Has 2020 shown that L&D is the most important HR function?

Coming face to face with a global pandemic is likely something no HR leader expected to experience during their career. However, for today’s professionals, the current crisis has produced some extreme...

Why learning is the future of work

By SAP

Imagine if you will, I’m delivering my third customer session of the day, virtually on Teams of course. I’m the husband of a hard-working Medical Doctor who’s hardly seen his wife since the lock down began. I’m also the...

Fujitsu HRD on trust, HR accountability & brand

“It’s up to HR on where HR can go,” explains Jason Fowler, HR Director & Head of HR Northern & Western Europe at Fujitsu Global. “It can stand back and let the business and managers work this moment out for themselves or it can be at the...

The 2020 Christmas Party conundrum

With all of the challenges workers have faced over the past year, offering reward and recognition in the festive season has never been so important…

Building skills, building people

Iconic toy brand LEGO is renowned for encouraging dreamers but it’s HR strategy is a carefully crafted mix of structure and creativity. HR Director Pieter Brummer gives HR Grapevine the inside scoop...

Rethinking L&D in a post-COVID world

By Ken Blanchard

COVID-19 has had an immediate and massive impact on the leadership, learning, and talent development community. As one client shared with me, “I had to recreate everything that was face to face and make...

Creating a change resilient skills strategy

n 2020, work has been an ever-changing beast that HR leaders have had to constantly reassess their approach to. As a result, workplace offerings have changed. It is highly likely that employee benefits no longer centre around...

Still mapping HR processes? Why you should stop

By Silver Cloud HR

Process mapping may be a tried and tested way of documenting HR process flows within an organisation, but in the age of the user, is this really still relevant for HR? Before we can answer that question, let’s look at...

Will classroom learning ever return?

During 2020, L&D has had to quickly pivot to suit new virtual work contexts. Whist learning may have been delivered via other means prior to the pandemic – CIPD’s Learning and Skills at Work 2020 report found that the face-to-face...

3 tools for a first-class candidate experience

By Allegis Global Solutions

The pandemic has forced many of us to rely on digital tools to deliver our recruitment services. A lack of face-to-face contact has certainly brought its challenges, but in its place, we’ve come to realise...

2021 roadmap for L&D practitioners

Employee development does a lot of things. It can deliver for a company the skills it needs in the long term – which is, according to data, a growing issue for many firms. Deloitte’s 2020 Global Human Capital Trends survey, found...

Andrew Lawson, Head of HR, Shakespeare's Globe

The biggest challenge has been the speed and pace with which we’ve had to implement any new policies and practices in order to manage the furlough scheme. It’s been hugely welcomed as it’s enabled us to...

What are the hottest L&D trends?

The coronavirus pandemic has shaken up countless aspects of work - and L&D isn’t immune to these changes. Here, Rebekah Wallis, Ricoh UK’s Director of People and Corporate Responsibility, and Naleena Gururani, Chief People Officer of Hyperoptic share their insights on 2020’s biggest L&D trends... 

Cancer, work and COVID 19: Line managers and HR play a critical role

By Working with Cancer

These managers, supported and empowered by HR, helped our coachees feel part of the team; they felt reassured, valued, not forgotten, and more in control of their lives. And regaining control over your life after a...

What's next for employers supporting working parents in the new world?

By Bright Horizons Family Solutions Ltd

Stats & Trends for Employee Benefits and Wellbeing in 2020

How to create a safe & welcoming environment to reopen your business

By Vodafone Business & IBM

Is proactivity the future of workplace mental wellbeing?

By Unmind

Cost-effective ways to support your people mentally, physically, and financially

By Reward Gateway

Reproductive health and fertility: The missing piece of the wellbeing puzzle

By Fertifa

Invisible illnesses: What support do staff need?

Wellbeing Investment: Remote benefits