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Last laugh—Talking pill bottles and bosnian potatoes
Add to Session workbookTime in the tech trenches taught Terry Williams there is a lot of smoke and mirrors. To temper his infectious enthusiasm for all things tech, he looks back to a time when the internet was touted as “the next big thing”, and finds he may have something to fear about automation.
Subscribe to read this articleThe panel—Is minding your manners all that important?
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On the job—Right from the heart
Add to Session workbookBeing a business consultant is a challenging role, but Redvespa’s Jamie and Sarah Gibson are doing all they can to ensure caring is a core value of the company. Raewyn Court talks to them about making a difference.
Subscribe to read this articleWhy matter still matters
Add to Session workbookResearch worldwide reveals the strategic importance of managing the coupling of the social and material aspects of work, says Colleen Mills. She explores the influence the physical aspects of workplaces can exert on workers’ thinking and finds that matter still matters.
Read this articleThe introverted leader
Add to Session workbookIt’s the extroverted individuals who are often noticed (and promoted) in our organisations. But all is not lost, says Douglas Lang. He shares some strategies the introverts among us can adopt to “make our voices heard”.
Subscribe to read this articleLeadership development—Falling in love with business goals
Add to Session workbookNow and in the future we can create better leaders through leadership development, says Lindy MacLennan. She explains why effective investment in our leaders is crucial if they are to keep up with a changing world.
Read this articleTaking the high road
Add to Session workbookLeadership isn’t what it used to be, or what it is going to be, say Ruth Donde and Graham Hart. And leadership development is not a training programme or an initiative. It requires continued practise and learning to match the current context.
Subscribe to read this articleThe power of the mind—It’s time to disrupt and reframe
Add to Session workbookThere’s only one thing holding us back from taking the next step in our career—it’s ourselves, says Rebecca Morris. Be bold, she says. Take the leap to truly understand—and disrupt—the person you are.
Subscribe to read this articleHow to build an effective analytics team
Add to Session workbookWith a 2017 PWC CEO survey referring to the job market for data scientists and analytics as an area of “hyper growth”, it’s clear that many organisations are staffing up their analytics teams—but is there a best practice way to do it? Mike Parsons offers some guidance.
Subscribe to read this articleMeasure for measure
Add to Session workbookWhat gets measured gets managed. Stephen Moore examines the benefits of using people analytics to transform HR’s role and bottom line contribution.
Read this articleThe real-world learning revolution
Add to Session workbookLearning is undergoing a revolution thanks to technological advances in social collaboration, interactivity, personalisation and predictive analysis. So why are we still clinging to the lessons of the past? Olivier Pestel has some answers.
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Book Review — HR: Disrupted. It’s time for something different
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Add to Session workbookHR technology—Heads in the cloud
Add to Session workbookCloud computing is here to stay, says Tony Meredith. It’s rich in functionality and it provides a more dynamic way to meet the changes of business. If you’ve yet to embark on your cloud journey, he outlines some things to think about to ensure plain sailing.
Subscribe to read this articleStrategic HR—From employment to gig
Add to Session workbookTechnology is playing the broker role in the growing gig economy, connecting those who need something done with those who can do it. It’s a two-way marketplace that puts power back into the users’ hands, says Mark Jeffries. Employers need to be aware of the shifts in the 21st century workforce, and explore the benefits of tapping into a wealth of short-term contractors.
Subscribe to read this articleHRINZ news—Doing the right thing as leaders do
Add to Session workbookBeing an effective and influential leader means having the ability to manage yourself effectively, but also that you’re able to adapt your leadership style to your team members’ personalities and their ways of working, says Chris Till.
Subscribe to read this articlePublic sector—Have I been dismissed?
Add to Session workbookAn employer needs to tread carefully when an employee resigns suddenly, says Paul Robertson. He looks at the case of a preschool teacher who stormed from a meeting saying she would resign “next week”, then claimed she had been illegally dismissed, despite her employer offering to talk things through.
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