Welcome to your HRD Connect update!

My working day: Becky Thoseby, Group Head of Wellbeing, Department for Transport

In a regular new series, HRD Connect speaks with leaders from all different industries about their working day. Learning from your peers is very important when it comes to overcoming challenges and adapting to new working environments. In a new series launched by HRD Connect, we find out how your peers shape and craft their working days. In our latest feature, we spoke with Becky Thoseby, Group Head of Wellbeing, at The Department for Transport. Read below to find out more.

“Sleep is my absolute number one wellbeing priority.” – Becky Thoseby

Employees at PwC can now choose their own working hours

In a survey of 2000 people, 46% said they would prioritise flexible working and a work-life balance the most when looking for a new job. Lucy Skoulding investigates.

HRD Summit Jazzes Up its US Roadshow with Music and Columbia Business School

Leading event specialist, Contentive, in partnership with Columbia Business School’s Executive Education division, has announced a leadership-focused roadshow to take place in New York on October 30 in the run-up to its inaugural HRD People Leaders Summit in the US that focuses on people leadership, talent, engagement and learning.

HR’s Future Leaders 2018

Are you a rising star in HR? Or do you know someone who is going to be a future leader?

HRD Connect’s Future Leaders in HR is open for your entries!

If you are, or you know someone who is going to be, the next big innovator within HR then please complete the submission form below to enter and be considered for our line-up of HR’s rising stars and emerging leaders.

To qualify as a future leader you must… 

  • Showcase specific examples of leading through crisis and unpredictability
  • Detail initiatives you have personally implemented that have improved the company’s culture – proving this by sharing tangible data and results
  • Specialising in a specific area of HR (e.g. diversity & inclusion, mental health, employee engagement), explaining how this particular part of the HR agenda is flourishing and what your future plans in your chosen area are
  • If you are a manager nominating someone, please be mindful of all the above points

Register your nomination below.

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I hope you enjoy the features.

Best wishes,

Emily Sexton-Brown,
Editor, HRD Connect