Why transform HR HR transformation is no longer optional—it’s essential as the world shifts dynamically. A strategic evolution of Human Resources is a key to driving operational excellence, and creates significant business value. With talent becoming a primary driver of competitive advantage and new pressures from economic shifts, hybrid work, and evolving employee expectations, the HR function must now continually adapt to deliver greater impact. HR transformation isn’t typically about massive, disruptive change. It’s about incrementally evolving the HR function… Read more »
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Engagement needs a lift – what it is and how to raise it
March 14 2025Why Is Employee Engagement Important? Research by Gallup and others shows that with engaged employees, organisations experience MUCH better outcomes in areas like absenteeism, safety, productivity, customer loyalty, and profitability – all keys to the organisation thriving. But globally, engagement is low – again according to Gallup, it’s at only 23% of employees! This points straight at a huge need for many organisations to improve their engagement strategies to boost effectiveness and staff satisfaction and wellbeing. So let’s delve into… Read more »
Are you onto these key workforce trends of ’25?
February 18 2025Learn, unlearn, relearn Today’s workforce is increasingly defined by its ability to learn, unlearn and relearn, with the pace of change impacting role design significantly. About two-thirds of today’s roles didn’t exist 20 years ago. Mobility is increasingly internal At the same time, hiring around the world has become sluggish and is in decline after recent heights. But internal mobility is on the rise. Internal mobility rates globally have increased by 6% globally year-over-year, and this trend is expected to… Read more »
Three ways to make a Performance Management system change-friendly
September 4 2013Performance review systems can be great, or not so great. They can be encouraging, or punitive. We’ve noted on a post on our Gamechange site about the negative impact of Microsoft’s punitive “stack ranking” performance management system, which by ranking all employees along a bell curve, did more to destroy the company’s culture than anything else. So can a performance management system not only be good, but also ‘change-friendly”? A story (link below) says yes – if it incorporates three key… Read more »
