Women make up half the workforce in the developed world and more than half of those with tertiary education. They dominate consumer spending decisions. Yet at senior levels, you would be forgiven for thinking that nothing has changed over the past fifty years. Women may hold the keys but men still control the locks.
The continuing [...]
What is it about HR?. That’s the question Wayne ponders this week as he talk to Chris Seabourne, a former HR director who is now a partner with CTPartners, an international executive search firm.
As a former human resources director, Chris has some strong opinions about the bad press that HR departments seem to receive.
One of [...]
This week, Wayne talks to Deepika Bajaj, the founder and president of Invincibelle.com, about the changing role of women in the workplace.
Invincibelle is an organization that seeks to empower women to succeed in a multicultural world by creating a safe online community for women online and also organizing offline events.
Prior to founding Invincibelle, Deepika worked [...]
In this week’s podcast Wayne speaks to Jonathan Austin of Workplace Engagement Specialists, Best Companies, about how organisations can measure and improve their levels of workplace engagement.
To help companies do just that, Best Companies (who also compile the Sunday Times “Best Companies to Work For” list) launched its own accreditation scheme in 2006.
The accreditation acknowledges [...]
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