Blogging about the issues that matter to HR and L&D
Over the coming weeks, we’ll be sharing the results of our Membership Survey and doing a deep dive into the key areas. Ahead of that series of posts, I wanted to share with you some of our recent highlights, especially around the areas of communication, providing useful...
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17 May, 2019 12:00
By Public Policy 6 hours ago
By Brad Taylor, Director of People and OD at the CIPD. Within organisations across the UK, there is a growing need to support the mental health of their employees. In the last year, 39% of UK employees experienced mental-ill-health where work was a contributing...
By Rachel Suff 4 days ago
By Rachel Suff and Claire McCartney, advisers at the CIPD The menopause is an urgent workplace issue that all employers should be taking seriously. Half the workforce is female, which means half the workforce will go through the menopause at some stage...
By Katie 8 Oct, 2019 12:48
There’s no shortage of data telling a story around a skills mismatch between employers and the labour force. The last annual (2018) CBI/Pearson report on skills and education found that two-thirds of employers fear there will be a lack of suffi...
By Rachel Suff 8 Oct, 2019 11:25
The focus of this year’s World Mental Health Day is on suicide prevention. Suicide can be an uncomfortable issue to address – but it is a vital that we raise awareness about it in the workplace. According to the World Health Organization , someone loses...
By Research Blog 25 Sep, 2019 13:30
An Introduction Susannah and Philippa share the role of Head of Academic Quality at Nottingham Trent University , managing a team of 12. Both had many years' experience in the Higher Education sector before forming a job-share partnership, and Susannah...
By Jonny 20 Sep, 2019 11:30
I’m intrigued, slightly surprised, that ‘sponsoring’ is seen as a progressive solution for workforce diversity. In her generally excellent book on gender equality interventions, Iris Bohnet advocates not just mentoring but more active sponsorship to...
By Katie 19 Sep, 2019 16:38
Cliches become cliches for a reason, and ‘culture eats strategy for breakfast’ is one such example. As experts within the people profession, you will know culture is multifaceted; that it is hard to define, harder to measure – but ...
By Cas Carrington 17 Sep, 2019 16:38
Just when you thought that things couldn’t get any worse Brexit-wise, it now appears that we may be back to the impasse of neither staying nor leaving the EU in the near future. Last time I blogged, I did hold out some hope that we’d be moving in one...
By Scotland 12 Sep, 2019 14:30
By John McGurk, currently on sabbatical from the CIPD. I have behaved curiously all my life. By curious I don’t mean unexplained weird behaviour or some kind of curtain twitching nosiness. I mean that I always want to learn and explore things. Though...
By Public Policy 6 Sep, 2019 09:38
By Dr Aideen Young, Evidence Manager, the Centre for Ageing Better Our research shows that workers in later life want work that they find personally meaningful, intellectually stimulating and sociable. They want jobs that are flexible and come with opportunities...