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Advice and articles to help you focus on the success of your people, your customers, and your organisation.

Stuart Parry

People Technology Expert

Working in HR but not necessarily a numbers person? Getting the people data you need to help drive your organisation forward might not be as complicated as you think…

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Damian Oldham

HCM Divisional Director

Is your organisation a destination for star candidates? In recent times, the world of talent acquisition and employee retention has certainly had a shake-up. Whilst some employers are continuing to find it a challenge to attract top talent, other destination all-stars have been snowed under with applications.

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Mark Jorgensen

HR Industry Specialist

HR professionals are not always the most vocal about promoting their own success. Yet surely efforts to sustain employee wellbeing, build a positive employee experience and retain top talent deserve to be acknowledged and celebrated rather than simply done behind the scenes?

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Tim Needham

HR Industry Expert

The mere mention of a performance appraisal can be enough to send shivers down anyone’s spine, but there is no denying that these can be highly effective - if used in the right way.

Unfortunately, many organisations either don’t have an HR appraisal system in place at all or they use an ineffective annual appraisal, which is often no more than a tick box exercise. With a recent Gallup report revealing that traditional performance reviews and approaches to feedback actually make performance worse 30% of the time, it’s clear that there’s room for improvement.

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Damian Oldham

HCM Divisional Director

It goes without saying that an employee feeling empowered in their work and in control of their career will be happier, more productive and far less likely to leave your organisation.

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Mark Jorgensen,

HR Industry Specialist

In the modern-day, moving to the cloud is a process that more and more organisations are coming around to the idea of doing. In the UK alone, it’s estimated that 60% of businesses will have migrated all of their computing systems to the cloud by the end of 2020.

However, if you work in the HR field, what are the distinctive advantages of making a cloud-based move for your people functions?

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Tim Needham

HR Industry Expert

Motivating employees is the eternal challenge for most organisations, and it’s easy to fall into a trap of thinking that rewards alone will do the job. Whilst there’s definitely a place for reward, recognition is more powerful and effective at motivating and retaining employees than you might think.

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Damian Oldham

HCM Divisional Director

We all know about the perceived ‘generation gap’ – the contrasting ideas and ways of operating that separates people from different age groups.

Now that technology has become even more prevalent in daily life, particularly in light of increased remote working, how is the age divide impacting work interactions and activities? And what difference does attitude to technology make?

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Mark Jorgensen

HR Industry Specialist

Employee recognition is quickly becoming a key pillar of the employee experience and can have a powerful impact when it comes to boosting morale, supporting wellbeing and ensuring your people feel valued.

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Tim Needham

HR Industry Expert

If you’re making good progress with attracting talent to your organisation despite the current climate, congratulations. Though beware of ‘counting your chickens’ until they are fully onboard and in post…

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