Some companies – like Apple – become famous for their products. A few – like Virgin, Oracle or Ryanair – become famous for a flambuoyant CEO. But – despite decades of evidence linking HR and performance – very few companies become famous for their management practices. We can probably list them on one hand: W.L. [...]

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Prominent female leaders are emerging in the Middle East, and in India Infosys is asking whether women could be an answer to the talent crisis. Yet too often, women still see the rewards of leadership as ‘pointless’ and ‘not worth it’. We need ‘Female Vision’, argue Helgesen & Johnson. It’s complicated, as shown by this [...]

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Thanks to input from well-known employers in India, Europe and the US we are discussing plans for a new ‘Innovation Academy’, in collaboration with MLab. This will equip HR and business leaders to solve business challenges by challenging the beliefs and assumptions underpinning six fundamental activities: 1. Strategic Planning 2. Agile Work Design 3. Real-time [...]

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Three of the world’s best-known organisations are sponsoring a new resource for employees and managers: The CiZone™. We’ve started building the platform, but it’s not too late for other organisations to sponsor one of these next generation tools for employee engagement and development. Join us!

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We have long argued that life-stage is more important than generational ‘cohort’. Now our research is backed up by a study from Kenexa which claims millenials of today are little different from the hippies of the sixties. However, one real change is in new technology. The US Army was quick to invest in an online [...]

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