
Breaking HR: How Cisco is reimagining its approach to HR
A keynote by Jill Larsen (Cisco) at the HR Directors Business Summit 2017

Many leaders are ‘ineffective’ at crucial people management skills (CIPD HR Outlook survey)
The latest CIPD HR Outlook survey highlights how people-related Leadership skills are much-needed and sorely lacking. In this blog post, I share my experiences of how we can change that.

Gary Cookson – True Strength Podcast – Episode 10
As part of my True Strength project, I’m featuring interviews that dig deep into how people succeed and I was delighted to interview Gary Cookson. Gary is a HR Director, speaker, and blogger. The inte ...

A guide to Twitter for busy people
I've had to change my behaviours to get the most from Twitter as I've got busier and busier and got connected to more people. This blog post is simply me working out loud about how I've adapted.

DYOR – Don’t believe everything you read
Some thoughts about not believing everything we read; be prepared to DYOR (Do your own research).

Ian Pettigrew’s PLN (Personal Learning Network)
Some thoughts about my Personal Learning Network (PLN)

Sarah-Jane Lennie – True Strength Podcast – Episode 8
As part of my True Strength project, I’m featuring interviews that dig deep into how people succeed and I was delighted to interview Sarah-Jane Lennie. SJ is a police officer taking a career break to ...

Andy Johnson – True Strength Podcast – Episode 7
As part of my True Strength project, I'm featuring interviews that dig deep into how people succeed and I was delighted to interview Andy Johnson of Andy Johnson Media. The interview has lots of insig ...

Connecting HR: Manchester to Africa in 3 years
On the 27th March 2013, I sat in a bar in Manchester with Damiana Casile, anxiously waiting to see if anybody else would turn up for the very first #connectingHRmcr (Connecting HR Manchester) and nerv ...

Rachel Dunscombe – True Strength Podcast – Episode 6
As part of my True Strength project, I’m featuring interviews that dig deep into how people succeed and I was delighted to interview Rachel Dunscombe of Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust. The intervi ...