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Peter Crush	Discussions from the deputy (7 posts)	Bah Humbug! A couple of weeks ago, I had what I thought was going to be a lovely week off work. The plan was to spend... 11-12-2008 Replies 1 Brand and Ross - It's our fault not HR's It doesn’t take a genius to work out that something isn’t quite right about the media furore surrounding... 30-10-2008 Replies 0 Nothing but the Truth A long time ago I realised that when people said things like ‘oh, I’m really shy’, or ‘I’m not really... 17-10-2008 Replies 1 Bottom line or Better brand? For a dumbed-down version of ‘The Apprentice’, ITV1’s brazen copy, Natural Born Sellers – the show that... 03-10-2008 Replies 0 Baby blues This week, I can honestly say I’ve shaken more rattles and sniffed more sudocrem than I can care to remember... 03-09-2008 Replies 0
The Suit	Man in a suit (26 posts)	Agreeing with Nick I'm glued to the current election coverage which has increased to a furious, confused mess of prediction... 20-04-2010 Replies 0 Please ensure all dogmas are kept on a lead I was interested to read the assertion by Theos on the HR magazine website that 32% of employees think... 19-03-2010 Replies 0 A godsen, noun, a useful employee benefit that doesn't quite go far enough I've been trying to scale the complexities of the childcare voucher scheme this week as my eldest... 19-01-2010 Replies 0 Normal service will resume shortly As the snow and ice has turned my daily form of transport from an energy efficient miracle to a two wheeled... 14-01-2010 Replies 0 Unhealthy workforces and other recipes I am struggling to find anything particular interesting to write about today. Not much has changed then... 15-12-2009 Replies 1
lisa griffin	Diary of a flexible worker (3 posts)	I've had better weeks! Last week was one of those weeks where everything seemed to go wrong! It started with two very early... 14-10-2008 Replies 1 re: Noisy neighbours reading your blgos , they quite funny they make me laugh, sounds like a good sitcom, lol 27-09-2008 Replies 5 another busy week ! i worked two mornings on busy wards this week, with lots of patients but i was working with some realy... 27-09-2008 Replies 0 Diary of a flexible worker i work at the local hospital for a few hours a week, whilst also caring for my physically disabled son... 19-09-2008 Replies 0
David Woods	Generation why? (5 posts)	re: New beginnings Congratulations from all the HR magazine team David! And all the best of luck for your new career. 11-01-2010 Replies 4 What's the point of HR? Join the debate I read an interesting but concerning article in The Times on Monday, entitled ‘ HR departments: I never... 06-10-2009 Replies 1 Human Remains? A reader, who is head of HR at his organisation, has contacted me to ask for some advice on job titles... 17-08-2009 Replies 1 Every Dave has his day Everyday I arrive work to a never ending deluge of emails, but I received quite a seemingly interesting... 27-04-2009 Replies 0 The animal in the office? I read an interesting news story this week, which I think is an argument against Darwin's theory... 19-11-2008 Replies 0
David Millner	Commercial HR (6 posts)	Performance Management - We Make It So Complicated! Performance management is the one subject that always get a reaction from HR professionals and line managers... 09-08-2010 Replies 1 HR: Sell Yourself to Top Management! When HR says that they want to be strategic this means having an impact upon the key deliverables that... 23-03-2010 Replies 1 Who are HR's Customers? It's not unusual for HR functions to debate for hours about “who is their customer?” For HR functions... 24-02-2010 Replies 2 Revenue is as Important as Cost Management! HR is supposed to be more strategic these days and yet historically its’ focus has tended to be focused... 09-02-2010 Replies 0 HR - Make Some Noise! I blogged previously about the perception of HR. I'm sure you have read the infamous 2005 Fast Company... 13-01-2010 Replies 0
David Jones	Worker's Woes (70 posts)	I'm back! Howdy everyone; I thought I'd write a quick update on life in the fast lane. The job is going very... 04-04-2010 Replies 0 Appeal I don't expect you thought I'd be back so soon. This is not about work but charity. I am running... 17-01-2010 Replies 0 New beginnings Here we are: the end. In early November I was contacted about a job from a company responding to one... 10-01-2010 Replies 4 New year, new....? Happy new year to one and all and this to be my penultimate blog (well, maybe?). This weekly blog is... 03-01-2010 Replies 3 To sign-on, or to not sign-on? Unemployment figures are still not making wonderful reading. They are unchanged over the last quarter... 20-12-2009 Replies 1
Ash Raise	Sage of Stupid (10 posts)	Earth Overshoot Day - Business and business teaching must respond The fact that Earth Overshoot Day arrives one month earlier this year should be a wake- up call for Boardrooms... 27-08-2010 Replies 0 Trendspotting at the United Nations Global Compact 2010 Leaders’ Summit, and the implications for business schools Sitting in the United Nations Global Compact 2010 Leaders’ Summit, I am reminded of something I heard... 01-07-2010 Replies 0 Management education needs to change according to new CEO study In 2008, the United Nations invited Ashridge and others to lead a CEO survey to understand the perspectives... 29-06-2010 Replies 1 Delusion is the solution, apparently... I have a problem with what Gordon Brown and David Cameron have been saying recently. Keen to compete... 14-01-2010 Replies 2 Leadership for tomorrow's organisation I am preparing the literature search element of a research project on “leadership and tomorrow’s organisations... 04-11-2009 Replies 1
Serpico	HR Confidential (8 posts)	HR - Guardian Of Organisational Values As we turn the tide into 2010 I was discussing with other experts at an employee engagement event the... 28-12-2009 Replies 1 Out Of The Mouths Of Babes, Celebrities And Others… I was asked to attend an event at which a “celebrity” speaker was going to give us the inside track on... 24-11-2009 Replies 0 HR Can’t Be The Organisation’s Conscience, Everyone Has To Be The current difficult times seem to have caused a resurfacing of the importance of values in organisations... 16-11-2009 Replies 0 HR Failings In The Nimrod Crash It's been rather a reflective seven days. The report on the crash of the RAF Nimrod that killed 14... 10-11-2009 Replies 0 BONUSES ON PLANET OSBORNE It's amazing what garbage politicians come out with when they think it makes them look good. The... 03-11-2009 Replies 0
Holly Crane	Organisational and People Development Theory into Practice (6 posts)	re: What is it with the Animals? Copestick - like it. I have been searching for a seal or otter in vain though. 01-09-2010 Replies 2 How Does Your Organisation See Change? Summer has slowed things down a bit, so not much to report on the Roffey front. The last time we met... 01-09-2010 Replies 0 What is it with the Animals? It started with Ted Hughes. A fellow student referred to a wonderful poem of his that I remember from... 22-07-2010 Replies 2 Metaphorically Speaking Our last set meeting felt like a lovely break, sitting around a picnic table at Roffey for the day, debating... 30-06-2010 Replies 0 Model Practice Just back from the second residential, and feeling pleasantly stuffed, both with lovely Roffey food and... 10-06-2010 Replies 1
HR Insider	The Insiders guide to HR (3 posts)	Confessions of an HR troubleshooter: Case Two The Client: Private sector Industry: Advertising Assignment: System selection I was asked to implement... 12-05-2010 Replies 0 Confessions of an HR troubleshooter: Case Three The client: Private sector The assignment: To replace an HR & Payroll system As a prelude to consulting... 12-05-2010 Replies 0 Confessions of an HR troubleshooter The client: Private sector The industry: Electronics Size of company: 800 staff The assignment: To optimise... 12-03-2010 Replies 0

Peter Crush

Discussions from the deputy (7 posts)

Bah Humbug! A couple of weeks ago, I had what I thought was going to be a lovely week off work. The plan was to spend...

11-12-2008
Replies 1
Brand and Ross - It's our fault not HR's It doesn’t take a genius to work out that something isn’t quite right about the media furore surrounding...

30-10-2008
Replies 0
Nothing but the Truth A long time ago I realised that when people said things like ‘oh, I’m really shy’, or ‘I’m not really...

17-10-2008
Replies 1
Bottom line or Better brand? For a dumbed-down version of ‘The Apprentice’, ITV1’s brazen copy, Natural Born Sellers – the show that...

03-10-2008
Replies 0
Baby blues This week, I can honestly say I’ve shaken more rattles and sniffed more sudocrem than I can care to remember...

03-09-2008
Replies 0

The Suit

Man in a suit (26 posts)

Agreeing with Nick I'm glued to the current election coverage which has increased to a furious, confused mess of prediction...

20-04-2010
Replies 0
Please ensure all dogmas are kept on a lead I was interested to read the assertion by Theos on the HR magazine website that 32% of employees think...

19-03-2010
Replies 0
A godsen, noun, a useful employee benefit that doesn't quite go far enough I've been trying to scale the complexities of the childcare voucher scheme this week as my eldest...

19-01-2010
Replies 0
Normal service will resume shortly As the snow and ice has turned my daily form of transport from an energy efficient miracle to a two wheeled...

14-01-2010
Replies 0
Unhealthy workforces and other recipes I am struggling to find anything particular interesting to write about today. Not much has changed then...

15-12-2009
Replies 1

lisa griffin

Diary of a flexible worker (3 posts)

I've had better weeks! Last week was one of those weeks where everything seemed to go wrong! It started with two very early...

14-10-2008
Replies 1
re: Noisy neighbours reading your blgos , they quite funny they make me laugh, sounds like a good sitcom, lol

27-09-2008
Replies 5
another busy week ! i worked two mornings on busy wards this week, with lots of patients but i was working with some realy...

27-09-2008
Replies 0
Diary of a flexible worker i work at the local hospital for a few hours a week, whilst also caring for my physically disabled son...

19-09-2008
Replies 0

David Woods

Generation why? (5 posts)

re: New beginnings Congratulations from all the HR magazine team David! And all the best of luck for your new career.

11-01-2010
Replies 4
What's the point of HR? Join the debate I read an interesting but concerning article in The Times on Monday, entitled ‘ HR departments: I never...

06-10-2009
Replies 1
Human Remains? A reader, who is head of HR at his organisation, has contacted me to ask for some advice on job titles...

17-08-2009
Replies 1
Every Dave has his day Everyday I arrive work to a never ending deluge of emails, but I received quite a seemingly interesting...

27-04-2009
Replies 0
The animal in the office? I read an interesting news story this week, which I think is an argument against Darwin's theory...

19-11-2008
Replies 0

David Millner

Commercial HR (6 posts)

Performance Management - We Make It So Complicated! Performance management is the one subject that always get a reaction from HR professionals and line managers...

09-08-2010
Replies 1
HR: Sell Yourself to Top Management! When HR says that they want to be strategic this means having an impact upon the key deliverables that...

23-03-2010
Replies 1
Who are HR's Customers? It's not unusual for HR functions to debate for hours about “who is their customer?” For HR functions...

24-02-2010
Replies 2
Revenue is as Important as Cost Management! HR is supposed to be more strategic these days and yet historically its’ focus has tended to be focused...

09-02-2010
Replies 0
HR - Make Some Noise! I blogged previously about the perception of HR. I'm sure you have read the infamous 2005 Fast Company...

13-01-2010
Replies 0

David Jones

Worker's Woes (70 posts)

I'm back! Howdy everyone; I thought I'd write a quick update on life in the fast lane. The job is going very...

04-04-2010
Replies 0
Appeal I don't expect you thought I'd be back so soon. This is not about work but charity. I am running...

17-01-2010
Replies 0
New beginnings Here we are: the end. In early November I was contacted about a job from a company responding to one...

10-01-2010
Replies 4
New year, new....? Happy new year to one and all and this to be my penultimate blog (well, maybe?). This weekly blog is...

03-01-2010
Replies 3
To sign-on, or to not sign-on? Unemployment figures are still not making wonderful reading. They are unchanged over the last quarter...

20-12-2009
Replies 1

Ash Raise

Sage of Stupid (10 posts)

Earth Overshoot Day - Business and business teaching must respond The fact that Earth Overshoot Day arrives one month earlier this year should be a wake- up call for Boardrooms...

27-08-2010
Replies 0
Trendspotting at the United Nations Global Compact 2010 Leaders’ Summit, and the implications for business schools Sitting in the United Nations Global Compact 2010 Leaders’ Summit, I am reminded of something I heard...

01-07-2010
Replies 0
Management education needs to change according to new CEO study In 2008, the United Nations invited Ashridge and others to lead a CEO survey to understand the perspectives...

29-06-2010
Replies 1
Delusion is the solution, apparently... I have a problem with what Gordon Brown and David Cameron have been saying recently. Keen to compete...

14-01-2010
Replies 2
Leadership for tomorrow's organisation I am preparing the literature search element of a research project on “leadership and tomorrow’s organisations...

04-11-2009
Replies 1

Serpico

HR Confidential (8 posts)

HR - Guardian Of Organisational Values As we turn the tide into 2010 I was discussing with other experts at an employee engagement event the...

28-12-2009
Replies 1
Out Of The Mouths Of Babes, Celebrities And Others… I was asked to attend an event at which a “celebrity” speaker was going to give us the inside track on...

24-11-2009
Replies 0
HR Can’t Be The Organisation’s Conscience, Everyone Has To Be The current difficult times seem to have caused a resurfacing of the importance of values in organisations...

16-11-2009
Replies 0
HR Failings In The Nimrod Crash It's been rather a reflective seven days. The report on the crash of the RAF Nimrod that killed 14...

10-11-2009
Replies 0
BONUSES ON PLANET OSBORNE It's amazing what garbage politicians come out with when they think it makes them look good. The...

03-11-2009
Replies 0

Holly Crane

Organisational and People Development Theory into Practice (6 posts)

re: What is it with the Animals? Copestick - like it. I have been searching for a seal or otter in vain though.

01-09-2010
Replies 2
How Does Your Organisation See Change? Summer has slowed things down a bit, so not much to report on the Roffey front. The last time we met...

01-09-2010
Replies 0
What is it with the Animals? It started with Ted Hughes. A fellow student referred to a wonderful poem of his that I remember from...

22-07-2010
Replies 2
Metaphorically Speaking Our last set meeting felt like a lovely break, sitting around a picnic table at Roffey for the day, debating...

30-06-2010
Replies 0
Model Practice Just back from the second residential, and feeling pleasantly stuffed, both with lovely Roffey food and...

10-06-2010
Replies 1

HR Insider

The Insiders guide to HR (3 posts)

Confessions of an HR troubleshooter: Case Two The Client: Private sector Industry: Advertising Assignment: System selection I was asked to implement...

12-05-2010
Replies 0
Confessions of an HR troubleshooter: Case Three The client: Private sector The assignment: To replace an HR & Payroll system As a prelude to consulting...

12-05-2010
Replies 0
Confessions of an HR troubleshooter The client: Private sector The industry: Electronics Size of company: 800 staff The assignment: To optimise...

12-03-2010
Replies 0

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