Robert Jeffery

The Behavioural Insights Team president on the power of disruption, evidence-based HR, and what ‘choice architecture’ actually is

With industrial disputes hogging the headlines, four speakers from different sides of the debate explain why employment relations has never mattered more

Why the author, speaker and HR practitioner is using his experience of helping executives succeed to encourage more people professionals into the top job

<p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Apprenticeships and gender pay are the next battles HR must fight, says the president of the Public Services People Managers Association</p>

<p xmlns=“http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml”>From its origins in welfare to its digital reinvention, the story of HR in the UK is simultaneously the history of an economy in search of an identity. The CIPD’s <em>Work.</em> magazine spoke to a group of experts about their own perspectives on the past century</p>

<p xmlns=“http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml”>Coronavirus has presented an opportunity for the discipline to help reshape and redesign businesses</p>

<p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">The trust’s OD team has helped supercharge the development of virtual outpatient clinics and empower staff to come up with innovative ways of doing things</p>

<p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">The global news business redefined the idea of successful leadership in order to eliminate bias</p>

<p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">A string of inclusion initiatives has helped the car retailer to change the demographic of its shop-floor staff</p>

<p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">When pay rates fluctuate wildly, salary bands can bring much-needed structure to your organisation. But setting and implementing them is far from simple</p>

<p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">The hospitality giant has increased diversity by introducing a series of inclusion initiatives</p>

<p xmlns=“http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml”>It’s never been more important for HR to demonstrate commercial awareness. But what does that mean in reality, and how does the profession overcome its traditional disconnect from business metrics?</p>

<p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Mediation is garnering fresh attention as an effective way to settle disagreements between individuals</p>

<p xmlns=“http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml”>Getting to grips with your workforce data can bring better returns than you realise</p>

<p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">The troubled trust worked with culture specialists to give employees a sense of achievement and connection </p>

<p xmlns=“http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml”>The care provider overhauled its staff development and wellbeing offering to try to guard against sector-wide recruitment issues</p>

<p xmlns=“http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml”>The changing needs of its learners meant Europe’s biggest media business went back to the drawing board</p>

<p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">The oil giant started by upskilling its HR team thanks to a programme introduced with the CIPD's help</p>

<p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">The supermarket giant ripped up the rule book, raised wages across the board, and hasn't looked back since</p>

<p xmlns=“http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml”>Transgender people are consistently marginalised at work, and in the labour market. It’s HR’s job to put things right</p>