I’ve written many times about the importance of having a sense of purpose, a cause that drives your business forward. It can be a unique product you’re passionate about, a principle you stand for, even an approach to service that you want to bring to the world. But...
Some business improvement professionals believe the goal of their work is to make themselves redundant, to take their company to the point where improvement is self-sustaining and they are no longer needed. Is it time for us, as HR professionals, to look at our jobs...
Looking forward, not back Workforce planning is becoming more and more sophisticated. Tools such as big data let us better identify and act upon patterns in our workforce, whether it’s in retirements, expansions, or the need to improve skills. Many of the tools we use...
Outsourcing: The Internal Value of the External. The last few years have seen two contradictory trends impacting on the world of outsourcing. On the one hand the open talent economy has led to the increasing employment of contingent workers and an impulse towards more...
The changing face of hiring Business is changing, and our approach to recruitment needs to change with it. Flatter structures are replacing the old hierarchies. Modern professionals value culture and passion as much as their paychecks. The pace of change grows ever...
