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Contents
November 2019
News and analysis
Women's state pension battle,
racist workplace bullying, Brexit
latest and implications for HR
Can businesses help tackle
knife crime by employing
more young people?
HR should be able to describe
the culture to all employees
Meetings are a tax on energy
Greater scrutiny is being
placed on measuring culture.
But how can it be quantified
and explained?
24 Totally different ball game
HR at Everton FC has
modernised to help the club
keep up its inclusive and
family-friendly reputation
WeWork has faced difficult
times, but it's still introducing
HR and recruitment processes
36 Missed opportunity
By automating
low-level tasks are
we stopping workers
learning the ropes?
38 A different slant
HR groups are developing
beyond the Ulrich model
to teams, communities
and networks
Operational
efficiency
42 See you soon
The tech we can expect
in the workplace and
what this means for HR
44 HR toolkit
Helping you nail down
the basics
46 Extra time
South Ayrshire Council
provides extra paid
leave for domestic
abuse survivors
48 International case study
How Aon boosted
LGBT+ inclusion in
its Italian offices
Personal
development
51 Pocket guide to...
Product management
52 People moves
Who's gone where?
55 Lessons from the C-suite
Colette McKune, ForViva
56 Resources
Business books and
wellbeing advice for HR
57 Future leader
What the HRD of
tomorrow thinks
58 How I got here
Juliet Harris,
Publicis Health
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Blackwood, NP12 2YA
4 Leader article
Greater focus on culture
is an opportunity for HR
5 Top story
The rise of 'superjobs'
6 HR news briefing
8 Hot topic
10 News analysis
Thomas Cook's collapse
Comment
12 In the HR hot seat
13 Academic view
14 Have your say
BAME bullying, tech
investment, Boris Johnson,
mental health, and more
Strategic HR
16 Made to measure
28 Watch this space
32 Leave on good terms
As Valerie Hughes-D'Aeth
prepares to leave the BBC
she looks back on how it's
changed under her care
from the basics if we automate their
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24 Everton Football Club people
director Kim Healey has taken
on a male-dominated field to
make football a fairer and more
inclusive place to work
32
Outgoing group HRD at the BBC
Valerie Hughes-D'Aeth has seen
it through some challenges
36
How can employees progress
early experiences?
Five of the top
tech trends
making their
workplace design
Human Resources (HR)
42
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