HR Challenges 2011 – Survey Results

    As may know, I’ve been running a short survey over the last few months.  This is now closed and I’ve been through the results. A lot of my questions for qualitative, making it difficult to communicate the results in a short summary...
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Getting to Grips with HR Business Partnering (Symposium Events)

    I’ll also be running this training session on 31st March (again, repeated through the year):   Getting to Grips with HR Business Partnering “Nearly 15 years on from Dave Ulrich’s “HR Champions”, business partnering is still...
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Increasing Impact through Strategic HR (Symposium Events)

    So it’s already nearly March – I don’t where this year is going!  But I will at least be posting my recent survey results later on today – do look out for this. I also wanted to note some of the things I’m going to be up to in March,...
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Hay Group: Engagement Matters

    I’m pleased to introduce an additional new sponsor for my blog: Hay Group.
  I’ve been looking through some of the firm’s recent research and wanted to comment on one study in particular: Engagement Matters. This is based on research... READ MORE - Hay Group: Engagement Matters

Unconferencing at Conferences

     I hope you enjoyed my notes on TRU London last week.  If you did, you really should think about joining us at our second Connecting HR unconference in London on 5th May. The only limitation of these events to me is that we’re...
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The Learning Organisation webinar

    I’m also doing this webinar for Citrix on the 1st March: Developing the Learning Organisation through Online Learning. You can register here.   Technorati Tags: Learning,organisation,online,social,informal,learning,media  ...
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Social HR (HR 2.0) webinar

    If you liked my session, or my reporting of my session, at TRU, or the previous session at the HR Directors Business Summit, you may be interested in this webinar I’ll be delivering on 15th March: “HR 2.0 has been growing in both interest...
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    My other, off the top of my head, tweet at TRU London was this one based on Kevin Wheeler’s presentation. Yes, these disruptive business models based largely on crowd sourcing and contingent workforces that Kevin was discussing are an...
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TRU London: Why I told Kevin Wheeler he was talking rubbish

    I was obviously still a bit irritated moving on from these previous sessions to Kevin Wheeler’s on the future of work. Let me be very clear – I agree completely with most of what Kevin has to say.  I agree that work is becoming more...
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    Oh good grief.  I’m feeling a bit frustrated at conversations at TRU London about why HR and Recruiting aren’t strategic, and why they should be outsourced.  Here’s why this is hogwash (sorry that it’s repeating stuff I’ve already...
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    I had a good session at the end of the TRU London Masterclasses yesterday (based on the fact most participants suggested at the end of the session that they agreed Social HR is a, if not the, major new challenge for HR. You can review...
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TRU London Masterclass: Social HR

    Today, I’m delivering a masterclass, or a un-masterclass, at the initial day of TRU London, before the proper unconference tomorrow. It’s an un-masterclass as we’re just being given 15 minutes to speak, and then a panel will ask questions...
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HR Evolution through HCM Technology

    I’ve had, and have made, a couple of comments on my recent post about Westminster Council relating to the value of technology and the need to focus on behaviours – and I also commented on a very similar point at last week’s social business...
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Roffey: Management Agenda

      My favourite report on HR’s, or really management’s challenges in 2011 (so far) is Roffey’s Mangement Agenda 2011.  This has also been out a few weeks, but is a very comprehensive report, so I think I’ve got a good excuse...
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i4cp: Critical Human Capital Issues 2011

    A lot of other summaries about HR’s issues and challenges have already been published over the last few months – obviously mainly associated with the turn of the year. So of course was my survey initially, but with work and illness, I’ve...
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Last call for your HR challenges

     I’m finally going to have some spare time for a few days so will (finally) close my HR challenges survey this weekend and do the analysis early next week, with a blog post next week too. So there’s still time to complete this for...
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    Today’s big event in the Social Media Week London programme is: How is the public sector transforming communication using social media with a broad range of audiences and what's next?   One very good example of how public sector...
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Social Media Week London

    This week is Social Media Week in many cities around the world, including London. It’s great to see lots of participation from Connecting HR folk on this: Monday includes a Social Recruitment Panel Debate with TRU’s Bill Boorman,...
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    On Thursday 3rd March I’ll also be attending Symposium Events’ next conference – the Employee Engagement Summit. Speakers include: Nampak Plastics, Eric Collins, Managing Director Kent University, Professor Katie Truss, Head of...
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Symposium Events: Performance Management Forum

    The other event I’ll be attending (as a blogger) the same week as TRU is Symposium Event’s Performance Management Forum. Speakers include: Chartered Management Institute – Ruth Spellman OBE, Chief Executive Polycom – Marc Weedon,...
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TRU London 3

    So I blogged yesterday about HR 2.0, or Social HR, and why I didn’t think it got enough focus at the recent HR Directors Business Summit. Let me be clear – I’m not just talking about social media. Yes, this has got a place, and is probably...
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