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  • Strategic change-readiness for organisations

    IES Perspectives on HR 2017

    Carter A | Mar 2017 | Institute for Employment Studies

    How can organisations prepare for change and how are some organisations able to adapt and operate reliably in the face of uncertainty? This is a question at the heart of Alison Carter's contribution to IES Perspectives on HR 2017.

  • Work... but not as we know it

    IES Perspectives on HR 2017

    Tamkin P | Mar 2017 | Institute for Employment Studies

    Penny Tamkin, editor of the IES Perspectives on HR 2017 series of essays, offers her own take on the year ahead, considering new forms of work and the rise of the Uber and gig economies.

  • Darkening skies? IES Perspectives on HR 2017

    Mar 2017 | Institute for Employment Studies

    In acknowledgement of current turbulent times, the Institute has published a collection of articles addressing today’s pressing issues for organisations. Pulling together existing research and their own insights and experiences from working with organisations, the team of researchers and consultants have offered their reflections on how leaders and HR practitioners can successfully navigate the imminent challenges.

  • Slides: Values-based recruitment

    Tyler E | Feb 2017 | Institute for Employment Studies

    Elaine Tyler's event slides from IES HR Network workshop 'Getting value from your values', 23 February 2017.

  • Slides: Developing and using a Values and Behaviours Framework: Case study

    Coleman K | Feb 2017 | Plan International

    Karen Coleman's event slides from IES HR Network workshop 'Getting value from your values', 23 February 2017.

  • Slides: Organisational 'values': What are they and where do they come from?

    Hirsh W | Feb 2017 | Institute for Employment Studies

    Wendy Hirsh's event slides from IES HR Network workshop 'Getting value from your values', 23 February 2017.

  • Mindfulness in organisations

    Case studies of organisational practice

    Carter A, Tobias J, Spiegelhalter K | Nov 2016 | Institute for Employment Studies

    This IES HR Network paper builds on previous IES work on mindfulness and offers research on the implementation of Mindfulness-Based Interventions.

  • Better Conversation: A guide to health coaching

    Better Conversation: A guide to health coaching

    Carter A | Sep 2016 | The Health Coaching Coalition

    This resource guide was developed as part of the NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA) programme, which aims to increase the pace of take-up of innovations across the NHS. It explains how health coaching can encourage better conversations which lead to better health.

  • The path towards predictive analytics

    Reilly P | Aug 2016 | Institute for Employment Studies (IES)

    This paper, written by principal associate Peter Reilly, looks at the growing area of advanced HR analytics. Peter outlines the issues surrounding the definition of predictive analytics before considering why predictive analytics might be an appropriate move forward for organisations and how organisations might approach the implementation of such analytics.

  • From consultation to co-production: high-involvement change

    IES Perspectives on HR 2016

    Garrow V | Apr 2016 | Institute for Employment Studies

    High-involvement work practices have featured in management research and literature for decades but when it comes to organisational change, people still tend to feel 'done to'. This might be because change is often happening in crisis mode when things need to happen quickly and control is centralised. There is usually some form of consultation but little real involvement in the design and development of structures and processes that will impact people's working lives.