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HR budgets - Challenge of doing more with less

We like this article from HR Magazine by David Woods.

While one survey shows HR job vacancies rising faster than in any other sector, another finds HRDs worried that budget cuts will limit their ability to invest in HR and talent.

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Ask the experts - first time manager dilemma

Industry experts tackle common management dilemmas. Taken from Edge magazine, February 2010.

You have promoted a member of your department to head up her own team of four staff. You chose her because she's independent, organised and hardworking, traits which you thought would make a good manager. However, three months into the new role, she has come to you upset, saying she's not cut out to be a manager. You hadn't realised how much she was struggling and that she needed support. What do you do?

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Keeping staff motivated through the highs and lows of hospitality

This article came from Hotel Business December 09 / January 10

Keeping staff motivated through the highs and lows of hospitality can be difficult. Jane Sunley, Managing Director of learnpurple, has some advice.

As 2009 draws to an end, many are sighing with relief. The Christmas period is often quite stressful anyway, and this year we had the added challenges that came with the dreaded 'R'. We have been very impressed with how so many organisations used this period to really up their game and did not cut back on engaging their people. Many realised that it's now more important than ever to really have motivated people to help deliver the best and really go into the New Year on the right footing.

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How high is your Resilience Quotient?

This article is by Liz Hoggard and came from the Evening Standard, 7th December 2009.

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Linda Halliday, HR Director at BaxterStorey discusses succession planning.

This article came from the Grapevine, December 2009

Succession planning can be a nightmare exercise and no sooner is it done then it is out of date and time to start all over again. To improve our succession planning process we joined forces with learnpurple who provided an online system. Amongst a range of business critical data, we know where talent lies, what development is required, and can spot an employee at risk of leaving - acting fast can keep that person within the business. Similarly, succession plans are accurate and always up to date which has obvious benefits to a growing business.

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A day in the life of... Linda Fox

This article came from the Grapevine, November 2009.

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talent toolbox breakfast, November 2009

We like this article written by Martin Kornacki from Training Journal online...

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Setting the Table

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Purple newsletter Autumn 2009

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Talent toolbox benchmark report

Every October we put together a summary of some of the statistics from the year’s talent toolbox reporting. Talent toolbox is our award winning web-enabled talent management system.

Some of the highlights include:

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