Articles tagged ‘2017’

Performance ratings have been part of the annual appraisal process for as long as I can remember. They aim to condense an employee’s performance – from the smallest tasks to the biggest projects – into a single-digit grade. Seems a bit too simplistic, right?

In the first article in this series, we discussed why the annual appraisal – an outdated and ineffective way of providing feedback – should be phased out in place of real-time performance management.

Are you paying £2700* per employee each year to disengage them from your organisation?

Social media is flooded with scary articles about GDPR, lots of statistics and conflicting information but very little in terms of cold hard facts. In this article, Julie Lock, Service Development Director at MHR looks at what GDPR is and what organisations should be doing from an HR perspective to meet the regulations. Plus use our free Online Self Assessment Checklist to help assess your current processes.

What do we mean when we say the ‘right’ staff? This is surely a subjective concept that depends on individual opinions but what comes up time and time again is best cultural or team fit.

Justin served as CEO of J Sainsbury for a decade. At the time he was one of the youngest CEOs in FTSE 100 history and was seen as one of the great success stories of modern British business.

The shiny new HR system is yours, the consultants have implemented it and the money has long since left the bank account… so why are the team in HR still not happy?!

Transparency is finally here, but why should HR care about closing the Gender Pay Gap?

To develop your workforce both at home and oversees, UK HR departments should take inspiration from 'hygge'. 

If your company finds it hard to attract top talent due to reputation, high salaries or job availability, how do you make sure you're not missing out?