How to get the most out of engagement surveys
Employee engagement is at the heart of new survey products that provide continual data. Survey questions can be key to getting accurate results.
Why the HR business partner is an evolving role
Renowned HR industry analyst Josh Bersin discusses the importance of the HR business partner in modern business.
Why HR is at the heart of McDonald’s new golden age
Chief People Officer David Fairhurst is playing a key role as the storied McDonald’s brand adapts to a changing business and environment.
Working with HR to build the employee experience
Sreeram Iyer talks through the people strategies at the top of the agenda for ANZ’s corporate and institutional banking business.
Are “superminds” the next step in tech disruption?
Workplace technology commentator John Sumser ponders an age where the intelligence of groups, teams, and organsiations is focused on.
Leading a people-first talent agenda at ANZ Bank
Sreeram Iyer talks through the people strategies at the top of the agenda for ANZ’s corporate and institutional banking business.
Book review: Marcus Buckingham’s “Nine Lies About Work”
US-based HR technology commentator Bill Kutik offers a personalised review of “Nine Lies about Work”, the latest book from Marcus Buckingham.
Josh Bersin: Getting truly agile across the HR function
“Agile”, a design framework invented for software developers, has now landed in HR. And it’s transforming absolutely everything.
Robotic process automation: your future colleague
Robotic process automation may provide the bridge between manual processes and the artificial intelligence that is on the horizon.
DBS Bank: HR’s role in a wide-scale transformation
DBS’ Chief Data and Transformation Officer Paul Cobban has lead a 10-year change journey across the bank. He says he couldn’t have done it without HR.
Why diversity fails (and what HR can do about it)
The Chief People Officer of Singapore-based Everise explains why diversity efforts sometimes fail, as well as the Everise approach to inclusion.
Are companies going too far in their employee surveillance?
New tools allow companies to put their workers under the microscope like never before – but are the insights worth the implications for trust and privacy?
How HR and technology can better support teams
New research shows that teams that most impact on the output of an organisation. Here’s how HR and technology can help their development.
Infographic: HR transformation in the spotlight
There’s a big focus on business transformation at the moment, but research from DDI reveals that the HR department is itself in need of change.
The case for transformational leadership in Asia-Pacific
Grace Ho, who leads Commvault in Southeast Asia and Asia-Pacific, shares some insights from a long career of change management.
Serviced apartments: new challenges; great opportunities
Serviced apartment operators have never seen so many different market forces weighing down on their traditional business model.
SMU Research: Taking careful stock of the CHRO role
Professor Richard R. Smith, of Singapore Management University, reveals some key insights into the burgeoning Chief HR Officer role.
Fuji Xerox: Enabling and empowering people
Sara Cheng, CEO of Fuji Xerox Singapore, outlines her approach to enabling and empowering the teams that will deliver business success.
How to bring out the best in every team across the organisation
Retention is increasingly becoming tied to the strength of an organisation’s teams, which in turn have the ability to power business success.
DBS’ transformation team: Agents of change
DBS has gone from a bottom-of-the pile bank to being crowned the world’s best. Its transformation team shares that 10-year journey.
The keys to millennial engagement at the workplace
Luke McNeal, from Workplace by Facebook, says the millennial generation has fundamentally changed how employers attract and retain staff.
McDonald’s Global Chief People Officer shares his lessons learned
David Fairhurst, Corporate EVP, Global Chief People Officer of McDonald’s Corp, offers some key advice for HR leaders, based on his own extensive career.
Elevating the HR function through digitalisation
To seize the opportunities that digitalisation brings, it is essential to equip employees with the right skills by digital training and digital upskilling.
Chief HR Officers at the helm of Industry 4.0
It’s a brand new world for Chief HR Officers right now. HRM Asia examines the key talent trends that are shaping the scope of the role.
Boost retention by making your onboarding program strategic
A cultural audit can help HR make onboarding more meaningful and effective, says Lilith Christiansen of software developer SilkRoad.
Five ways first-time Chief HR Officers can make their mark
A dynamic labor market is emerging for aspiring CHROs. Dan Hawkins and Kim Shanahan offer their advice for those first taking on the role.
How to create a culture of courage, and why
Brave leadership is teachable—and essential to business success—according to researcher Brené Brown.
Will data science save the HR function — or kill it?
Data science may well save and elevate the function of HR—yet it will also eliminate much about how HR, as we know it, functions.
How employee experience impacts your talent pipeline
Employers expecting to attract top talent should focus on improving the employee experience. So says a new report from Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
Re(de)fining human intelligence in the digital world
Jacely Voon, General Manager of Human Capital with Fuji Xerox Singapore, says employers need to embrace new concepts of “Human Intelligence”