“As the world awakens from economic catastrophe, a radical shake up of workplace culture is top of the agenda…” Insights from Dave Ulrich, Laura Hinton, Alain de Botton and IHRM’s Stuart Woollard Fly with integrity-1
I wrote a piece for the Guardian two years ago arguing that what was missing from the sustainability debate was a focus on the human element of organizations. I questioned how an organization could be truly sustainable if the people connected with it were not treated in a sustainable manner too, and that those organizations […]
IHRM council members Paul Kearns, Stuart Woollard and Rob Scott provide their perspective in this in-depth feature in HR Magazine:
Are you Linkedin? Would linking-in to a Linkedin HR group make you a better HR professional? Peer pressure can be insidious and when Linkedin first appeared on the scene I was not sure whether I wanted any part of it. All of a sudden I was being forced to decide whether to connect with someone […]
At two recent events, I spoke to international assignment program managers about the need for firms to become strategically focused and more mature in managing their global talent. I recalled to them my experience of carrying out an extensive review of metrics and analytics inside one of the major international banks. I was asked to […]
Analysing and assessing the maturity of an organization, particularly from a people or human capital perspective, might sound more art than science and IHRM is only too happy to admit that it requires both: along with a great deal of experience and understanding of how organizations work in the real world. Maturity analysis represents a […]
Did you hear it? Perhaps not. But then MI was not designed to make a big splash when it was officially, but quietly, launched on Friday 1st February 2013. There was no fanfare or ceremony either, which is totally in keeping with MI’s purpose, ethos and values. We have all become used, even inured, to […]
I have a personal interest in workforce risk. Having seen former colleagues experience their global firm (Andersen) collapse in a matter of months, subsequent to the actions and behaviours of management and staff (in failing to properly audit a lucrative client – Enron, and then trying to cover it up by shredding the evidence), I […]
Describing maturity is actually quite difficult. How would you describe your own level of maturity? Sometimes it is just easier to highlight immaturity in an attempt to make someone more mature. Some years ago a company secretary was put in charge of HR in a division of Rolls Royce plc; so he was already an […]