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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 …
Midlife Working: The best is yet to come
Life expectancy is increasing, and by 2040 this is projected to rise to the age of 85. That’s great news for me personally as I am now in my 50’s, but as an HR professional I’m also thinking about what these projections mean in the workplace – and what I should be focussing on for […]
Leverage Diversity: Sharing Hearts and Pooling Minds
Diversity brings a range of experience, differences in mindset, background, upbringing, world view, etc. and, as a result, diversity of thinking. When we talk about the business benefits of diversity and inclusion we are thinking of the removal of inequitable barriers and widening of the talent pool, the richness of culture that a diverse workforce […]
More than a parade
Pride Month had become an affinity month that lives in two places in my mind. First, it is the celebration of who I am, who I married, and progress towards true recognition and justice. Second, it is a period where organizations mumble through encouraging statements, high-fives, and rainbow merchandise most of which I honestly won’t […]
Taking the long view of current skills shortages
As the world’s major economies begin their journey out of the pandemic, OrgShakers’ Andy Parsley warns in this Forbes interview that employers are “bouncing back into a labor market at least as tight as it was before Covid.” Dealing with this will require organizations to think about the longer-term impact of the actions they take […]
Don’t let anybody mess with your swing!
Phil Mickelson stunned the golf world on Sunday when he finished off his win in the PGA Championship to become, at 50, the oldest golfer ever to win a major championship. He finished the event shooting six under par. After his win, praise flooded in from across not just the golf community, but from other […]
High Fliers #2: What else have I learned from flying?
Last week, I wrote about a personal milestone, the 40th anniversary of my first solo flight in an aircraft aged just 16, and what I have learned about business leadership from my flying experiences. This first article was focussed on self-awareness, risk mitigation and shared responsibilities. There are three additional areas that really stand out […]
High Fliers: What have I learned from flying?
Today is the 40th anniversary of my first solo flight in an aircraft. I was aged 16, in an open-cockpit glider launched by a winch at West Malling in Kent. I hadn’t even been able to drive on the road at that age. Since then, flying has become more accessible and so I’ve continued to […]
The competitive advantage of Emotional Intelligence
Why is Emotional Intelligence important to your business, isn’t it just ‘being nice’, or ‘a nice to have’? We would argue that it is a business imperative! In 2019 Harvard Business Review published a paper ‘The EI Advantage’ which demonstrated that Emotional intelligence (abbreviated as EI or EQ) is increasingly and urgently recognized as a […]
International Women’s Day 2021
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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 […]
