Blogs

To mark Time to Talk Day, Zofia Bajorek highlights the importance of ‘conversation’, between managers and employees and looks at how these are best initiated, in the absence of face to face interactions.

In a guest blog, workplace wellbeing expert James Rind, shares key questions organisations should be asking employees, in order to adapt their wellbeing strategies to meet new and disrupted ways of working.

Ed Griffin breaks down the latest 60 page government guidance on the recovery strategy, highlighting stand out areas for employers and the implications and appropriate next steps, for their workforce.

Stephen Bevan considers the merits of job crafting, an alternative approach to traditional job design, that is gaining both practitioner support and an evidence-base.

With the changing nature of work resulting in greater numbers of career changes, Liz Hey and Rosie Gloster consider the ways both employees and employers can improve career engagement in the workplace.

Duncan Brown questions if the trust has gone from the HR function and how employers and HR can rebuild a trusting, high performance, high commitment 'ideal'.

Many organisations are hiring chief meaning officer roles. Drawing on IES research, Stephen Bevan highlights how these efforts may be misguided, and not succeed in making work more meaningful for employees.

Stephen Bevan, IES Director of Employer Research and Consultancy looks at the new NHS 10-year plan and sets out the key workforce strategy issues which will also need to be addressed.

Kate Spiegelhalter considers the role of compassion in the NHS, and how research can support the NHS to continue delivering caring, high-quality treatment.

Duncan Brown reflects on debate at the CIPD annual conference 2017 with Professor Ilke Inceoglu and delegates, considering whether employee engagement does actually increase productivity in the workplace.