Performance Management role-play
I’ve written about performance management being broken, suggesting that no amount of process will make the right conversations happen and suggesting that managers need to be equipped with the...
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CIPD14 – Advancing the profession – how Civil Service HR is a role model for...
Peter Cheese introduced Chris Last (Civil Service HR UK) who opened by saying that he believes that successful HR isn’t all about the model (Ulrich or otherwise), it is all about the people. It was...
View ArticleCIPD14 – Maintaining drive and enthusiasm during change and innovation in SMEs
Jill Miller (CIPD) introduced a popular session, talking about how agility is easy in the early stages of a start-up, but it takes a conscious effort to maintain this as a business grows. Jane...
View ArticleCIPD14 – Overcoming barriers to effective leadership throughout the organisation
Ksenia Zheltoukhova (CIPD) introduced the session by talking about the CIPD research intro leadership and trust, and then introduced the three case studies: Alex Lewis (BAE Systems) Alex has been a...
View ArticleStephen Frost – Podcast Episode 2
I was delighted to interview Stephen Frost recently, on behalf of The HR Directors Business Summit (where Stephen will be speaking in February 2015). Stephen heads Diversity and Inclusion at KPMG and...
View ArticleHRevent15 – Guide Dogs – Extraordinary partnerships through extraordinary people
Steve Vaid, Deputy CEO started by telling us more about Guide Dogs: They started in 1931 in Liverpool with just four dogs, all German Shepherds and have now trained over 30,000 guide dogs. There are...
View ArticleTrue Strength? Only one person has your success secrets – you
I recall two particular periods in my life when I was really looking for big answers, one when I was not particularly happy at work and felt that there must be more to life than what I was doing at the...
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Dawn Smedley – True Strength
As part of my True Strength project, I’m featuring interviews that dig deep into how people succeed and I was delighted to interview Dawn Smedley of O.C. Tanner alongside her manager Ian Feaver. The...
View ArticleUsing L&D to increase engagement and retention and access new talent
A session at the CIPD L&D Show 2015 by Paul Smith (LV), Jan Luxford & Ben Cork (Riverside), chaired by Jonny Gifford (CIPD) Paul Smith (HR Director, LV) opened by talking about joining up...
View ArticleEnhancing business outcomes by developing coaching skills in Leaders
Sean Kent (Freebridge) @SeanMKent , David Young (BT), chaired by Gill White (CIPD) @gillwhite4 Sean Kent opened by saying that Freedbridge and BT are very different organisations, but they have a lot...
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The management shift
Professor Vlatka Hlupic, Founder & CEO of the Drucker society and author of “The Management Shift”. Vlatka opened the session in a very engaging way, sharing how she is on a mission to make the...
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Many leaders are ‘ineffective’ at crucial people management skills (CIPD HR...
As always, the CIPD HR Outlook survey is fascinating reading, although some of the survey findings make disturbing reading. Particularly worrying is the data on how ineffective senior leaders are at...
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