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Peter Cheese: Leadership, legacy and career-long curiosity
1+ hour, 24+ min ago (854+ words) In an exclusive interview with HR magazine's editor, Peter Cheese, the CIPD's outgoing chief executive, reflects on leadership, legacy and the values that have guided his career. "HR professionals should inspire each other to be curious, and to engage in…...
Six in 10 workers start the day fatigued
1+ hour, 5+ min ago (513+ words) Nearly two thirds (62%) of workers begin their day tired, according to research shared exclusively with HR magazine by representatives of the resilience intelligence platform Beam. Researchers for the Beam Resilience Report: 2026 also found that 61% of employees struggle to switch off…...
How learning can compete in the attention economy
2+ hour, 43+ min ago (449+ words) Workplace training has a problem. Learning experiences were designed in an era when Netflix didn't exist, Tik Tok wasn't a thing, and there weren't the plethora of tools we have now to present complex ideas in genuinely entertaining ways. We…...
The employment tribunal backlog is a wake-up call for HR
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (481+ words) There are currently more than 50, 000 unresolved single employment tribunal cases in England and Wales, a record high, up by a third in just 12 months, with average waiting times of up to 17 months. That number should alarm every HR director in…...
How British Heart Foundation reduced its gender and ethnicity pay gaps
3+ day, 20+ min ago (392+ words) The British Heart Foundation (BHF)'s median gender and ethnicity pay gaps are zero. Speaking exclusively to HR magazine, the BHF's HR team explained how it achieved this success, which contributed to winning a trophy at last year's HR Excellence…...
HR reacts: Voice-activated AI tools at work
3+ day, 18+ hour ago (592+ words) More workers are using voice-activated AI tools, the Wall Street Journal highlighted on Monday (11 May). We dig into the impacts on workplace culture. Reacting to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ)s coverage this week about voice-activated AI tools, we asked…...
Workers from manual backgrounds more likely to have low wellbeing
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (448+ words) Workers from manual and routine backgrounds are more likely to experience low wellbeing than those from professional backgrounds, according to a report published yesterday (13 May) by charity the Sutton Trust in partnership with Co-op. Researchers for the Good Life report…...
Measuring presence instead of impact breaks leadership pipelines
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (209+ words) Employers have a performance, progression and recruitment design problem that HR can help fix. Sometimes, we find that commitment is still measured by visibility rather than outcomes. People who leave on time, work flexibly or protect boundaries might be read…...
Plug HR's transformation leadership capability gap
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (415+ words) Organisations are asking far more of HR than they were even five years ago. CHROs are now expected to help redesign work, enable AI adoption, reshape workforce models and create more compelling employee experiences. The remit of the function has…...
Gender pension gap begins at 28, study reveals
5+ day, 2+ hour ago (553+ words) The gender pension gap starts at age 28 for women, according to research from investment platform AJ Bell, published on Monday (11 May). Between the ages 29 and 40, a fifth (21%) of women work part-time, compared with 5% of men. The study also found that…...