HR Value & Operating Model

Workplace Culture and Employee Experience

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Culture is conversations: Why HR should put managers at the centre of leadership

We put CEOs on a pedestal yet culture and performance are shaped elsewhere. Farley Thomas argues the real levers of engagement sit with managers, not...

Leadership and Management

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How your shadows shape leadership, culture and conflict at work

Shadows – the unconscious parts of ourselves we deny or suppress – show up at work whether we like it or not. They influence leadership, fuel conflict...

Leadership and Management

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The empathy paradox: Why caring leaders burn out – and how HR can break the cycle

Empathy makes leaders more effective but when it goes unchecked it leads to exhaustion, resentment and even driving HR talent out of the profession...

HR Leaders and HR-Driven Value Creation

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Want a better CEO? Start with a better CHRO

Trusted CHROs make or break CEO transitions. New research reveals 7 ways HR leaders can help boards avoid succession chaos and future-proof leadership

Leadership and Management

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What Taylor Swift can teach leaders about reinvention and trust

What can HR and business leaders learn from Taylor Swift? Siân Harrington and HBR’s Kevin Evers explore how the pop icon’s strategy, reinvention and...

Leadership and Management

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The future can’t be predicted. Can it be led?

As disruption reshapes the future of work, HR leaders must shift from prediction to agile readiness, prioritising adaptability, learning and culture...

HR Data and People Analytics

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How NASA is using AI and knowledge graphs to crack the workforce planning code

Database expert Dominik Tomicevic looks at what the space agency’s new people graph pilot reveals about the future of HR technology

AI and Automation in HR

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AI in the workplace: A reality check for HR

Siân Harrington offers a vital AI reality check for HR leaders, exploring how generative AI is reshaping work, trust and leadership – and why HR must...

HR Leaders and HR-Driven Value Creation

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“I’ve never felt more invisible”: Is the HR career path fracturing?

Ghosted. Delayed. Overlooked. For many senior HR leaders the post-pandemic job market has delivered a reality check no one expected. Siân Harrington...

Leadership and Management

Expert Insight

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What the next generation of leaders needs: Five traits that define future-ready leadership

A new research-backed framework outlines what it takes to lead effectively in today’s complex world. Discover the five traits of And Beyond leaders –...

Workplace Culture and Employee Experience

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Can AI make us happier at work?

As AI and automation reshape how we work HR leaders face a critical question, says Lord Mark Price. How do we harness the power of technology without...

Innovation and Change Management

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The agility myth: why big businesses are failing

Siân Harrington explores why big businesses struggle with true agility – mistaking efficiency for transformation. Learn how to embed real agility

Leadership and Management

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Maximising coaching ROI: Measurable impact for HR leaders

Victoria Lewis and Richard Thompson explore how HR leaders can measure coaching ROI with clear metrics for business impact

Leadership and Management

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7 essential lessons for HR leaders from Davos 2025

Davos 2025 highlighted AI, the gig economy and global talent shifts. Discover 7 key takeaways HR and people leaders need to act on now

HR Leaders and HR-Driven Value Creation

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Top 7 predictions for HR and the future of work in 2025

Siân Harrington from The People Space unveils her seven critical predictions for 2025, from AI adoption to hybrid work trends, and offers practical...

Organisation Design, Development and Strategy

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Blended workforce: The future of talent is here

Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic discusses how HR leaders can embrace a blended workforce, leverage AI and adopt skills-based hiring for organisational agility...

HR Leaders and HR-Driven Value Creation

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