HR professionals seeking board approval for their ideas should approach the meeting with a strong appreciation for the members' pressing concerns, and address them early, says experienced board director Julie Garland McLellan.
In the wake of Steve Jobs's passing, HR Daily Community blogger Nicole Underwood details a process for identifying and developing a successor to a leadership role, plus more.
When employees get a pay cut, are assigned a task that is below their competence, or feel that their manager is leaving them out, their anterior cingulated cortex - the front left part of the brain that interprets physical pain - understands these situations as a "social hit to the head"...
HR alone can't be responsible for increasing gender diversity in organisations, but it should drive the first phase of the journey, according to IBM managing director Andrew Stevens.
The real challenge in hiring workers with a disability lies not in making accommodations for them, but in overcoming other employees' attitudes and perceptions, according to a new white paper on the topic.
Many professionals get into HR because "they like people" but they need to develop competencies such as "tough empathy" to do the job well, says HR consultant Scott Comte.
Employers can find themselves on the wrong side of the Fair Work Act if they vary part-time employees' hours without paying overtime, or if they terminate a fixed-term contract with notice. This article answers nine important questions about employment contracts.
Some employers have successfully stepped up to the task of managing psychosocial safety, but in many other workplaces, initiatives are falling flat. Join us for an HR Daily webinar to understand what's holding back progress in this critical space and how to move forward.
