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We’re now a quarter of the way through the 21 st century. The last 25 years have seen immense change, from technological developments, to geopolitical change and environmental concerns, and I think we...
By 5 Jun, 2020 12:41
There has been an interesting, understandable and yet worrying trend in discussions people are having around working practices in the past few weeks. The media has been using the words ‘remote’ and ‘flexible’ widely – an...
By 4 Jun, 2020 12:13
By Ian Pettigrew of Kingfisher Coaching, based in Manchester, UK. The coronavirus pandemic initially had little impact on my work, other than switching to online, and I continued to be busy. Some of my work has always been online, so this was ...
By 3 Jun, 2020 12:04
By Jill Evans, Law Content Analyst, CIPD At the beginning of April most organisations’ attention was fixed on how Coronavirus would affect our everyday lives . Managers were...
By 2 Jun, 2020 16:26
An online community doesn’t just happen because you set up a website – it needs filling, prodding, stimulating, provoking and managing. That's the role of the community manager and that has been my pleasure for the last 16 years. But ...
By 1 Jun, 2020 17:41
By Lynne Connolly, Global Head of Diversity & Inclusion, Standard Life Aberdeen Unprecedented : ‘without previous instance, never before known or experienced, unexampled’. That’s the word I’ve had front of mind for th...
By 1 Jun, 2020 08:56
By Charles Cotton, Senior Reward Advisor at the CIPD.What’s the problem? A CIPD survey carried out in April 2020 of over 1,000 workers found 39% of them saying their financial security had worsened&...
By 1 Jun, 2020 08:17
Alexandra Carr is Community Lead for CIPD Branches Branch volunteers have demonstrated passion and commitment to the profession during the crisis — without doubt they've been HR heroes. We’ve seen their commitment and donat...
By 1 Jun, 2020 00:01
By Louise Nuttall, Chartered MCIPD, Branch Chair, CIPD Swindon and North Wiltshire From the start of the coronavirus crisis, many members looked to their local CIPD branch for resources and support as well as events and networking opportunities ...
By 27 May, 2020 13:16
In a recent CIPD survey of 1,178 employers, conducted between 17-23 April, around two fifths of employers told us they thought that their prior investment in diversity and inclusion will help them respond effectively in a cri...
By 27 May, 2020 11:32
Chris Jones is an HR Director at Kellogg’s supporting the UK & Ireland Market, as well as leading Commercial Capability for the European Organisation. There can be no doubt, this has been a time of change and adjustment! You may not know ...
By 27 May, 2020 01:01
The CIPD People Profession survey 2020, in association with Workday, is an annual snapshot of what’s happening right now across the people profession. From the perspective of practitioners themselves, the survey gathers insight and data a...
By 27 May, 2020 00:00
Profession for the Future, the way we’ve described our work designed to help people professionals thrive in a changing world of work, is changing. From 27 May, it will be called The People Profession: now and for the future, or ‘now and f...
By 26 May, 2020 15:42
Kelly Angus is Executive Director of HR/OD and Deputy Chief Executive at Northumberland County Council, EnglandSupporting the COVID-19 emergency response has been my sole focus for some eight to ten weeks now, and how life has changed for HR/OD. I ha...
By 26 May, 2020 08:30
Pamela Forsyth is HR Business Partner Team Leader at Stirling Council in Scotland In these changed times we have all had to work very differently, and within HR we have had to learn how to undertake our function in very different ways. However w...
By 22 May, 2020 11:37
By Marek Zemanik, Senior Public Policy Adviser at CIPD Scotland Introduction One of the most immediate impacts of the coronavirus pandemic in the world of work has been the significant shift to homeworking across many sectors. Almost like a lar...
By 20 May, 2020 15:34
‘Never let a good crisis go to waste’ is a phrase we are hearing with increasing regularity in discussions around the longer-term impact of the coronavirus crisis. This may make it a slightly hackneyed, but it doesn&...
By 20 May, 2020 00:01
The world of work has been evolving faster than ever before. Rapid developments in technology, as well as attitudes and expectations have been shifting the nature of jobs and how and where we work, and these trends will very likely accelerate as...
By 19 May, 2020 20:36
Shane O'Brien is HR Manager for Hewlett Packard Enterprise, UK and Ireland. COVID-19 has created some historical and unprecedented challenges right across business, economic and social entities. While it is unlikely we will ever forget this ...
By 19 May, 2020 17:01
Based in Northern Ireland, Dylan Loughlin is Director at Copacetic Business Solutions Copacetic Business Solutions is based out of the Crumlin Road Gaol visitor centre, next to the Mater hospital. Like many organisations, COVID-19 has forced us to cl...
By 19 May, 2020 16:42
Based in the Philippines, Rene M. Gener, DPM, is Executive Director at the People Management Association of the PhilippinesThe COVID-19 health crisis is an unforeseen event that slumped businesses and workers alike. In fact, nobody was prepared...
By 19 May, 2020 16:42
Emma Alcock is Global Head of Engagement and Communications for Mayborn Group.The impact of the pandemic on our organisation has varied globally from our people working in our factory in China, who were impacted very early on, alongside those in Shan...
By 19 May, 2020 15:53
Based in the UK, Elly Gallagher is Head of People and Values at Dynamic Planner. I’d like to take a moment to share how incredibly proud I am to work alongside such professional team members at Dynamic Planner, who truly care about each other ...
By 19 May, 2020 15:45
Claire Vaughan is Executive Director of Workforce and OD for the Welsh Ambulance Service.'When we come out of the other end of this and reflect on what we describe as ‘core’ services, I wonder if the crucial role my team has played wi...
By 19 May, 2020 15:31
Based in Alberta, Canada, Rob Caswell is Manager, Employee & Labour Relations for Carewest Innovative Healthcare. Our people team is still getting used to their change of scenery. Our organization consists of 13 public continuing care sites...
By 19 May, 2020 15:01
Morag Ormiston is Group HR Manager for Seatronics, based in the UK. Seatronics, part of the Acteon Group, has employees based around the globe with offices in Singapore, Abu Dhabi, Aberdeen and Houston. Our commitment to our 120+ employees has been t...
