CIPD

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 #coronavirus crisis struck, what were the main concerns of @CIPD  members?

Gemma Dale - Where to begin? Practicalities including getting people working from home, supporting people managers…

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 popular demand), so we thought it might be helpful to bring all of the questions and answers into one place.

Bear in mind that the guidelines surrounding furlough from the government…

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 thank individuals who have delivered exceptional service in the branch. 

Branch chairs can nominate someone on the committee who has gone the extra mile in their role, who has provided…

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 our activities, recognising our environmental impact and carbon footprint. There are two recent examples of this which you may have noticed as CIPD members.

People Management

Since…

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 insight into the HR, OD and L&D profession, working with so many fantastic people throughout the CIPD branch network.

From day 1 I've been amazed and impressed with how so many of…

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 mission.  We’re committed to attracting the best talent; people who will get behind our mission and make it their own. We want to make sure there are no barriers in place for the…

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 us here at the CIPD that all of our members get value from their membership and so I thought I would outline a few ways in which the CIPD have looked to support members over the past year…

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 toward a trusted accountant. He helped me with the decision to either be a sole trader or to establish a limited business - I chose the latter. He also provided advice on tax,…

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, challenges and learning points, particularly when starting out. Here’s what I have learnt so far:

Confession 1: I tried to do too much myself

When I started my business, I made…

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 asking ourselves as managers and directors.

For decades, employers have been focusing on employee engagement in the attempt to help people feel happy, competent and satisfied…

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 at this level. However, if anecdotal evidence is to be believed, only a small handful of them work in HR. Once again the topic of working less than full-time has been raised in an HR group…

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 detail musculoskeletal and eye related ailments affecting Britain’s workforce.

Our research revealed that almost a third of workers are aware that one of their colleagues…

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 second time in 3 years... sighs... and both organisations were/are heading for dissolution as required by government policy.

>We tweet regularly in addition to using…

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 requests for flexibility from men in high-status jobs in order to pursue career development opportunities (such as professional development courses) whereas they were less likely…

By Ian Davidson, Consultant

Introduction
I 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 landscape look like in ten years’ time? Two alternative possibilities collided in my mind: a sort of Matrix like choice of different futures, a red pill or a blue pill? These were:

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