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#AskTheCIPD 13 May 2020 – questions and answers from our Twitter Q&As on 'Support for CIPD members during the current crisis - and beyond.'
CIPD Member Blog
Our experts answering today's questions include Gemma Dale, HR leader, speaker, writer and award-winning blogger. Gemma is a Chartered Fellow of the CIPD. Joining Gemma is David D’Souza, Membership Director of the CIPD.Q1 When the #coronavi...
15 May 2020
#AskTheCIPD – questions and answers from our Twitter Q&As on Furlough
Amy Humphreys
To help our members and followers navigate these uncertain times we have been running a series of Twitter Q&As, with the help of both internal and external experts in the respective fields. Two of our Q&As have discussed furlough (due to popu...
17 Apr 2020
Outstanding Contribution Award for branch volunteers
CIPD Member Blog
By Alexandra Carr, Community Lead, Branch Development. We know that all branch volunteers work hard, and we are grateful for the difference committee members make in Championing Better Work and Working Lives, so we have created an award to than...
25 Feb 2020
The CIPD is committed to becoming more environmentally conscious
CIPD Member Blog
By Oli Howard, Membership Strategy Lead. As an organisation, the CIPD is committed to becoming more environmentally conscious. We’re working with our staff, members, partners and stakeholders on our approach to sustainability across all ou...
30 Oct 2019
Farewell Richard: The importance of our volunteers and branches
CIPD Member Blog
By CIPD's Richard Goldsbrough, Senior Membership Manager.I am now into my last week with the CIPD, having worked in the membership development team here for just over 5 years. In that time I’ve been incredibly lucky to get a real insi...
24 Oct 2019
Diversity & Inclusion at the CIPD: Update, July 2019
CIPD Member Blog
By Brad Taylor, Director of People and OD, CIPD At the CIPD, our mission is to champion better work and working lives for everyone. And that mission needs to start with us. We strive to provide a workplace and working practices that reflect our missi...
8 Jul 2019
Understanding membership value
CIPD Member Blog
By Richard Goldsbrough, Senior Membership Manager, CIPD I’ve been having lots of conversations in recent weeks with members, talking about value for money and how they can get more from their CIPD membership. It’s really important to...
18 Jun 2019
Making the switch to self-employment
CIPD Member Blog
By Phil Marsland Moving from a successful career in house to creating and running my own business was a huge step. Practically and psychologically. Practically I needed sound advice and I was fortunate to have a business mentor, who pointed me towar...
12 Feb 2019
Confessions and learning points form an HR Consultant
CIPD Member Blog
By
Kay Heald
I recently celebrated 13 years in business and this milestone prompted me to reflect on the highs and lows of being my own boss and operating as an independent HR Consultant. It has been a great journey, but shaped by mistakes, challenge...
1 Feb 2019
Building resilience, happiness and wellbeing in your workplace
CIPD Member Blog
By
Bibi Martin
, founder of
BM Interim Management
, with over 10 years of expertise in the SME industry. How can I ask my employee to take care of customers if I am not asking him to take care of his own health? - is the question we should all be ask...
21 Nov 2014
Want to work flexibly? Avoid a career in HR
CIPD Member Blog
By Anna Meller
@GrownUpBalance
> Being the change you want to see in the (working) world Over six million UK women work part-time – some even reaching the heady heights of senior management, although numbers drop off sharply ...
9 Sep 2014
Are You Sitting Comfortably At Your Workstation?
Health and Well-being
By Robert Stebbings, Communications Manager,
Post Office Shop
According to the
Work Foundation
, back pain alone costs the UK economy £7bn a year in work-related absences so the
Post Office Shop
decided to commission a survey exploring in more ...
7 Mar 2014
TLC – Twitter, Leadership and Communication
CIPD Member Blog
By Annette Hill, CIPD Charted Fellow As a seasoned HR and OD professional in the public sector, I suppose I shouldn't be surprised to find myself leading the 'HR work stream' for major structural change to my organisation. This is the ...
6 Dec 2013
Men more likely to be given flexible schedules
Reward Blogger
By Adam Sorensen, World at Work A new study published in the Journal of Social Issues finds that managers are more likely to grant male employees’ requests for flexible work schedules. Researchers found that managers are most likely to approve...
24 Jul 2013
A time travelled reward strategy; Who?
Reward Blogger
By Ian Davidson, Consultant IntroductionI was listening to the excellent “Dr Who at the Proms” on the radio. The music was evocative of different times and alien terrains. A thought struck me; what would the reward land...
24 Jul 2013