Thoughts on the Connecting HR Unconference

Yesterday I attended my first ever unconference. I got involved with the Connecting HR group last year, after meeting  Jon Ingham at one of the early Engage for Success Guru Group meeting. Sometimes I think things are meant to happen. I went along to a Connecting HR...

Service or status?

  I met someone the other day who told me a very sad story about a well-known U.K. retailer. They had a famous CEO, until he retired a couple of years ago and his place was taken by someone else. The conversation I was having started because the other guy was...

The 20 Questions Cafe

I caught a train to London the other day, something I do regularly. I had a few moments to spare so went to get a coffee from the station buffet. ‘Welcome to the 20 Questions Cafe’, said the young lady who served me. ‘I take it that means you are...

How To Drive Customers Away

I am indebted to my friend, professional photographer Dana Al-Gharabally for this story. Dana and her mother recently visited a well-known fashion retailer’s store in search of some new clothes for Dana’s mother. Dana herself was not planning to buy...

More on Brave HR

Image above thanks to The HR Juggler  Last week I had the pleasure of meeting a young lady called Caroline. She works for a very large multi-national company with headquarters in mainland Europe. Caroline’s employers are in everything from engineering,...