Being a fertility-friendly employer
It is thought that around 9 to 15% of people in the UK struggle with natural conception; and treatments such as IVF can be emotionally draining, time-consuming and costly. Employees…
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Reinventing the HR Operating Model
Shifts in innovation, ways of working, and changing workforce expectations mean that if HR is to remain relevant and act as a strategic contributor it must transform. HR’s role in…
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Workforce planning: playing the long game
Although numbers of vacancies in the UK employment market have fallen over recent months, the ability to attract and retain talent continues to be challenging. In this environment many organisations…
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CUPA Conference Reflections: HR capabilities
In this final thought piece, I am focusing on internal HR Capabilities. This is based on four case studies shared by the University of California, Irvine, UCLA Health, Michigan State…
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CUPA Conference reflections: performance, development, and reward
Back in October 2022 I was fortunate enough to attend the CUPA-HR Conference in San Diego. CUPA-HR, the US-equivalent of UHR, had a huge attendance of delegates representing the entirety…
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CUPA Conference reflections: EVP, talent, and engagement
Back in October 2022 I was fortunate enough to attend the CUPA-HR Conference in San Diego. CUPA-HR, the US-equivalent of UHR, had a huge attendance of delegates representing the entirety…
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SUMS launches new Salary Benchmarking Service for the HE sector
Register your interest Other private benchmarking services provide generalist salary data from a wide variety of other sectors and can be more costly. Our aim is to ensure that the…
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Why use Psychometric Assessments?
While I am admittedly an advocate of psychometric assessments, I understand the mention of ‘psychometrics’ often encourages the super-sceptics to raise concerns about their use and purpose, questioning their validity,…
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