Category: Talent

Key signs in spotting a potential leader.

HR Consultant Sue Westhead considers how we can support CEOs in identifying and developing future leaders in their businesses. Whilst looking to further enhance our clients’ leadership programmes, I pondered how current business leaders can develop the talent in their businesses, particularly those people who could be the leaders of the future. The development aspect […]

September 19, 2016

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How to manage in a ‘gig economy’

HR Assistant, Chelsea Davis, has been looking at a rising trend in recruiting, the ‘gig economy’, and it’s a trend that’s likely to stay. So what is a gig economy? In basic terms it is an environment in which temporary positions are common and organisations contract with independent workers for short-term engagements. With an increasing number […]

September 19, 2016

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Who are we to judge? By HR180’s founder and MD, Claire Morley-Jones

Driving into work this morning I became slightly infuriated by the BBC Radio 4’s coverage of WPP chief executive Sir Martin Sorrell’s pay package. The poor guy was being grilled mercilessly by Today programme’s Sarah Montague about whether he is worth the £70m proposed this year if shareholders vote in favour of the proposal at […]

September 19, 2016

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Is your talent strategy ready for the gig economy?

Grace Lewis, 1 December 2015 The ‘connected work’ market will be worth $63bn globally by 2020, PwC predicts The connected work market, also called the ‘gig economy’, where people buy and sell services via online platforms, is expected to be worth almost $63bn globally and £2bn in the UK by 2020, according to PwC research. […]

September 19, 2016

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Closing the leadership readiness gap

By Lainie Heneghan, 23 September 2015 Managers represent a large pool of leadership potential, but they must be prepared to make a huge transition. As organizations take stock of their talent pipelines after years of economic recession, many are recognizing significant weaknesses in their succession planning and leadership ranks. On the one hand, the business world […]

September 19, 2016

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Making best use of your key talent

Sometimes businesses may not recognise their key talent until it is no longer there and then they realise how difficult it is going to be to replace.  So knowing how to manage them is just as essential to the success of a business as looking after your high-fliers. Those with ‘key talent’ will stay in […]

September 19, 2016

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Are talent programmes ageist?

Jane Simms, 23 July 2015 Talk of ‘high potentials’ is too often shorthand for ‘young’ – and that’s an expensive waste of true ability Mike Minett, managing director of The Positive Ageing Company, tells an instructive story about talent. He recently sat with a group of senior leaders in a global professional services firm, who were […]

September 19, 2016

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