Publications

Slides: Introduction to resilience

Resilience helps people bounce back from adversity and stress and is generally seen as a positive characteristic. But it can be difficult to define, as the way an individual responds to pressure will depend on their strengths and personal style. Also, it may not be clear to what degree employers can create resilient organisations.

Assistant Practitioner roles in the Welsh Health Sector

Enhancing the potential for future development 2014

This research report seeks to enhance our understanding of how these roles are being developed and currently used within Wales. It also aims to provide insights into how these roles can be better and more widely adopted to maximise their potential impact.

Talent for what? Reconnecting talent management with business needs

IES Perspectives on HR 2014

Talent management continues to be high on employers’ agendas and over the previous year IES has both researched and advised in this area with organisations at varying stages of their talent management journey. This paper was also published as an article in IES Perspectives on HR 2014: HR responding to threats and opportunities.

Crowdsourced leadership

IES Perspectives on HR 2014

We have stumbled across a few references recently to crowdsourced leadership and were intrigued. Is this something new, a repackaging of old approaches or a quickly forgotten fad? We thought it worth exploring what is being said about the concept and what the implications might be for employers.

Impact of coaching on employee well-being, engagement and job satisfaction

Research Summary

The research is an exploratory study into whether employees receiving coaching at work experience any impact on their perceptions of well-being, job satisfaction and engagement at work. The study is unique in its focus on coaching primarily delivered by internal volunteer coaches to a range of managers and non-managers. Previous studies into well-being have tended to focus on top leaders coached by external coaches.

Top employers for flexible working

IES Perspectives on HR 2014

IES has collaborated with work-life balance charity, Working Families, on the ‘Top Employers for Working Families’ benchmarking and awards. The plan was to develop a benchmark which showed employers the ‘platinum standard’ in being a family-friendly, flexible employer. The idea has developed over the years to demonstrate to employers that flexibility is also about business excellence and that being flexible and wanting your employees to be flexible creates the right conditions for productivity and competitive advantage. This paper outlines the benchmark and standards behind the awards.

Diversity at senior team and board level

IES Perspectives on HR 2014

This paper explores some of the literature about achieving a diverse top team, and some of the organisational benefits that diversity brings. The literature demonstrates that the benefits flowing from a diverse top team are only achieved if they are not tokenism and the culture of the organisation supports diverse working throughout its processes. The paper was also published as an article in IES Perspectives on HR 2014: HR responding to threats and opportunities.

Establishing a culture of openness: IES Perspectives on HR 2014

It seems so obvious that a culture of openness and transparency is a ‘good thing’. If people are encouraged to speak out, they will prevent harm; make suggestions for improvement leading to a better quality product or service; come up with creative ideas – and this will lead to better organisational performance. This paper looks at the need for organisations to establish a culture of openness, the drivers and practical considerations.