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Dave Ulrich: HR need not be your friend to be effective

In his latest column, Dave Ulrich takes a deep dive look into the function of HR, and whether or not employees should expect more from the HR services on offer to them, or whether there is an entire misunderstanding around what the role of HR truly is.

Some have lately demeaned HR because they are “not your friend.” They claim HR has not been sufficiently supportive of employees in cases of misconduct or harassment—perhaps additionally implying that HR will not act in the employees’ best interest or do them any favors to help. At times, these allegations against HR are likely true; at other times, they miss the role of HR in ensuring both employee well-being and organisation competitiveness.

“Even in a transparent social media world, HR professionals often are generally required to do their work in private, quiet, and influential ways.” – Dave Ulrich

Read more about this below.

Pressures have caused 12% of employees to act unethically at work

Much of the corporate world trends are driven by a desire for results, these pressures have taken it’s toll on UK workers, with research it has been revealed that employees have acted unethically to achieve these goals.

Have you ever acted unethically? Read more below.

HRD Summit UK 2019 launches full brochure

HRD Summit UK 2019 Launches its full brochure, with some of the greatest minds in business included within our innovative programme.

Now in its 17th year, the HRD Summit UK, provides the perfect platform to connect and learn, with global business leaders from a range of industries. The theme for this year’s event is The Conscious Organisation.

With the likes of Rita McGrath, Thinker’s50 Best Selling Author, Josh Bersin, Bruce Daisley of Twitter, David Green who is Ex-IBM and Jane Sendall from Warner Bros, you can expect to be surrounded by some of the greatest business and HR minds in the world as well as trailblazers!

Join us on 5-6 February, at the ICC in Birmingham to be part of the discussion and at the forefront of change. Read more details below.

HR Distinction Awards 2019 – Entries are now open

After a huge success with the HR Distinction 2018 Awards in Birmingham, which saw over 700 HR and business leaders in attendance, we have now moved to London.

Read more about entering below and, best of luck to all of our entrants and we look forward to celebrating your achievements with you.

Are you coming to next year’s gathering of the Who’s Who in the HR industry?

In today’s diverse and complex business environment we understand the challenges facing the business leaders of today. If you’re wondering how to create a profitable organisation whilst ensuring the wellbeing of your employees then we can help put you in front of the visionaries that have done exactly that.

We only assemble the best of the best – speakers confirmed for 2019 come from a variety of companies leading the way to include Virgin Money, HSBC, Sodexo, Sky, Thinkers 50, Bersin, Cisco, ThermoFischer Scientific and many more.

Book here now

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I hope you enjoy the features.

Best wishes,

Emily Sexton-Brown,
Editor, HRD Connect