Written by Matt on October 19, 2012 – 3:23 pm
Solo’s governance lead Matt Simkin reflects on this week’s debate on the future of HR and how it must add value to the business in the future KPMG has recently published Rethinking Human Resources in a Changing World. The report reminds us of how it feels day-to-day in organisations; the attention on reducing and optimising [...]
Written by Fiona Endersby on March 27, 2012 – 12:48 pm
More than education, more than experience, more than training, a person’s level of resilience will determine who succeeds and who fails. That’s true in the cancer ward, it’s true in the Olympics, and it’s true in the boardroom. Dean Becker, Harvard Business Review, May 2002. Ten years on from this article, the world seems more [...]
Written by Alison Ritchie on April 2, 2011 – 6:07 pm
(First Published November 2010) The Comprehensive Spending Review was published by the Coalition Government today, and the implications of this are just starting to be analysed. But even at this early stage, it seems clear that in all areas of public expenditure, the government will be looking for more efficiency and economy in the ways [...]
Written by Alison Ritchie on April 2, 2011 – 6:05 pm
Solo Consultancy Ltd Default Retirement Age (DRA) At present, the Government plans to abolish the Default Retirement Age (DRA) in April 2011. This move is based on the premise that it is wrong to fix a retirement age at a particular point in time (65 years old) and to expect that all employees will be [...]
Written by admin on January 17, 2011 – 9:43 pm
I have been spending time this week working with clients to develop individual capability. This has included looking at management competencies, board effectiveness and 1-1 coaching sessions too. I am fortunate to have access to people from different walks of life, and the opportunity to extract and share lessons (whilst paying full heed to confidentiality [...]
