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Does HR share the blame for corporate wrongdoing?

Trust in senior executives in multinational companies could take another major knock if theraids this week on the company offices of oil giants BP and Shell by the European Commission result in prosecutions. The raids were over suspicions that executives...

Published 17 May 2013 11:46 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: hr policy and strategy, cipd, HR, CSR, shrm, HR metrics, hr data, HR standards, ANSI, BSI, cost per hire, RBS

#HRTells: You know you work in HR when...

What's the surest sign that you work in HR? What does HR know that other people don't? You know you work in HR when...? I'd love to get your input on the above! Please get in touch with details of your surest HR giveaways (or should we call...

Published 17 May 2013 8:00 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: HR, HR 2.0, hr 24/7, hr rites of passage, hrtells

HR data round-up May 2013: Public sector still leads on annual leave

XpertHR's HR data round-up for May 2013 looks at latest benchmarking data on annual leave entitlements. 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 and HR...

Published 16 May 2013 8:00 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: benchmarking, HR, gdp, Europe, annual leave, HR 2.0, UK, xperthr surveys, cloud, xperthr benchmarkers, big data, hrdata, metrics

Next generation of leaders will be more diverse and collaborative

A report this week based on interviews with global chief executives suggests many organisations are out of touch and complacent about the implications of "generation shift", the retirement of "baby boomer"company leaders and the emergence...

Published 9 May 2013 5:52 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: hr policy and strategy, generation y, HR, leadership, baby boomers, leadership development, Generation X

What's the best recipe for HR success in 2013?

What do you think are the key ingredients for a successful career in HR in 2013? If you had to pick a list of say five essential qualities or characteristics for getting on in HR in 2013, what might they be? I'd love to get your views on this. Please...

Published 3 May 2013 8:00 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: HR, HR 2.0, recipes, hr 24/7

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...

Published 23 Apr 2013 1:29 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

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

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...

Published 19 Apr 2013 7:58 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

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

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...

Published 18 Apr 2013 1:41 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

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

What is the collective noun for HR folk?

A murder of crows. A superfluity of nuns. A drunkenship of cobblers. There are an awful lot of poetic, pleasing and outright odd collective nouns out there (see this exhaustive Wikipedia list of collective nouns for proof). But there is not, as yet, a...

Published 12 Apr 2013 10:45 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: HR, HR 2.0, hr 24/7

The HR data tapes (5): The best #HRdata posts, January to March 2013

Minimum wages, peak jobs, data explosions and doubling the value of HR metrics. These are among the topics spotlighted in the latest instalment of the HR data tapes - my quarterly round-up of the best and most interesting HR data posts! The latest quarterly...

Published 12 Apr 2013 8:00 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: HR, blogs, HR 2.0, UK, hr 24/7, big data, hrdata, hr technology

Leadership: four reasons HR should worry about future leaders

There has been a rash of reports on leadership recently showing it is the top priority among HR directors. Taken together, the studies offer clues as to why there are widespread concerns about leadership quality. The reports, which were all published...

Published 11 Apr 2013 3:47 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: executive pay, hr policy and strategy, HR, leadership, talent management, HR strategy, leadership development, quotas, gender equality

Will a new journal on evidence based HR management change HR?

This month sees the launch of a new academic journal on evidence based HR management (EBHRM) , published by Emerald. Why is this happening at this point in time, and what impact can the journal have on HR practice? Editor in chief Thomas Lange says: "The...

Published 8 Apr 2013 11:55 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: hr policy and strategy, talent, HR, leadership, talent management, HR strategy, Evidence based HR, EBHR, EBHRM

HR lessons from Star Wars

There's a lot that HR can learn from the Star Wars saga. The Star Wars series of films has assumed a very influential role in the minds, imaginations and hearts of a great number of people worldwide. So why should the world of HR be any exception...

Published 5 Apr 2013 2:55 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: HR, star wars, jedihr

Employee engagement surveys are dead, long live social media?

Will social media give employees a voice in their organisations in a way that employee opinion surveys have failed to do? This is a key question in research published in March by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development . The study, carried...

Published 4 Apr 2013 11:21 AM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: hr policy and strategy, employee engagement, cipd, HR, hr data, organisational change, HR and social media, McKinsey

When does the HR business partner model damage employee engagement?

For well over a decade HR chiefs have fought to win business partner status but evidence is growing that the recession has led to too simplistic an interpretation of what being a business partner is about. This is a key argument in an article by Philip...

Published 28 Mar 2013 3:47 PM by XpertHR - Employment Intelligence

Filed under: hr policy and strategy, employee engagement, HR, hr data, HR analytics, HR business partner, business partner

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