7 questions every leader should be asking right now According to former Google X boss Mo Gawdat âSci-fi has ended. Weâre in sci-fact.â* With years of experience of being knee-deep in AI development, he has three predictions:
7 questions every leader should be asking right now According to former Google X boss Mo Gawdat âSci-fi has ended. Weâre in sci-fact.â* With years of experience of being knee-deep in AI development, he has three predictions:
Summertime â a time when we look forward to some well-deserved time off. But what if it isnât enough? For some, two weeks wonât take away the overbearing dread of going back to work.
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 canât be as generous as youâd like?
The results of the UKâs first four-day week study were published a few weeks ago. These are our top key findings from the report which suggests a relationship between shorter working hours and:
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 â 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 Youâre unlikely to unlock your businessâs potential without attracting and keeping the right talent. If youâve 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. âFirms wonât achieve their goals if they donât invest in talent.â 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 youâre 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 â 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 itâs efficient, effective and enjoyable. This is the ethos behind TopScoreâs 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 canât remember a time when he wasnât doing what he loves, coaching in some form. Here he talks about the rewards of doing what he loves. Although he didnât 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 doesnât.
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 doesnât mean that there are fewer pieces of the pie, the pie simply gets bigger. Of course, the other commercial imperative is that thereâs 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 leadersâ aim is to create sustainable âhybridâ organisations. Organisations where the vast majority of people are working from home, balancing many
On 12 June the government issued further details of the flexible furlough scheme which will commence on 1 July 2020 and run until the end of October 2020. The revised, flexible scheme allows employees to work for their employer on a part-time basis whilst employers will still be able to make claims under the Coronavirus
Our third video in our series on re-entry following the lockdown looks at how HR and talent management professionals can help organisations ‘getting your employees back to work’
Now we are operating virtually, onboarding will no longer be the same process. Many new recruits may never have visited your offices. Here Louise Carreras explains the process of onboarding your new staff virtually.
Following the Chancellorâs announcement on 29 May 2020 we are pleased to provide a further update on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (âFurlough Schemeâ). Please note that this note is intended to be supplementary to those we have published previously on 7th April 2020 22nd April 2020  5th May 2020 13th May 2020 27th May
We are pleased to provide a further update on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (âFurlough Schemeâ) in response to continuing guidance from the government and HMRC. Please note that this note is intended to be supplementary to those we have published previously on 7th April 2020Â 22nd April 2020 Â 5th May 2020Â 13th May 2020
Our second video in our series on re-entry following the lockdown looks at how HR and talent management professionals can help organisations shape the new normal.
As people start the gradual re-entry into the workplace, HR planning has never been more important. Our MD Kerry Jarred discusses in this video how business leaders can prepare for the challenge.
This fourth note dealing with the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (âFurlough Schemeâ) follows an announcement made by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on 12 May 2020. As has been the case with previous announcements we do not, at the time of writing, know the full details therefore we will publish further updates as we get
We have published two previous Q&As on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (âFurlough Schemeâ) and this third note is intended to give a further update in response to clarifications issued by the government.
With face to face meetings becoming a thing of the past, everything is currently moving online including Managing your Team’s performance. Our associate Louise Carrera’s new video offers 8 top tips on how to Manage your Team’s Performance Virtually and make it effective..
Following on from our series of top tips articles here our associate Euan Graham‘s video offers help on Flexible Working.
Since we last published on the subject of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (âFurlough Schemeâ) there have been a number of changes. We are pleased to provide updated guidance in this note.
Following on from our series of top tips articles we are excited to showcase our new video. Here Louise Carreras offers some top tips on how you can manage a Virtual Vacation Scheme.
Continuing our series of top tips, when you are unable to deal with employee relations face to face, it can add to the challenge. Here we discuss how you can manage employee relations issues when working remotely.
Many clients and friends are either asking us the same question or searching the internet trying to find answers about âFurloughing employeesâ so we thought it appropriate to ask one of our team, Charlotte Spooner, an HR expert, to give us her view on the scheme as it applies to UK based businesses in this
In these challenging times, staying connected with our teams is vital. It is vital for their well-being, for alignment to goals and of course business performance (both in the short and long term). Doing the right thing now, is critical. Experienced managers know that offering sincere feedback face-to-face is an art form; when done via
With the sudden need to stay at home, the idea of running assessment centres has become a more complex one. It doesnât take much to be able to turn your current assessment centre materials into a virtual recruitment experience that shows candidates you are responsive, responsible and ready to adapt. There are some things you
As the world goes further into lock down and more and more people are required to work from home leaders and managers are being faced with how to best manage their teams remotely. For employers used to having people physically present in the office this can add to the strain of running the business when
Thanks to a wide range of technology tools, virtual meetings are accessible and can be very effective. But virtual meetings are different from the face-to-face variety in many ways. For online collaboration to succeed, participants need to communicate differently than they would if everyone were gathered in the same room together.  As many people are
As the weeks carry on into the âslightlyâ unknown territory for many businesses across the globe people are waking up to the fact that things are different. Yet, we all still have businesses to run to support our clients and our teams. Weâve put this article together as a way of pooling some useful tips
Working from Home â 8 Top Tips for making it through the day and achieving all you want. This week has seen a dramatic increase in people working from home, not just here in the UK but across the globe. So how do we get used to the new (albeit) norm? The joy of not