CIPD

I took on the volunteer role of Branch Chair for the CIPD Leicestershire branch in the Summer of 2020 – this was something a bit unusual for us as our committee had been operating successfully without a chair for the previous three years. Howev...

Louise Sorrell is HR Business Director at Badenoch + Clark. The economic shockwaves of the pandemic have forced many organisations to make redundancies. Often, it’s not a reflection of those employees&rsq...

Professor David Clutterbuck Chartered CCIPD is a pioneer in coaching and mentoring, an author and speaker, and practice lead for Coaching and Mentoring International Ltd.Fast on the heels of becoming a Chartered Companion of CIPD, I re...

Natalie Ellis Assoc CIPD, is the author of 'Launch Your HR Career' and runs HR Consultancy, Rebox HR. I decided to embark on a career in HR nearly 15 years ago and secured my first job by selling the transferrable skills...

By Margaret Walsh FCIPD, managing director at Margaret Walsh Consulting So much is expected of line managers, particularly in these turbulent pandemic times as businesses have to adapt quickly and with great agility to ever changing economic and soci...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

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...