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Top management teams: How to be effective inside and outside the boardroom
Professor Anneloes Raes (Assistant Professor of Managing People in Organisations, IESE business school) Anneloes opened by sharing her experiences of observing a board in operation, one who seemed to...
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The pursuit of happiness in the workplace: Do happier people work harder?
Nic Marks: Happiness Research Methodologist and Author, The Happiness Manifesto. Everybody in your organisation is a sensor; how people are feeling is great information about what is going on. If you...
View ArticleChanging and shaping company culture: Speeding up your cultural journey from...
Minna Torniksoki – Vice President HR, Talent & Leadership Development, Tieto Organisational culture is part of ‘organisational DNA’, and Tieto needed to reset their corporate culture to prepare for...
View Article#mytakeaway – Shared Learning from European HR Directors Business Summit –...
At the recent European HR Directors Business Summit in Barcelona, we were encouraged to capture and share our learnings with the hashtag #mytakeaway – something that I think is a great idea and has...
View Article#cipdnap15 – Pets, Pet People and Performance
Ryan Cheyne (former People Director, Pets at Home. Soon to join rental cars.com). Ryan opened with a quick show-of-hands survey of how many of the audience are pet owners (it looks like more HR people...
View Article#cipdnap15 – The serious business of happiness for increasing engagement and...
Stephanie Davies, Founder and CEO, Laughology Stephanie kicked off with a very lively introduction, talking about the need for humour, happiness, and laughter throughout our lives – including the...
View Article#cipdnap15 – Mindfulness in the workplace: what is all the fuss about?
Sally Roberts, Mindfulness Instructor, Northern Centre for Mindfulness & Compassion What is mindfulness in the mainstream? There is significant evidence of the positive benefits of mindfulness and...
View Article#cipdnap15 – How HR can help prepare the next generation for work
Rachel Lloyd @_relloyd CIPD Rachel opened by looking at the state of youth unemployment 3 years ago (at its peak), with massive youth unemployment. Given that the CIPD is all about championing better...
View Article#cipdnap15 – Building and sustaining personal resilience
I spoke at the CIPD Northern Area Partnership in York on building and sustaining personal resilience, on how we are all different and that people will develop true strength in different ways. I was...
View Article#cipdnap15 – Overall conference summary
I had a great time at the CIPD Northern Area Partnership conference (19th & 20th June 2015 in York), and I didn’t want to lose any of the learning so I’ve curated some of the resources and blog...
View Article#FutureCumbria – The job scene and skills shortages predicted in Cumbria
Mike Smith OBE – GEN2 Managing Director Mike believes that what is about to happen in Cumbria will have a huge impact across all sectors. Cumbria is on the brink of a genuinely transformational period...
View Article#FutureCumbria – Building Cumbria’s People Capability: Insights of lessons...
Dr. John McGurk – Head of Scotland, CIPD John opened by talking about what a great initiate the Developing Future Cumbria conference is, and how he is delighted to see the HR community having these...
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#cipd15 – Mental capital and wellbeing at work
Opening keynote by Professor Sir Cary Cooper. Wellbeing is really important and we want to create workplaces that people want to go to! Why is wellbeing important? Stress and Mental ill health are...
View Article#cipd15 – Enabling leaders to develop and maintain high levels of performance
A session at #cipd15 by Catherine Ward (Interserve), and Indi Seehra (LSE), chaired by Tim Pointer (Starboard Thinking). Catherine Ward introduced with a brief introduction of Interserve (84,000...
View Article#cipd15 – Performance motivation – a strengths-based approach for a more...
Alex Bailey (Bailey & French), Ailsa Suttie (CSMA Club), Rachel Collier (iCrossing UK). Alex Bailey opened the session, referencing the emerging theme of the conference looking at how we make...
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#cipd15 – Agile OD strategies to respond to your business needs
Matt Elliott (People Director, Virgin Money), Neil Morrison (Group HR Director, Penguin Random House), chaired by Paul Taylor (NHS Employers). Matt Elliott (Virgin Money) kicked off by talking about...
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#cipd15 – Developing an effective leadership culture to support business change
Matt Elliott (Virgin Money), Inji Duducu (Benenden), William Hague (HMRC). (This was live-blogged during a session at the CIPD Annual Conference & Exhibition – #cipd15 – I’ve tried to capture a...
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#cipd15 – Flexible people development to meet your future talent needs
Perry Timms, Mariana Popovic (Head of Talent & OD, eBay), David Pamplin (BT) Mariana Popovic (Head of Talent & OD, eBay): Every 2 seconds a pair of shoes is sold on eBay, every 2 minutes a...
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#cipd15 – creating a learning organisation to achieve competitive advantage
Julie Simpson (BNY Mellon University), Ian Pettigrew (BNY Mellon University), chaired by David D’Souza (CIPD) This was a first experience for me, to meet another Ian Pettigrew so it had to be...
View Article#cipd15 – Act like a leader, think like a leader – the new rules for success
Professor Herminia Ibarra (INSEAD). Peter Cheese introduced Herminia as one of the most influential leadership thinkers . Herminia mentioned her new book – Act like a leader, think like a leader – to...
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