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Should bad HR practitioners be struck off by a new regulatory body?

Should there be a body that can strike off useless HR managers, as with the GMC for doctors or the NMC for nurses? HR practitioner Paul Kearns thinks so. He has written a book that passionately advocates more professionalism in HR and in management generally...

Posted to XpertHR's Employment Intelligence blog by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence on 23 Apr 2013

Filed under: hr policy and strategy, HR, human capital, evidence-based HR, HR standards, Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust report

Can the fallacies of a performance appraisal be rectified?

Let us face it: no appraisal is really objective or transparent. Am I dropping a bombshell by making this claim? Maybe. But I don’t intend to be politically correct by saying something to the contrary. I have known in the many years of my experience...

Posted to Russel Stuart by Russel Stuart on 23 Apr 2013

Filed under: appraisal parameters, hr management, hr training, performance appraisal

Caste discrimination

Section 9(5) of the Equality Act 2010 contains a power for the government to legislate to include caste as an aspect of race discrimination. There has been controversy over whether caste can be included as an aspect of race discrimination (…) Read...

Posted to Laurie Anstis by Work/Life/Law on 23 Apr 2013

Filed under: employment law, discrimination, employment tribunals

Strategic Employee Recognition Critical to Strong Manager/Employee Relationships

Recognise This! – Gallup research shows “best” managers empower, recognise and communicate with their employees regularly, supported by an effective performance management system. If present trends continue, this week’s series...

Posted to DerekIrvineGloboforce by DerekIrvineGloboforce on 23 Apr 2013

Filed under: performance management, gallup research, employee recognition and rewards, empowering managers, management tools

Employee-shareholder contract proposals: Death by 'parliamentary ping-pong'?

Having been resurrected by the House of Commons last week, could it now be the case that the Coalition Government's controversial employee-shareholder contract proposals face death by "parliamentary ping-pong" (to borrow an evocative phrase...

Posted to XpertHR's Employment Intelligence blog by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence on 23 Apr 2013

Filed under: UK, employee-shareholder contract

My 10 top HR tweets (April 2013 edition)

You'd be amazed at just how much great HR knowledge, wit and insight is shared via Twitter on a daily basis. Just like tweets in general, HR tweets can be wise, silly, inspiring or provocative (and/or so much more besides!). Some people can absolutely...

Posted to XpertHR's Employment Intelligence blog by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence on 23 Apr 2013

Filed under: twitter, social networking, social media, HR 2.0, UK, hr 24/7

And the Travel Travails Award Goes To….

Recognise This! – Irritating, exhausting situations can be made better by those around us who choose a good attitude. Find a way to thank those who make your day better. A large part of my role as a consultant on strategic, social recognition is...

Posted to DerekIrvineGloboforce by DerekIrvineGloboforce on 22 Apr 2013

Filed under: appreciation, recognizing others, the power of recognition

New XpertHR research shows flexible working is available in most workplaces

Normal 0 false false false EN-GB JA X-NONE In its Children and Families Bill, published on 5 February 2013, the Government committed to extending the right to flexible working for all employees from 2014. Our new XpertHR research on flexible working explores...

Posted to XpertHR's Employment Intelligence blog by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence on 22 Apr 2013

Filed under: employee rights, flexible working, hr policy and strategy

What is Social HR?

I'm not normally very good at remembering to send posts to HR Carnivals , but this month this is being done by Anita Lettink who I think generates some very interesting ideas for HR, so it's one that I particularly wanted to enter into. Oh, and...

Posted to Jon Ingham: HCM Consultant by HR to HR 2.0 and Human Capital (HCM) on 22 Apr 2013

Increasing employee motivation: three steps for line managers

Last month, I looked at three common mistakes made by line managers when it comes to employee motivation . This explored how line managers underestimate the effect they can have on employee motivation and effort. A team away day is not the only answer...

Posted to XpertHR's Employment Intelligence blog by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence on 19 Apr 2013

Filed under: motivation, line managers, feedback, role design

HR data round-up April 2013: Pay forecasts, benchmarking and the best HR data posts!

XpertHR's HR data round-up for April 2013 looks at pay forecast data for 2013/2014. We also provide links to all the latest additions to XpertHR Benchmarking and present our regular round-up of the best HR data blog posts. How will your organisation's...

Posted to XpertHR's Employment Intelligence blog by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence on 19 Apr 2013

Filed under: benchmarking, HR, blogs, pay, HR 2.0, xperthr surveys, hr 24/7, pay forecast, hrdata

Rutgers Scandal Shows Employers Must Not Drop the Ball (Part 3): Transparency

The recent firing of Rutgers University basketball coach Mike Rice , but only after a video surfaced of him physically hitting players, throwing basketballs at them and hurling repeated homophobic epithets is a virtual primer of what NOT to do from an...

Posted to XpertHR's Employment Intelligence blog by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence on 18 Apr 2013

Filed under: usa, bullying, handling investigations, hostile environment, transparency

Intentions for Building and Sustaining a Strong Company Culture Will Fail without a Process to Back It Up

Recognise This! – Give all employees the tools and systems needed to reinforce your desired culture every day for everyone. Your company leadership makes a commitment to build a strong culture. They understand how powerful of a differentiator culture...

Posted to DerekIrvineGloboforce by DerekIrvineGloboforce on 18 Apr 2013

Filed under: strategic recognition, employee recognition and reward, onboarding, company culture, social recognition, culture stewardship, peer recognition, sustaining culture over time

Ditch "best practice" before HR is replaced by "talent intelligence analysts"

Are we hearing the death knell for "best practice" in HR. The topic has been "trending" this month in HR circles. For example, management consultancy KPMG promoted a new white paper, "Tune in to Talent" with a press release...

Posted to XpertHR's Employment Intelligence blog by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence on 18 Apr 2013

Filed under: linkedin, hr policy and strategy, cipd, good practice, HR, talent management, HR strategy, Evidence based HR, best practice, KPMG, best practice HR, good practice HR

Shares For Rights – Government quietly revives one of its stupidest ideas

Remember the government’s ‘shares for employment rights’ idea? It was rejected by almost every business surveyed during the consultation, many coming to the same conclusions as I did when it was first announced. The House of Lords thought...

Posted to Rick by Flip Chart Fairy Tales on 18 Apr 2013

Filed under: Uncategorized

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Should bad HR practitioners be struck off by a new regulatory body?

Can the fallacies of a performance appraisal be rectified?

Caste discrimination

Strategic Employee Recognition Critical to Strong Manager/Employee Relationships

Employee-shareholder contract proposals: Death by 'parliamentary ping-pong'?

My 10 top HR tweets (April 2013 edition)

And the Travel Travails Award Goes To….

New XpertHR research shows flexible working is available in most workplaces

What is Social HR?

Increasing employee motivation: three steps for line managers

HR data round-up April 2013: Pay forecasts, benchmarking and the best HR data posts!

Rutgers Scandal Shows Employers Must Not Drop the Ball (Part 3): Transparency

Intentions for Building and Sustaining a Strong Company Culture Will Fail without a Process to Back It Up

Ditch "best practice" before HR is replaced by "talent intelligence analysts"

Shares For Rights – Government quietly revives one of its stupidest ideas