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Friday Pulse asks employees how they feel at work, giving real-time insights into how individuals and teams are faring. As COVID-19 weariness continues and the roll out of an effective vaccine set to be Spring 2021 onwards, many organisations are still experiencing a decline in employee wellness. To help, Friday Pulse is offering companies and teams access to their people […]
Introduction to virtual talent acquisition
By skeeled The global Covid-19 pandemic has brought many changes to the world of work, including accelerating the remote working trend. The world of recruitment has also had to change and many more companies are now using virtual recruitment tools. At skeeled, we provide predictive talent acquisition software that enables companies to manage the entire […]
The online learning environment: From a short-term fix to a long-term solution
By Sue Parr, Director of Apprenticeships and Part-time Programmes – WMG, University of Warwick The global pandemic has impacted every area of our lives and education is certainly no exception. It has been estimated that around the world nearly 1 billion learners have been impacted by the crisis. 2020 has brought about massive changes in […]
Decision time for Learning & Development?
By Simon Spindler, Director, People & Performance Consulting As we all look beyond Christmas to the promise of vaccine-led emergence from the COVID-19 pandemic, it is easy to think that if we all “just hold on” then things will be fine, if we just wait then things will “sort themselves out” or “get back to […]
Leadership for a change
By Professor David Pendleton, Program Director for High Performance Leadership (Live-online) Whenever I doubt the pace at which the world is changing, I remind myself that, in my lifetime, the world has entered the space age, personal computers were created, the internet and world wide web were created, social media have become commonplace, mobile phones were […]
Get a handle on delegation: Changing your perspective might yield better outcomes
By Denise Fryer, Co-Programme Director, Developing Management Practice, Henley Business School The attitude that: ‘It’ll take longer to explain to someone else how to do it, so it’s easier if I just do it myself,’ is not one that is generally productive in today’s collaborative business contexts. Two of the key aspects you might consider […]
Free breakfasts are the past. Free healthcare is the future.
By Babylon Health Free breakfasts. Gym memberships. Bean bags. Early finish Fridays. These types of employee benefits are a thing of the past. Today, especially in the midst of a pandemic, employees expect more. They expect benefits that really benefit them. In fact, they join or leave companies based on the perks they’re offered. This […]
Reskilling and training: The key to helping businesses recover
By Sue Parr (pictured), Director of Apprenticeships and Part-time Programmes – WMG, University of Warwick It is clear that the economic situation worldwide is unprecedentedly challenging and the recently released UK figures for June to August show a downward trajectory that reveals unemployment rates of 4.5%. Many companies have previously spent a lot of time […]
HR – Holding the keys to the new working world
By CloudB2B Having been, for so long, the poor relations when it comes to departmental spend, the current pandemic, ethnic and diversity issues, have placed the HR function at the heart of all management decisions, resulting in a more sympathetic ‘ear’ to HR departmental needs. Whether it’s addressing wellbeing issues for staff working from home, […]
5 steps to building an effective people strategy, with Ross Seychell
By Personio For many organisations, whether large or small, a properly-implemented ‘people strategy’ can help grow their business and take their work to the next level. During H.U.G. Digital 2020, we discussed the argument behind formulating a people strategy with Transferwise CPO (and Personio’s incoming Chief People Officer), Ross Seychell. Here’s what you need to know about […]
