It’s common to hear managers say, “People are our most important asset.” And yet, despite the rhetoric many fail to leverage the potential human beings bring, to deliberately drive commercial outcomes. It’s an unfortunate reality…
There are three key areas HR should focus on in partnering with C-suite executives to create successful and sustainable business and digital transformation, according to a recent research report. The first area is to build…
Boards have a fundamental role in understanding the cultures of their organisation and how culture is changing or evolving, and must take a number of steps in order to hold management to account to ensure…
The world seems to be raving about mindfulness right now and some of the most successful companies including Google, Apple, Yahoo and Nike have invested in mindfulness training for their employees, writes Stacey Ashley For…
Given the right skills and tools, HR is in a unique position to work with top teams to enable and embed organisational and culture change, write Richard Boston and Britta van Dyk Culture change is…
Getting the senior leadership team on board has been critical to transforming a toxic workplace culture at Shape Group, which has in turn improved the company’s business performance and lifted safety performance, profit, employee engagement…
HR professionals need to be “mega-influencers” who can amplify their professional influence across their organisation, to successfully impact stakeholders, leaders, line managers and team members, writes Yamini Naidu People. Technology. Risk. Get these three components…
The most critical role for HR leaders in business is to serve as a trusted adviser to the CEO, according to board director Sally Herman, who said HR executives should play an important role in…
Mindfulness plays an important part in helping leaders influence the way people feel, and can engender trust and collaboration on a team level, writes Michael Bunting I once taught a course to a dysfunctional group of executives who…
HR executives need to master the art of getting people to buy-in to their ideas and initiatives, and there are a number of important steps they can take in the process, writes Simon Dowling If…