When Your Job Wants to Break Up With You
Like the toy characters in Pixar’s animated film series Toy Story, imagine what our jobs would say about us when nobody is...
Posts about Human Resources (5)
In a Nutshell: Hire for Attitude, Train for Skill
The “hire for attitude, train for skill” motto is originally attributed to Herb Kelleher, one of the co-founders of US-based...
In a Nutshell: The 80-20 Rule (Pareto Principle)
The 80/20 rule or Pareto principle is named after Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto, who discovered in the early 1900s that...
In a Nutshell: 8-Step Change Model (Kotter)
“Leading Change” (1995) is a seminal work in the field of organisational change and leadership by Harvard Business School...
In a Nutshell: PERMA Model of Positive Psychology
The PERMA Model was first introduced by Martin Seligman, one of the founders of the positive psychology movement, in his...
HR News & Opinion Roundup
A selection of 10 of the most popular and thought-provoking HR opinion pieces as well as news, research and ongoing...
The 1 Question You Should NEVER Ask an HR Person
It’s 3 o’clock on Thursday afternoon, the day before Good Friday. You’ve just been out to grab an afternoon coffee when you...
Alain de Botton on HR & Career Counselling
“It is surely significant that the adults who feature in children's books are rarely, if ever, Regional Sales Managers or...