Despite Employee Engagement having been a key concern of HR Directors for several years the recent CIPD headline “Deterioration in Employee Voice and Employee Engagement at record low” suggests it has yet to be addressed properly. So what’s the problem? A clue may be the fact that I have yet to see a single article or presentation from any CEO […]
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The training and development crisis
The training and development crisis
Training and development in the UK is a profession in crisis. Training expenditure and investment is down in many organisations as the new economic reality continues to hit us. Only last week I heard of a major UK local authority which has stopped all expenditure on training and they are by no means an isolated case. This is the usual reaction […]
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The talent management tightrope
The talent management tightrope
In recent years Talent Management has become a “must have” function in most big organisations – and why not. It seems logical and commendable that special attention is given to the “rising stars” – after all we’re always told, they are the future. And then I heard, over breakfast this morning, that a major organisation had put its talent management […]
