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Karen Dempsey

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    • Employee relations
    • HR practice
    • Psychological contract

    Performance management: play to their strengths

    by Karen Dempsey 6 Aug 2007
    by Karen Dempsey 6 Aug 2007

    Is it possible to improve employee engagement and retention simply by focusing on what staff are good at? Karen Dempsey...

    • HR strategy
    • Talent management

    Top tips for retaining your best talent

    by Karen Dempsey 6 Aug 2007
    by Karen Dempsey 6 Aug 2007

    Rik Burrage, managing director of consultancy Grass Roots, offers his top tips for motivating employees.

    • Learning & development
    • Opinion
    • Training programme design

    Why it’s vital to have the right training in place

    by Karen Dempsey 24 Jul 2007
    by Karen Dempsey 24 Jul 2007

    It is interesting how, when training makes the news, it is often depicted as either the saviour or the scapegoat...

    • Economics, government & business
    • Skills shortages
    • Opinion

    Editor’s comment: Delivery of skills is still the main debate for HR

    by Karen Dempsey 17 Jul 2007
    by Karen Dempsey 17 Jul 2007

    We predicted at the beginning of this year that skills would be a top priority for businesses in 2007.Half way...

    • HR practice
    • The HR profession
    • Opinion

    Top 40 Power Players know how to make a difference

    by Karen Dempsey 19 Jun 2007
    by Karen Dempsey 19 Jun 2007

    It was a privilege and a delight to be among the great and the good of HR at our VIP...

    • HR practice
    • HR strategy
    • Opinion

    Will the HR species evolve or become obsolete?

    by Karen Dempsey 12 Jun 2007
    by Karen Dempsey 12 Jun 2007

    There was some debate at Personnel Today’s HR Directors Club ‘thought leadership’ dinner at London Zoo last week about the future status...

    • Coaching and mentoring
    • Learning & development
    • Opinion

    HR needs to calculate the return on investment in coaching

    by Karen Dempsey 5 Jun 2007
    by Karen Dempsey 5 Jun 2007

    Fancy a new career as a coach? Seems like a good option: do the relevant course, brand yourself ‘executive coach’,...

    • HR strategy
    • Employer branding
    • Opinion

    McDonald’s shows how HR can raise its game

    by Karen Dempsey 29 May 2007
    by Karen Dempsey 29 May 2007

    Whether you ever personally set foot in a McDonald’s restaurant or consume its much-maligned food, it’s hard not to have...

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion

    Opportunity Now gender diversity award winners 2007

    by Karen Dempsey 8 May 2007
    by Karen Dempsey 8 May 2007

    The Opportunity Now awards celebrate best practice in gender diversity in the workplace. We showcase some of the winning organisations, which prove that embracing diversity can boost creativity, innovation and the bottom line. By Karen Dempsey.

    • Bullying and harassment
    • HR practice
    • Opinion

    Don’t issue blanket ban on mild ribbing banter in the workplace

    by Karen Dempsey 8 May 2007
    by Karen Dempsey 8 May 2007

    When we decided to carry out a light-hearted survey about what physical characteristics are and are not acceptable to tease...

    • Bullying and harassment
    • HR practice

    Personnel Today ‘teasing’ survey finds UK workplace is becoming increasingly ‘lookist’

    by Karen Dempsey 7 May 2007
    by Karen Dempsey 7 May 2007

    Inspired by hit TV show Ugly Betty, our latest survey suggests that workplaces are becoming increasingly 'lookist'. If you have ever been teased because of your hair colour or dress sense, our results should strike a chord, as Karen Dempsey reports.

    • HR strategy
    • The HR profession

    What’s in a name: ‘HR’ or ‘personnel’? Does it really matter?

    by Karen Dempsey 1 May 2007
    by Karen Dempsey 1 May 2007

    The sign on the door of some HR departments changes more often than the people behind it. So why does HR devote so much energy to the great job title debate?

    • HR practice
    • HR strategy
    • Leadership

    Leadership focus: Learning to listen is the key to becoming a top leader

    by Karen Dempsey 24 Apr 2007
    by Karen Dempsey 24 Apr 2007

    Leadershitp courses often meet with mixed results, but on programme has consistently attracted rave reviews. In our road-test, Karen Dempsey finds out what the fuss is all about.

    • Latest News
    • HR strategy
    • Human capital

    Any questions on human capital management?

    by Karen Dempsey 20 Apr 2007
    by Karen Dempsey 20 Apr 2007

    Is there anything you wanted to know about human capital management but were afraid to ask? Well, now’s your chance....

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Family-friendly working
    • Opinion

    Flexible working for women: Status fear is driving them to extremes

    by Karen Dempsey 10 Apr 2007
    by Karen Dempsey 10 Apr 2007

    Forget men behaving badly. It’s now women working flexibly that are prompting the hottest debates in today’s workplace.
    We ran...

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