Build a strong senior leadership team For HR leaders and CEOs, knowing how to build a strong senior leadership team is not a question of performance; it’s a matter of survival. So if you have designs to survive and thrive in 2026, now is the time to prepare the leadership groundwork to ensure it happens.
CHROs and future skills Skill gaps aren’t just an inconvenience or an indication of training and recruitment shortcomings: they present a strategic risk. Without an adaptable, competent and innovative workforce, an organisation can easily lose traction and relevancy.
Four ways every manager can coach their teams: the top workplace and leadership demands for 2025 and how to meet them through embedding a coaching mindset
Why your business needs a culture of early mediation The cost of conflict in the workplace is significant, with billions lost every year to absence, staff turnover and loss of productivity. The ripple effect impacts teams, managers and colleagues who instead of getting on with the job they were hired to do, deal with the
We know that token-effort box ticking and wellwashing can harm your relationship with your people and the growth of your organisation. It contributes towards burnout, stunts creativity, causes team disharmony and ultimately, your talent may choose to walk away.
Leadership is on everyone’s mind at the moment. Yet one recent global study found that 61% of people are worried that business leaders aren’t trustworthy. Faith in them has crumbled.
Make the best of and motivate your skilled talent by creating clear career pathways they’ll enjoy. Then they can visualise and grasp the opportunities open to them. It’s good for them and good for you.
Talent strategies achieve business objectives. It’s the hill we’re prepared to die on. But we live in times of change, so what worked yesterday, may not work today – or indeed tomorrow. To avoid slipping behind, an HR overhaul may be on the cards.
When an employment dispute arises, everything can get knocked out of balance. Not every organisation feels able to deal with an internal investigation or mediation, especially if it’s a complex matter.
The ONS reported last week that the UK economy fell into recession at the end of last year but it’s not all bad news. Overall, the economy grew across 2023 and the dip isn’t expected to last long as wages are rising faster than inflation and the jobs market is strong.
Mental health is a hot topic at the moment and rightly so. It’s estimated that poor mental health costs the UK economy a staggering £118bn a year with over 18 million working days lost.
We have good news. Our new book, Inspiring Leadership is now available for pre-publication download. To be fully released later this year, this version is just for those who’ve been with us on this journey.
Did you know that just a quarter of employees have full trust in their leadership? There is no time like the present to re-evaluate the skills we have in place and formulate plans for the ones we need to develop.
Performance review season The stresses of the financial year end often herald the stresses of performance review season. Your teams may have given their all recently but with budget constraints to consider, how do you retain talent and boost performance when salary increases and bonuses can’t be as generous as you’d like?
Six essential HR upskills to survive an economic downturn The great HR squeeze is upon us. On one side, inflation and recession put pressure on budgets but on the other, a reduction in the workforce pool and high demand for cutting-edge skills means competition for talent remains hot.
If safety, belonging and recognition are suffering, and what you can do to shore them up To achieve business growth you need people – in this climate even to stand still, you need people. Your company will not survive without this lifeblood. In times of transition, change and uncertainty you need them even more, and
Ten upskilling areas to enrich leadership through turbulent times Likely already exhausted, your leaders are under unprecedented pressure from all fronts. After the overnight shifts that were necessary to keep working through a pandemic, they find themselves overwhelmed by wave after wave of rapidly appearing new challenges. These are unpredictable times.
Employing smart: the importance of alignment and purpose in getting your people deal right You’re unlikely to unlock your business’s potential without attracting and keeping the right talent. If you’ve had issues with recruitment or attrition recently then your EVP (or employee value proposition) may not be keeping step with the modern market and what
Focus on the future What does it mean to invest in new talent? Lisa Slater, Jarred associate and early talent specialist shares her experience working in the legal sector. ‘Firms won’t achieve their goals if they don’t invest in talent.’ she starts. Naturally, the best investment for an organisation struggling to secure the right people
Powerful partners for growth: embedding ESG in your People Proposition (EVP) Looking to scale your business? This is what you need to know about putting people and purpose at the heart of your intentions.
Leadership through resilience When the unexpected happens, needs can morph overnight: needs that are sometimes difficult to articulate, let alone meet. It could be said that the definition of resilience is how people handle work and life in times of rapid change, so when you’re dealing with the needs of others as well as your
The Value of rethinking HR HR transformation consultant and Jarred Associate Meryl Folb wants everyone to take a long hard look at what they think HR is all about – and then think again. Why? Because years of experience have taught her that when HR is undervalued opportunities for wellbeing and growth are lost. These
Serious play on purpose Humancentric leadership guards against burnout, builds stronger teams, inspires creativity and creates a safe space for ideas to flourish and talent to grow. A specialist in this area and with almost 30 years of experience working in PR, Jarred associate Anne-Marie Rodriguez de Killeen brings a wealth of knowledge to her
Focussing on what matters The power of keeping things simple by streamlining a complex process releases time, energy and resources to ensure it’s efficient, effective and enjoyable. This is the ethos behind TopScore’s virtual assessment platform for the legal sector and beyond. Having spent many years facilitating assessment centre campaigns, co-founder and MD Phin Naughton
Flexibility vision and rewards Jarred Associate Simon North can’t remember a time when he wasn’t doing what he loves, coaching in some form. Here he talks about the rewards of doing what he loves. Although he didn’t qualify and call himself a coach until he was fifty, he has spent most of his life using
Tuning in to what the client needs The first part of the change management process is tuning in and getting a good overview of how the client operates, understanding their pain points and figuring out what works well and what doesn’t.
Why as a leader you need to check-in with yourself Burnout can affect anyone but as someone with responsibility for the working lives of others, the ripple effects can be greater for someone in a leadership role. With teams looking for direction in challenging times and new working practices pushing the boundaries of what was
When we think about what effective communication means, it is often seen as a mechanism to get things done and can take on a transactional feel. Jarred Associate Sarah Holden believes that quality communication is what unleashes performance in teams and organisations. The workplace climate is changing and company culture and conversational skill sets need
The term The Great Resignation was coined by psychologist and professor of management Anthony Klotz in May 2021. Also known as the Big Quit, it has come to capture a mood as much as a movement, as a huge wave of resignations has hit companies around the world. In this article, we examine some of the reasons why this has
Diversity, equality and inclusion make good business sense: Data shows a correlation between diversity in executive teams and increased profitability. In other words, allowing other people a seat at the table doesn’t mean that there are fewer pieces of the pie, the pie simply gets bigger. Of course, the other commercial imperative is that there’s a
As we enter into the winter months and what is almost certainly going to bring another period of restrictions and changes to working patterns for many due to the pandemic, HR professionals and business leaders’ aim is to create sustainable ‘hybrid’ organisations. Organisations where the vast majority of people are working from home, balancing many
A recent McKinsey report reveals a worrying disconnect between CEOs and HR leader’s overly buoyant beliefs around their talent and people development strategies compared to other leaders within their organisation. While 64% of both HR leaders and CEOs said their companies were high adopters of such strategies, only 42% of all other survey respondents agreed