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Bob Garlick (Business Book Talk) chats with Gloria Moss about this fascinating subject and delves into the root causes of the differences between men and women.
“We find out some amazing stuff, including the fact that men don’t see as many colours as women. The research in this book is topnotch and I see this book becoming a standard for anyone who needs to understand the importance of designing for specific demographics. A must-read for marketers, advertisers, HR managers, and even game developers. “
Gloria is the author of Gender, Design and MarketingAnn-Marie Quigg uses rather a transparent technique in her blog to capture your interest, which I have shamelessly copied here. The intention is however totally decent and is to draw your attention to the free workshop that she is taking part in at Birkbeck College in London on 23rd June around the working conditions of people who are passionate about their work in the arts, cultural and media sectors. Ann-Marie is author of Bullying in the Arts.
For all managers out there…
Jane Sparrow, author of the forthcoming Gower book The Culture Builders has set up a survey to help gather information relevant to the book and the themes/topic within it.
The survey is specifically for those of you who manage 1 or more person/s. If you have a spare few minutes to complete the survey, it would be very much appreciated.
Please click here to take part in the survey. You can also visit Jane’s Facebook page for more information.
Gower will be at HRD Olympia next week in conjunction with Middlesex Business School. Please do come and visit us both on Stand 300. On Wednesday 25th we will be having a book launch for Human Resources or Human Capital? at 12:30pm where the author, Andrew Mayo, will be signing books and will be available for you to speak to. If you are attending the event, Gower and Middlesex Business School will be delighted to see you.
This year’s Simply Summit (26th/27th April, Prospero House, London SE1) looks very good indeed. Along with speakers such as Euan Semple and Jim Ylisela, there is a wonderful programme exploring emerging developments in employee engagement and organizational social media. Plus delegates will have the chance to hear John Smythe talking about his research and the subject of his forthcoming book: The Velvet Revolution at Work: The Rise of Employee Engagement, The Fall of Command and Control. Simply Communicate, who host the event put on extraordinarily good and thought-provoking events so I am looking forward to it. We’ll be exhibiting copies of The Gower Handbook of Internal Communication and offering a draw to win free copies.
On Tuesday, May 15th 2012, People in Business are hosting a free seminar which features an overview of their findings, drawn from their project-based experience and a number of two day employer brand knowledge-sharing sessions run with over a 100 hundred local ‘talent managers’ in Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzen.
During the seminar, led by Richard Mosley, Global SVP of Employer Brand Consulting, People in Business will be covering:
• The trends shaping the Chinese labour market
• Attraction drivers, including the relative appeal of Chinese vs. Foreign enterprises
• Recruitment media channels and usage
• Engagement and retention drivers
• Future challenges and opportunities
Over a series of similar sessions, Richard will also be sharing similar reviews of the talent markets in India, Russia, and Brazil.
This is a unique opportunity to share ideas, and capture best practice in managing your employer brand in emerging markets.
Places are limited and allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. To book your place, please email nell@pib.co.uk. If you have any questions, please call Nell on 020 3375 4180.
Gower author, Simon Barrow, is Chairman and founder of People in Business. His book, Employee Communication during Mergers and Acquisitions, with Jenny Davenport, is available from Gower Publishing.
You are lucky if you’re the HR practitioner whose advice is followed without challenge and who is consulted oracle-like before any action is taken toward change. More often, change is already underway by the time HR is first involved: thought processes gone through; decisions have been made; perhaps even action taken.
Entering the change process at this stage, HR must be able to assess how sound the reasoning is, how much the readiness has been examined, how robust the plans for solutions are and how much attention is being paid to the effect on the people. Any weaknesses or gaps found in the assessment put HR in the position of needing to slow things down and get their clients to re-examine earlier decisions, assumptions or actions. It is impossible to do this without strong influencing skills.
Influence is underpinned by credibility and made easier through relationship and HR practitioners must devote energy to establishing their credibility and building their relationships widely so that when the time comes to need to influence, the ground will be fertile. The art of influence is knowing when to push and when to pull; when to ask and when to tell; when to pace the client and when to lead. It is knowing how to insist without dogmatism; how to compromise without folding; and how to withdraw leaving the way open for future progress.
Without influence, the HR practitioner is confined to executing the will of the leaders and cannot add true value to the direction and management of change.
This article (found on their website) is written by Jan Hills who is the partner at Orion Partners and responsible for the HR strategy and HR capability service lines. Jan co-wrote the Gower book Developing HR Talent which is part of the Gower HR Transformation Series.
Assessment & Development Consultants Ltd (A&DC), have just launched a new resources library on their website, www.adc.uk.com/content. The resource section is full of free downloadable content such as advice guides, white papers and case studies on areas such as Talent Management, Assessment Centres, Learning and Development and Leadership.
Nigel Povah, the CEO and founder of A&DC is also co-editor of Gower’s new book Assessment Centres and Global Talent Management.
Deon Meiring, contributing author to Gower’s new book Assessment Centres and Global Talent Management will be hosting a selection of workshops at the Assessment Centre Study Group Conference in Stellenbosch, South Africa, during 12-16 March 2012. Deon will be talking in depth about the key areas of the book and discussing the background and main issues that emerged from the research and case studies collated in creating the chapters.
You can find more information about the event, along with a booking form at www.acsg.co.za.
If you have a specific question, or require more information contact Judith Williamson on acsgsa@gmail.com or 083 304 6068.
You can hear and see Penny Pullan (author of Gower Publishing’s A Short Guide to Facilitating Risk Management) presenting on the topic at the 2012 Project Management Institute (PMI) EMEA Congress which is in Marseille between 7th and 9th May. I’ll keep you posted through our blog about the involvement of any other Gower authors at this event.
