By Clinton Wingrove - hrmagazine.co.uk Living in the iPad, Twitter and texting world, nobody can be unaware of the power of contemporary technology. Theodore George Paraskevakos first patented the concept of combining intelligence, data processing and visual display screens with telephones in 1973 but probably never...
By Andrew Mayo - personneltoday.com Economist Theodore Schultz invented the term "human capital" in the 1960s to indicate the stock of skills and competences available to produce economic value. He believed human capital was like any other type of capital - it could be invested in...
Hayley Brooksbank - hrmagazine.co.uk A new job brings new perspectives. During my time as head of global brand at an HR consultancy firm, my team and I tended to regard HR as a function with little more relevance to our strategic objectives than the IT, Risk...
By Dave Ulrich - Personneltoday.com EXCLUSIVE Leading HR thinker Dave Ulrich writes exclusively for Personnel Today. Dave Ulrich is the HR guru's guru, credited with developing the "HR business partner" model and other influential ideas in books including "HR Champions" and "The HR Value Proposition". Here, Ulrich explains...
By Karen Beaven - hrmagazine.co.uk It takes a lot of commitment and passion to effectively drive the HR agenda in any organisation and those working within the profession are sure to agree it is a demanding but hugely rewarding responsibility. In addition, HR directors today also share...
By Gabriella Jozwiak - hrmagazine.co.uk Every workplace has its idiosyncratic seasonal events, and HR is perhaps most visible during the annual performance appraisal. Why? Because employees dislike them. They are time-consuming, involve too much paperwork, HR would even do better to drop them altogether and find...
Your company does not need an employee engagement or retention program. No, you didn’t mis-read that last sentence. After working with thousands of companies, helping them attract, engage and retain staff I can say with certainty that you do not need a special program to...
By Michael G. Winston - Fortune 50 Executive, Speaker, Adviser Innovation is the lifeblood of any business. Whether it is a groundbreaking invention or an incremental change in process, innovation is about generating new ideas that will give the company's products and services a competitive edge....
By Kim Seeling Smith - KimSeelingSmith.com Many companies are starting to embrace the concept of onboarding a new employee. And why wouldn’t they? You’ve probably read the statistics: According to the Wynhurst Group, 22% of staff turnover occurs within the first 45 days of employment. They also...
The National Workplace Program (NWP) is an awareness, early intervention and prevention program, specifically for workplace settings, which aims to increase the knowledge and skills of staff and managers to address mental health problems in the workplace.The NWP utilises an evidence-based approach and focuses on: how...