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Chef training - a worthwhile investment

We like this article from EP magazine about how chef training and development delivers real bottom line results by Brian Wisdom, Chief Executive of People 1st.

Continue reading Comments (0) 9 July 2010

Terms of engagement

We like this article from Caterer and Hotelkeeper by David MacLeod. Click here to read this in full.

As Businesses regroup after the recession, it's time to motivate staff for the challenges the upturn will bring.

It has been a challenging 18 months for the hospitality industry. But with the economy starting to show signs of improvement, management teams in restaurants, hotels and catering firms across the country are mapping out plans for 2010 and beyond.

As business owners and managers regroup, they need to think about the connection they have with their people - and how it could be improved.

Everyone knows that the past 12 months has been a difficult and uncertain time for employees. The question is: are your people prepared and motivated for the new challenges that the upturn will bring?

Continue reading 26 April 2010

Executive Grapevine 2010 conference for talent management professionals

Sally Brand discusses this year's event.

I attended the EG2010 conference last week and was lucky enough to meet, and listen to, a number of senior international HR professionals from a wide variety of sectors and organisations talking about current HR issues and strategy within their organisations.

Continue reading 25 March 2010

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.

Continue reading Comments (0) 15 February 2010

How high is your Resilience Quotient?

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

Continue reading Comments (0) 14 December 2009

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:

Continue reading Comments (0) 5 November 2009

The importance of employee engagement

We like this article we found in People Management magazine about the importance of employee engagement.

Within the competitive world of management ideas, employee engagement is emerging as the master key that unlocks performance. Successive research exercises over the past five or six years, including a large amount of work sponsored by the CIPD, have shown that without engagement, all the clever HR policies in the world, let alone investment in technology, marketing and innovation, will fail to deliver sustained competitive advantage.

Continue reading Comments (0) 4 November 2009

Survival of the fittest

“The credit crunch is a personal trainer - are we as good as we can be?”Tom Crawford, E-on - May 2009

We always look for the silver lining in every situation, and remain positive no matter what is going on. And the credit crunch is no different. One of the positive aspects of the recession is that only the best are good enough; so people are ‘upping their game’, improving their services, enhancing their added value, and ultimately becoming better places to work. Or they should be.

We believe that companies should be doing more, not less, so that they not only survive the crunch and come out the other side stronger and ready to ‘clean up’. More development; more service; more creativity; more focus; more market awareness; more to enthuse and inspire their people.

Now is the time to take a very honest look at your company: are you the best? Are you delivering the best? Do you have the best people working for you? It’s time to do a health check:

Continue reading 5 October 2009

Talent Management Conference 2009

As you may know already, I make a point of attending this conference every year because it’s not only a good insight into the latest thinking from many of the corporate organisations; it’s also an excellent source of sound-bites and good stories. If I were to mention every speaker this would be a very long update, so will just highlight some of the most interesting.

Continue reading 23 June 2009

Mind the leadership gap

We like this article found on the Talent Foundation website and thought you might too.

Given that it isn't exactly creeping up unannounced, you'd have thought the departure of the Baby Boomer generation of leaders over the next few years would be something relatively easily planned for. Yet many U.S firms still predict that a leadership vacuum within their top echelons will be almost inevitable.

According to a study by training and organisational development firm CPP, there is a marked lack of urgency among many U.S firms about how to respond to the looming departure of this highly skilled and experienced generation of managers.

Continue reading Comments (0) 11 March 2009