Why HR business partnering is so hard
HR business partnering rarely offers us clean answers. Imagine you’re an HR Business Partner supporting a Commercial Director. Let’s call him James. James calls you after the latest leadership meeting. […]
Author: Lucy Adams
Living with uncertainty: Why HR needs to stop pretending
Living with uncertainty is uncomfortable. It seems as though the instinctive response of all business leaders to the increasing volatility of business is to act as though they can control […]
Why HR’s future is bright
There is a lot of nervousness about what AI will mean for HR, and it is not difficult to see why. Many activities that have traditionally occupied our time such […]
Is HR ready to become People and Culture?
HR may have moved beyond its traditional role, is it really ready to become something bigger? For organisations to succeed, they need engaged people working in high-performing teams. But creating […]
Strategic HR: No crystal ball required
If you work in HR, there is a good chance that you have been told you need to be more strategic. You may also have said the same thing to […]
What changes when HR starts trusting leaders?
HR often struggles to trust managers and leaders to do the people side of their jobs well; they can lack the skills, the confidence or the motivation. And yet, despite […]
How to help your leaders be more curious
The benefits of curiosity have been acknowledged for a while now. The benefits for the organisation are known to be: And, being curious can even lower your stress levels! But […]
We need to be more strategic
How often have you heard the lament that HR needs to be more strategic? If you type “strategic HR” into Google, you’ll get hundreds of millions of hits. Not a […]
Influential HR – Lucy Adams
Influential HR: Why leaders aren’t listening to you and what to do about it The latest book from Lucy Adams, CEO of Disruptive HR and former HR Director at the […]
Lessons in influencing
HR can be a tough gig. We’re on the receiving end of some pretty negative views of our profession. There’s the ever-shifting landscape of employment regulation. We spend much of […]
