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There are many weird and wonderful team-building exercises out there, and I’ve been on a few, but this week I heard of a real first: a course that throws a live flock of sheep and employees together to teach them a lesson. Pity the sheep. Continue reading
The NHS is an emotive issue. So it takes a brave man to stand up in public and decry its very foundation. But that is what delegates at the HR Forum on the Aurora cruise liner heard last week. Continue reading
William Hague’s recent pronouncement that Britons need to “work harder” to solve our current economic woes has certainly sparked an interesting debate. Mr. Hague had just returned from Singapore, where he delivered a key business lecture on “Britain in Asia” and met the country’s Prime Minister – emphasizing that our country was firmly set on a path of forging closer ties with Asia, “with a sense of equal partnership, respect and the desire to see opportunity and development for all”. Continue reading
The Bundesbank recently conducted a study on women in banking and came up with the conclusion that women make riskier bankers. The study looked at board changes at banks which resulted in a higher proportion of female representation. In analysing their findings, it appeared that the women in the study tended to be significantly younger and less experienced than their male counterparts—and that translated into greater risk taking.
It started with that group picture in the media of the women who constitute 50 per cent of the new French President’s cabinet (described as “Hollande’s honeys” by the Daily Mail). That in itself is an immense milestone for a big-league European government. But it was the ethnic mix in the line-up that struck me most. Continue reading
A colleague of mine is currently attending a conference on a cruise ship, where she does not have access to the internet and also has no phone reception. While there shouldn’t be any need for any of us to disturb her during her voyage, it’s very rare these days to be totally out of contact, and it got me thinking. Continue reading
CIPD economic guru John Philpott, who was speaking at the CIPD Reward conference this week, started his session in lively fashion by asking whether there were any premiership footballers, cabinet ministers or FTSE 100 executives in the room. Unsurprisingly, no hands went up. “Well, in that case I can safely say that in this room at least, we are all in it together,” he joked. Continue reading
It seems to me that every year we have new buzz words, terms and directions of travel that are intended to galvanise us into collegiate action. Judging by the number of times it was used at the last CIPD annual conference, much of the noise last year centred on ‘engagement’. Continue reading
As far as employment law is concerned, two bills in particular stood out in the Queen’s speech: the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill and the Children and Families Bill. Continue reading
The past few weeks have witnessed several instances where shareholders have rejected executive compensation packages proposed by bank boards. What does this mean for HR managers? Continue reading
