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We would like to share some of our latest thinking about the big issues in HR. Please let us know what you think …
The Business Case for Developing our Emotional Intelligence
Do you recognise the emotion you are feeling? Can you manage your feelings without allowing them to swamp you? Can you motivate yourself to get tasks completed? Do you sense the emotions of others and respond effectively? If you answered yes to one or more of these questions, it is likely that you have developed […]
Using AI to give employers the answers they need
Ask any economist, and they will tell you that data is fast becoming the most valuable resource in the global economy. Which means that, with most organizations practically swimming in employee data, the HR function can dream of a future where it is able to create previously unimaginable value through its People Strategies. This video […]
OrgShaker’s Therese Procter recognised with top award
Congratulation to OrgShaker’s Therese Procter for being awarded Chartered Companion status of the UK’s Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) … the highest level of recognition in the world of HR and people development. The CIPD’s select group of Chartered Companions are exceptional leaders who have a proven track record within organisations and have […]
Shaking things up in 2021
As we look back to the receding horror of 2020 and the misery and fear it brought to so many, we must also recognise the flexibility and resourcefulness demonstrated by countless organisations and their employees in rising to the challenges created by Covid-19. Today it is clear that the pandemic served to accelerate workplace changes […]
Great Time To Change Performance Management
The most talked-about workplace adjustment erupting from the Covid-19 pandemic has been the success of working from home (WFH) – but in this article in Recruiter magazine, David Fairhurst sees another focus rising to the fore in WFH’s wake: performance management (PM). Click on the logo to access article Copyright OrgShakers: The global HR consultancy […]
Shaking the Foundations of the Talent Ecosystem
For decades, the Talent Ecosystem which drives the global economy has faced disruption from five powerful forces: Technology & Automation; Demographic Change; Social Justice & Diversity; Environment & Sustainability; and the Physical & Mental Wellbeing of employees. At different times, each has driven fundamental change in the way organisations are structured and led – and […]
Brain Health and Mental Wellness: A Business Imperative
Steve Jobs said ” It doesn’t make sense to hire smart people and then tell them what to do: we hire smart people so they can tell us what to do” When asked what their greatest business asset is, leaders will often reply ‘our people’. Amongst other things they will be thinking about their employees’ […]
Have you got rhythm?
Six-time Formula One World Champion driver Lewis Hamilton appears to be in perfect rhythm with his car. And being able to consistently sustain this rhythm has led to him being widely regarded as one of the greatest drivers in the history of the sport. Too often the rhythm of human interaction is not always fully […]
Exceptional by Dan Cable
Imagine switching on the television to see a highlight reel of the best moments from your life. Like a professional athlete, you’d learn with every clip how to repeat past successes, pinpoint your blind spots, and build confidence. Using the latest science and proven research behind best-self activation, our friend Dan Cable’s new book (published […]
Managing redundancies with dignity and compassion
Most of us will have experienced the impact of redundancy at some point in our lives – if not directly, then through a friend or family member. It is one of the most intensely stressful events that an individual will ever experience, ranking closely with divorce, serious illness, and the death of a close relative […]
Changing the Frame … #3 of 3
Overcoming negative self-talk and creating motivation using reframing by Pamela Kingsland MSc, BSc (Hons) Psychol, AFBPsS, FMAC, ACIB The final part of our three-part series of articles on ‘Changing the Frame’ explores some examples of cognitive distortions, unhelpful frames of thinking which are common to most of us at one time or another. Many of […]
Changing the Frame … #2 of 3
Overcoming negative self-talk and creating motivation using reframing by Pamela Kingsland MSc, BSc (Hons) Psychol, AFBPsS, FMAC, ACIB In the first part of my three articles on ‘Changing the Frame’ I set out the principles of reframing. In this part two of the series I move on to the all-important ‘How’ to reframe your thinking. […]
