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Gus O’Donnell: ‘I realised I was a useless manager’
The former cabinet secretary on why ministers need management training, fixing civil service pay and leading your team through a crisis
What if? Podcast
What if… no one was rich?
The latest series of the podcast brought to you by the CIPD's Work. magazine asks whether it is time to more heavily tax the most wealthy
What if… everyone got cancelled?
The latest series of the podcast brought to you by the CIPD's Work. magazine explores whether cancel culture has gone too far
What if… we did away with experts?
The latest series of the podcast brought to you by the CIPD's Work. magazine asks what the death of expertise might mean for skills, L&D – and democracy
What if… China invaded Taiwan?
The latest series of the podcast brought to you by the CIPD's Work. magazine investigates how likely another war might be, and the threat posed by Chinese espionage
What if… there was no employment law?
The latest series of the podcast brought to you by the CIPD's Work. magazine looks at how we would better protect workers if starting from scratch
What if… you could brainwash staff?
The latest series of the podcast brought to you by the CIPD's Work. magazine explores nudge theory and neurotechnology
What if… men took more parental leave than women?
The latest episode of the podcast brought to you by the CIPD's Work. magazine asks whether men eventually taking on more childcare than women would be a good thing
What if… no one was an employee?
The latest episode of the podcast brought to you by the CIPD's Work. magazine discusses the HR implications of gig working eventually becoming the norm for all
What if… CEOs were activists?
The latest episode of the podcast brought to you by the CIPD's Work. magazine ponders whether all leaders should speak out on issues affecting their organisation and staff
What if… we never retired?
The latest episode of the podcast brought to you by the CIPD's Work. magazine asks if we are still facing a pensions crisis and so the demolition of the three-stage life
What if… everyone went on strike?
The latest episode of the podcast brought to you by the CIPD's Work. magazine explores the trade union movement’s resurgence and what this means for HR
What if... we brought our true selves to work?
The latest series of the podcast brought to you by the CIPD's Work. magazine explores the concept of authentic self as it relates to the workplace
Latest interviews
Gus O’Donnell: ‘I realised I was a useless manager’
The former cabinet secretary on why ministers need management training, fixing civil service pay and leading your team through a crisis
Lucy D’Orsi: ‘It’s easy to say David Carrick wasn’t one of us. He was’
Stamping out cultures that let sexual abuse go unchecked means admitting to failure and striving relentlessly for change, the former Met deputy and British Transport Police chief constable tells Katie Jacobs
IAG Cargo’s Caroline Andrews: 'I was the first CPO charged with a transformation agenda from a people perspective. Here's what we did...'
Not many people stop to think about how critical airfreight is to every element of modern life. IAG Cargo’s new HR chief is determined to make them – and attract top talent in the process
Paul Nowak: 'Unions are part and parcel of working life – not an HR failure'
Industrial unrest might be at 1970s levels, but the new TUC general secretary is determined to work with government to find a way through – and to prove that the movement should be embraced by every workplace and people practitioner
Q&A: Natasha Adams
The Tesco Ireland boss is one of a growing number of HR leaders to take the top job – bringing the ability to manage stakeholders and build trust by showing vulnerability, as well as huge amounts of curiosity, with them
Q&A: Fiona Evans
Support for frontline staff was a key first priority for the RSPCA HR chief. Add in a governance and union relations overhaul, and the charity is back as a fit champion for animal welfare once again
Ruby McGregor-Smith: “I’ve never fitted in – now I just accept it”
The CIPD president, peer and former CEO does not like focusing on her gender or race. But if making workplaces more inclusive, socially aware and successful means standing out from the crowd, it is a price well worth paying, she tells Jenny Roper
Barbara Banda: "People are open to the conversation now – that will foster change"
While there is a long way to go on race at work – with many still feeling the need to ‘self silence’ – an evolution is firmly in motion, says the leadership consultant and author of new book The Model Black
Q&A: Phil Donnelly
The HR chief has come a long way since his days in the RAF. Donnelly's journey inspires him to create the conditions for others – and global travel retail platform Travelport – to thrive
Q&A: Joan C Williams
Two decades of framing I&D as good for the bottom line has not really moved the dial, says academic Joan C Williams. Progress, she tells Jenny Roper, calls for structural reform based on data rather than emotion
Inmarsat's Natasha Dillon: "People are more demanding now"
Hybrid working, the Great Resignation and a high-profile acquisition pose challenges for satellite telecoms firm Inmarsat. Luckily, HR chief Natasha Dillon relishes change
Q&A: Professor Claudia Goldin
Employers must make high-paying career jobs more flexible and employees more substitutable, the celebrated academic tells Emma De Vita. Only then will we achieve gender equality
Q&A: Angela Williams
Helping the Post Office reinvent itself after scandal is just the latest HR challenge for Angela Williams – and she wouldn’t have it any other way, she tells Katie Jacobs
Q&A: Baroness Denise Kingsmill
The peer and serial board member was a pioneer in business and parliament, and as she tells Matthew Gwyther, her battles for equality are far from over
Q&A: Esther Wallington
HMRC’s chief people officer tells Robert Jeffery why her organisation’s rapid reinvention must be matched by that of the broader profession
Latest research
Want to know how stressed staff really are?
Academics can now analyse mouse use and typing patterns to see how close to burn out someone is – before it’s too late
Why do men take more risks?
New research uncovers the psychological factors behind women’s more pronounced loss aversion, and the implications for employment
Menopausal women seen as a workplace threat
Stigma associating this stage with dysfunction, decline and legal action against employers means companies are losing top talent
Features
Where does HR come from? A brief history of the people profession
From its origins in welfare to its digital reinvention, the story of HR in the UK is simultaneously the history of an economy in search of an identity. The CIPD's Work. magazine spoke to a group of experts about their own perspectives on the past century
How is the world returning to the office?
Huge swathes of the globe have been back in their place of work for months. The CIPD’s Work. magazine looks at what we can learn from their experiences
Sathnam Sanghera on why workplaces aren’t finished
In an interview with the CIPD’s Work. magazine, the journalist and author talks about leaving London for lockdown, and why he is taking on the British Empire
What exactly is Jeff Bezos trying to prove?
Disruptive visionary, digital titan and rocket man, Amazon’s founding genius is, Paul Simpson predicts, destined to butt heads with regulators
Every man for himself: is employee engagement reaching its full potential?
Being all in it together is intrinsic to employee engagement. But in an age of individualism, should we measure workplace satisfaction differently? The CIPD's Work. magazine finds out