Having worked with a number of large global pharmaceutical (or ‘life science’) organisations, one of the issues raised consistently with me over the last few years has been how to deal with the lack of new medicines coming through their ‘pipelines’, and what these firms should do to get research & development teams to be […]
If you are a serious HR professional then you will already know that since 2010 SHRM has been trying to establish itself as the leader in HR standards; not just in the US but globally. Things are not going according to plan though. SHRM’s draft proposal for ‘Investor metrics’ was unceremoniously dumped last year after […]
In his 2013 budget speech (stay with it, it gets more interesting, honest) George Osborne, the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, announced there would be a continuation of the policy of a 1% cap on public sector pay rises until 2016 . From a human governance perspective is that a wise decision? The immature school […]
Anyone who has worked in HR for more than twenty years or so will have become used to seeing regular surveys of executives expressing their views on HR. Two recent surveys that fall into this category are from the Economist Intelligence Unit and, not surprisingly, the CIPD but why are they produced at all? I […]
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 […]
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The Ten Pillars are the foundation for the Maturity Institute’s framework, formed from ten, integrated, values and principles Each of the Ten Pillars identifies and represents causal factors for value creation, within which a corporation should design the very best possible systems, processes and interventions to realise the fullest potential of its human capital. […]