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Karen Dempsey

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    Make sure blogging doesn’t land you in trouble

    by Karen Dempsey 3 Apr 2007
    by Karen Dempsey 3 Apr 2007

    ‘Internet’ and ‘job’ are generally mentioned in the same sentence when it comes to recruitment advertisements. But it emerges that...

    • HR strategy

    Top marks from staff must deliver to bottom line

    by Karen Dempsey 20 Mar 2007
    by Karen Dempsey 20 Mar 2007

    Achieving high employee engagement scores is likely to be on every HR director’s priority list. After all, making your organisation...

    • Bullying and harassment
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Latest News

    Government comes under pressure to make discrimination against obese people illegal

    by Karen Dempsey 13 Mar 2007
    by Karen Dempsey 13 Mar 2007

    The government is coming under increasing pressure to make ‘fattism’ unlawful after The Obesity Awareness & Solutions Trust (TOAST) stepped up...

    • Bullying and harassment
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Health and safety

    Employers ignore the social stigma on obesity

    by Karen Dempsey 9 Mar 2007
    by Karen Dempsey 9 Mar 2007

    There is a huge social stigma attached to obesity, and employers aren’t doing enough to tackle it.That’s the finding of...

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Opinion

    Diversity: Forcing the issue is the only way to embrace it

    by Karen Dempsey 6 Mar 2007
    by Karen Dempsey 6 Mar 2007

    I was on the judging panel recently for a diversity award, and it became clear from the tone and detail...

    • HR practice
    • Opinion
    • Relationships at work

    New breed of boss reveals trust is more effective than command

    by Karen Dempsey 20 Feb 2007
    by Karen Dempsey 20 Feb 2007

    ‘Command and control’ has become a ‘dirty’ concept in management thinking. In the old days of running a business, the...

    • Recruitment & retention
    • Opinion

    Spend more time getting your recruitment strategy right to avoid hiring the wrong person

    by Karen Dempsey 6 Feb 2007
    by Karen Dempsey 6 Feb 2007

    We’ve all been there: hired someone you thought was perfect, who made all the right noises at interview, and who...

    • HR practice
    • HR strategy
    • Opinion

    If only work could engage staff as much as Big Brother

    by Karen Dempsey 23 Jan 2007
    by Karen Dempsey 23 Jan 2007

    It can be hard enough to motivate your staff at the best of times. But it gets even harder when...

    • HR practice
    • Learning & development
    • Opinion

    Bursary on offer to lucky Personnel Today reader

    by Karen Dempsey 16 Jan 2007
    by Karen Dempsey 16 Jan 2007

    It’s not every day you get the chance of winning an £18,000 prize, but that is what’s on offer to...

    • Learning & development
    • Opinion

    Investing in skills should be your top resolution

    by Karen Dempsey 9 Jan 2007
    by Karen Dempsey 9 Jan 2007

    Training. Development. Upskilling. Whatever you want to call it, improving the skills of our workforces has to be the top...

    • Economics, government & business
    • Opinion

    Leitch Review is a kick up the backside for business

    by Karen Dempsey 12 Dec 2006
    by Karen Dempsey 12 Dec 2006

    If HR is waiting for a hot opportunity to show how strategic it is, then the Leitch Review is it....

    • HR practice
    • Opinion

    Put policies in place to avert Christmas party disasters

    by Karen Dempsey 5 Dec 2006
    by Karen Dempsey 5 Dec 2006

    Has the tinsel got you twitching yet? Mince pies getting you in a mess? The first mention of mistletoe and...

    • Personnel Today
    • The HR profession
    • Opinion

    HR heroes can’t mask delight at winning awards

    by Karen Dempsey 28 Nov 2006
    by Karen Dempsey 28 Nov 2006

    I took a moment out of last week’s Personnel Today Awards ceremony to soak up the atmosphere after all the...

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    • HR practice
    • Personnel Today

    Transatlantic Olympic gold-medal rower James Cracknell reveals hidden depths explaining importance of mental strength to Personnel Today HR Directors Club briefing

    by Karen Dempsey 17 Nov 2006
    by Karen Dempsey 17 Nov 2006

    Rowing across the Atlantic pushed Olympic gold medal-winning rower James Cracknell to draw on reserves of mental strength he never...

    • HR practice
    • Job evaluation

    A little less conversation a little more action please: Leadership survey results

    by Karen Dempsey 7 Nov 2006
    by Karen Dempsey 7 Nov 2006

    Our 360-Degree Appraisal of HR revealed what your senior leaders thought about you. But what do you make of them? Karen Dempsey reports.

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