conference and Exhibition I attended a session on the evolution of teams and our role in developing them, delivered by TMS Development International. As team…
Employment Status Podcast
Listen to "Employment status podcast" on Spreaker. Employee, worker or self-employed, they each mean something different in terms of employment rights. With continued growth in the gig economy and in…
What next for non-disclosure agreements?
It can’t have escaped your attention that there’s been a fair amount of press coverage on the subject of non-disclosure agreements, or NDAs for short, the most recent highlighting a…
Managing Stress in the Workplace
Keeping a handle on team sickness levels has long been a core aspect of the HR professional’s role. As well as the obvious effects on performance, I think that every…