Board games can energise and involve participants far more than role plays and flip-charting can. Could this be why the...
Ross Wigham
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Compulsory mediation looks set to become the government’s latest weapon in the long-running battle to reduce the number of employment...
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Off-the-shelf leadership development programmes can appear attractive. But, in the long run, bespoke ones may offer a better fit.
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When the North East Ambulance Trust went through a major merger, its senior management decided leadership training for A&E team leaders was a must. It turned to the private sector for assistance.
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Manufacturing: what can be done to save the manufacturing sector in the UK
by Ross Wighamby Ross WighamOnce a mainstay of the British economy, the manufacturing sector has been facing huge challenges in recent times. Trade unions...
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HR professionals must be more proactive if they are to head off a predicted rise in bullying claims, following the...
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The dramatic U-turn over the compensation laws covering asbestos victims may have been prompted by an emotional plea to prime...
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Department for Work and Pensions insists there are no plans for ethnic quotas
by Ross Wighamby Ross WighamThe Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is reassuring employers that it has no plans to introduce ethnic quotas or...
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Employers’ procedures for evacuating staff during an emergency are outdated and unsuitable for dealing with modern-day threats, despite the growing...
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Long-term fixed contracts that extend beyond four years could soon become a thing of the past, according to a leading...
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A senior director at a consultancy firm has revealed how an HR-led occupational health scheme run by the company probably saved her life.
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Trade unions have demanded that the government keeps its promise to award them £5m to help boost the role of equality representatives in the run-up to the launch of a new single equality body next year.
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Trade unions plan to play major part in roll-out of new combined equality body
by Ross Wighamby Ross WighamWhen the Commission for Equality and Human Rights comes into being the unions are expecting to play an important role in its regional outposts.
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Government and employers should work together to improve employee health and reduce the cost of sickness and incapacity to the economy.
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Ross Wigham weighs up the benefits of organisations gaining external accreditation for their training courses