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By Peter Cheese, CEO, CIPD There's little doubt that we'll all see a lot of change in the next 10 years. Much is uncertain and hard to predict, although we can see many of the drivers for change now. From the acceleration of technology in all aspects of business and in our lives, to significant social and political shifts...
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By Charles Cotton, Senior Adviser for Performance and Reward, CIPD CEO pay has been in the spotlight for some time now, but 2020 could be the year that businesses truly wake up to their responsibility to ensure that people throughout their workforce...
By Rachel Suff 21 Jan, 2020 00:01
Most of us spend a large portion of our waking hours at work, and so the quality of the working environment has a significant impact on our well-being. A supportive culture with positive relationships can greatly enhance our experience of work; conflict...
By Katie 17 Jan, 2020 09:45
If you’re in a senior HR executive position, you may be considering taking on a non-executive directorship (NED), either to help strengthen your skills in your day job, add variety, or because you have a long-term plan of moving into a portfoli...
By Peter Cheese 14 Jan, 2020 10:55
By Peter Cheese, CEO, CIPD There's little doubt that we'll all see a lot of change in the next 10 years. Much is uncertain and hard to predict, although we can see many of the drivers for change now. From the acceleration of technology in all aspects...
By Katie 6 Jan, 2020 21:54
If the last few years in politics has taught me anything, it’s that there is absolutely no point predicting anything. So throw those 2020 predictions pieces out the window. Here are some things I hope – not predict – will happen in...
By Scotland 6 Jan, 2020 15:47
By CIPD's Scotland Senior Public Policy Adviser, Marek Zemanik. Around this time of year everybody reflects and looks ahead - to a new year and a new decade. I started this year looking back a bit further. You see, last year marked 30 years since the...
By Reward 3 Dec, 2019 10:16
By Professor Emeritus Stephen J. Perkins, Global Policy Institute, London and London Metropolitan University To make sense of findings from the results in the CIPD 2019 Reward Management Survey report, a useful starting point is to ask how they evidence...
By Scotland 2 Dec, 2019 10:49
By CIPD's Scotland Senior Public Policy Adviser, Marek Zemanik. I am a recovering political adviser. OK, maybe that’s a bit unfair. I have not fought a war, battled addiction or been through a traumatic experience. But the last eight years have been...
By Public Policy 28 Nov, 2019 15:07
Jon Boys , Labour Market Economist at the CIPD. Last week a question time audience member refused to believe that earning over £80,000 put him in the top 5% of earners. In fact, he went further and suggested that he wasn’t in the top 50% and that every...
By Katie 25 Nov, 2019 09:19
In thinking about the impact of technology on the future workplace, it’s a standard response to express concern about a potential lack of humanity and a dystopian, machine-driven future. But at a recent HRD breakfast discussion looking at organ...