The human capital agenda is becoming more important at board level and HR leaders need to be comfortable in working effectively with directors, according to Wesfarmers’ chief human resources officer, Ben Lawrence. “Boards have really…
Stakeholder management is the “number one skill” for any HR leader in a professional services environment, according to Susan Ferrier, national head of people, performance and culture for KPMG. Stakeholder management can be more of…
Failing or non-existent leadership presents HR with a unique opportunity to strengthen initiatives that encourage self-leadership, agility and proactivity amongst employees, writes Roger Collins In times of change, uncertainty and crisis, the importance of and…
A HR leader’s success can be measured by the presence HR has in the senior management decision making process, and this is an important qualitative measurement that indicates whether HR has become a trusted business…
There are three key changes in store for the HR function of the future, according to the London Business School’s Lynda Gratton, who said HR leaders will require a new set of specialised skills in…
The next generation of HR professionals will be a different breed from the current incumbents and there are three professional capabilities which will be critical for HR leaders in the future, according to an expert…
In order to create behaviour change and support the individual in re-establishing high performance, you’ll need to create a practical, straightforward plan. This doesn’t need to be a big multi-month strategy, in fact, it’d be…
HR executives need to be more entrepreneurial in business and take a more proactive and bolder approach in leading and owning initiatives at the executive level, according to management guru Tom Peters. “I get furious…
HR in its current form is having a hard time keeping up with the pace of change, but the time has come for HR to adopt a more efficient model, writes Josh Bersin 2015 is…
As CEOs want richer information about human capital and as organisations seek to make sense of an abundance of data through analytics tools, the head of people analytics is emerging as an important executive role,…