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What's good about this Community and how can we improve it?

Steve Bridger

Hello!

It's been a while since I asked such an open question to all of this wonderful community.

- what do you like about the Communities?

- what single thing can we improve?

- what gets your goat (I mean mean 'what', and not 'who')

- are you an 'answer' person? Why? what do you get out of it (and by the way, thank you for doing what you do)

- has the community helped you get stuff done, and make your life easier? 

- has the community helped you grow your network? Is that important to you? Are we friendly and welcoming?

- what would your #1 piece of advice be to those thinking about posting for the first time?

I'm not expecting you to answer these precise questions. They're simply a guide, a prompt... in case you need prompting :)  

I'm very keen to hear from as many of you as possible. 

Big caveat: I can't promise to implement any of your suggestions - you know, technology & resources and stuff. But I will listen. Listen well, and pass on your thoughts. And you never know. 

Feel free to email me directly at s.bridger@cipd.co.uk if you would prefer not to go public. On the other hand, I do encourage you to share your thoughts with your peers, below.

Thanks in advance!

Steve 

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  • I agree with Rachel on this.

     I think this is my point about CIPD using these message boards proactively to understand the HR agenda both in a strategic sense in terms of what education is needed, playing a proactive role in considering implementation of new legislation and impact for HR teams and using the boards as a consultative forum for important HR issues.  Ie now, in this gloomy economic climate, we have an ideal opportunity to understand if HR/OD has progressed as a profession over the last ten/15 years - if it has progressed then organisations with recognise the that importance of having people strategies aligned closely with delivery is absolutely vital  and  T&D/Coaching/investing staff/employee engagement activities won't tail off or be seen as a nice to have.  I hope we have entered a more enlightened age.........

    In a more practical sense, there is a lot of opportunity to respond to questions/discussions generated on these forums as per Rachel's suggestion and eg before people even enter the message boards, you could provide fact sheets/faq's on the top five topics, ie some common guidelines/references regarding redundancy, study, absence management, diversity issues etc etc.

    Also, Anna, your last point (being relatively new to the CIPD, although v enthusiastic) seems to be spot on.  

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  • I agree with Rachel on this.

     I think this is my point about CIPD using these message boards proactively to understand the HR agenda both in a strategic sense in terms of what education is needed, playing a proactive role in considering implementation of new legislation and impact for HR teams and using the boards as a consultative forum for important HR issues.  Ie now, in this gloomy economic climate, we have an ideal opportunity to understand if HR/OD has progressed as a profession over the last ten/15 years - if it has progressed then organisations with recognise the that importance of having people strategies aligned closely with delivery is absolutely vital  and  T&D/Coaching/investing staff/employee engagement activities won't tail off or be seen as a nice to have.  I hope we have entered a more enlightened age.........

    In a more practical sense, there is a lot of opportunity to respond to questions/discussions generated on these forums as per Rachel's suggestion and eg before people even enter the message boards, you could provide fact sheets/faq's on the top five topics, ie some common guidelines/references regarding redundancy, study, absence management, diversity issues etc etc.

    Also, Anna, your last point (being relatively new to the CIPD, although v enthusiastic) seems to be spot on.  

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