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Business partners
The migration of the role of HR generalist to that of HR business partner (HRBP) is now well recognised. Less understood is what skills, knowledge and attributes are needed to be an exceptional,...
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HR leadership skills
What are the skills, knowledge and attributes of today’s highly successful HR leaders? What makes the difference between the best and the rest?MethodologyIn this ongoing study, 40 HR leaders from...
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Are you taking on too much?
All too often HR directors complain about the sheer volume of work or the business not understanding the contribution initiatives are making to business goals. But is this an issue HR creates for...
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Holidays can improve your performance at work
I am just back from holiday and I guess with schools breaking up many of you are about to go off on yours. So it struck me that a little discussion about the way the brain responds to a break may give...
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Are we really so selfish?
Many of the implicit or explicit assumptions behind HR policy and process is that we have to control, motivate and persuade employees to do a good job, co-operate with others and work for the good of...
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You only need 10 per cent of people on board
Change is one of the constant features of companies and helping leaders achieve change is one of the roles HR plays. It is typically seen as difficult, yet research in neuroscience would suggest it...
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Talent strategy needs re-thinking
To show or not to show, that is the question ……for many HR leaders when discussing talent ratings. Guests at our recent senior HR women’s network dinner discussed this dilemma. Many said their...
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Overcoming the fear factor
The current economic climate is generating a fear factor. With yet more banks in crisis and the economic conditions in Europe spooking our financial markets, life has rarely seemed more gloomy and...
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The opposable mind
I have just returned from the 2011 Neuroleadership summit in San Francisco. The summit brings together neuroscientists and business leaders to examine the latest research into how the brain works, and...
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Applying the science of brainwaves
Neuroscience is beginning to show how HR can lead businesses to better results. There are some ways in which the brain is hard-wired that can be harnessed to improve employees’ experience in the...
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Find your heroes
I spoke at the Guardian’s Future of HR Summit recently about how neuroscience can inform the execution of talent strategy. The sessions from speakers were cleverly interspersed with discussions on the...
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How firms define and execute talent strategy
Anecdotal evidence suggests that the level of confidence chief executives have in HR to deliver the key objective of defining and executing talent strategy varies considerably. In order to provide a...
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Threatening leaders, the antipathy of healthy business
Staff trust in leaders is crucial. Without it we have major breakdowns in communication and workplace culture. The most recent example of this is the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust. An FT...
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Learning: The increasing shift to virtual training
The future of learning and corporate leadership development programmes is changing, radically. This is becoming clear the more I talk to my clients. My belief is that virtual programmes will become...
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Personal development: When to ‘lean in' to your career
The much derided term ‘lean in' came from Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg, but Jan Hills argues that the idea merits more praiseWhether you are a man or a woman to lean into your career means to give it all...
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Equality: Greater diversity boosts team intelligence
Need another business case to support diversity? Well hiring people from different backgrounds will improve the IQ of your team, says Jan HillsThirty years ago as a young graduate I did an internship...
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You work in HR. Are you also in sales?
Dan Pink certainly thinks so, says Jan Hills, as she picks out her top insights from his latest bookThe new book from Dan Pink, ‘To sell is human: The Surprising Truth About Persuading, Convincing, and...
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A counterintuitive stance on talent
Jan Hills says HR might need to rethink its approach to talent to favour an unexpected mindset based on give and takeA new book is turning our thinking about success on its head. The book Give and...
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Overcoming the fear factor
The current economic climate is generating a fear factor. With yet more banks in crisis and the economic conditions in Europe spooking our financial markets, life has rarely seemed more gloomy and...
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Applying the science of brainwaves
Neuroscience is beginning to show how HR can lead businesses to better results. There are some ways in which the brain is hard-wired that can be harnessed to improve employees’ experience in the...
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