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