PurpleLine Consulting

What determines the success of HR business partnering more than any other factor is the relationship between HR and the line.  Some new research offers practical steps to make this relationship work effectively.

In a recent issue of their HR Review, the Institute for Employment Studies has published their top 10 HR issues 'as we slowly emerge from the recession.'

I've been away for a while exploring some of the spectacular National Parks in the USA.  I've now returned refreshed and raring to go...

This article sparked my interest. 

When deciding whether a career in HR is for you, you need to understand what the role of HR in an organisation is.

Business school can teach you a number of valuable skills.  But it's doing the job that enables you to understand, respond to and anticipate what the organisation wants from HR.  And there's no substitute for wide experience both within and outside the HR function.

In an earlier post, I commented on the CIPD's new professional development scheme, which covers skills and behaviours as well as HR knowledge.  In a recent issue of Personnel Today, Jan Hills, HR capability partner at Orion Partners considers the new CIPD map "a great step forward for modernising standards and guiding HR practitioners in their development."