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Practicing Mindfulness at Work

Mindfulness is a pretty straightforward word. It suggests that the mind is fully attending to what’s happening, to what you’re doing, to the space you’re moving through. That might seem trivial, except for the annoying fact that we so often veer from the matter at hand. Our mind takes flight, we lose touch with our body, and pretty soon we’re engrossed in obsessive thoughts about something that just happened or fretting about the future. And that makes us anxious. Mindfulness is the basic hum...

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The Geeks have arrived in HR !

There is a major shift taking place in the market for people analytics. After years of talking about the opportunity to apply data to people decisions, companies are now stepping up and making the investment. And more exciting than that, the serious math and data people are flocking to HR.

A little history is in order.

The area of HR analytics, talent analytics, or as it is now called "people analytics" has been around for a long time. Companies have been talking about how to measure le...

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The HR Network Series: High Impact HR Business Partners

You are invited to join us for salariesinmalta.com's ninth HR Network Series titled: High Impact HR Business Partners on the 10th November 2017 from 08:30 till 12:30 at Xara Lodge, Rabat

For our 9th HR Network Series we will focus on the role of HR Business Partners. The role of the Human Resources Business Partner (HRBP) in an organisation, is linked to the maturity level of a company's HR operating model and how HR services are operated and delivered. As an example, a company with an HR ...

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The HR Network Series: What do Leaders expect from HR?

You are invited to join us for salariesinmalta.com's eight HR Network Series entitled: What do Leaders expect from HR on the 1st September 2017 from 08:30 till 12:30 at Xara Lodge, Rabat

For our 8th HR Network Series we will focus our discussion on the expectations of Business Leaders from HR Practitioners and the HR Function. We will discuss how Business Leaders see HR and what are the critical competencies that HR Practitioners should master to drive business performance and achieve long...

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The Life of the "Fleas"

Many of us arrive at a stage where they feel it is time to leave the Corporate World for a while and try the life of the “Flea” as Charles Handy has nicely put it in his book The Elephant and the Flea back in the early 2000.

Like the author, many decide to voluntarily leave the comfort and security of a successful corporate career to become a freelance consultant. Back when Charles Handy wrote this fascinating book, he was not aware that he was a good 20 years ahead of his time in the mode...

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Leadership Development

Leadership Development

One of the biggest investment areas in Human Resources and Talent Management is Leadership Development. It is one of the bedrock roles of the HR or L&D team, since in many ways "leadership" is one of the most strategic assets in any organization. Over the last ten years, the leadership development "industry" has rapidly changed, but some of our local practices may have not evolved as fast as our businesses. Let me highlight a few of the big changes which you sh...

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