Sparkly Staff Survey Snap-Shot - 24 December 2011
Christmas is just around the corner and for the Civil Service that means an abundance of tinsel, carols at Westminster Abbey and the haloed staff survey results! Employee engagement has become a hot topic in government in recent times and this year has seen the third annual Civil Service-wide employee engagement survey. We think that this is the biggest staff survey in Europe and it gives us a lot of invaluable data which we can use to improve the way ...Read More
Client centred coaching - 25 October 2011
It hasn’t been long since my last blog but I have been up to quite a lot. My most recent endeavour has been into coaching. The Home Office is really committed to producing a cadre of internal coaches to support employees, including senior leaders, in their careers. I have seized the opportunity to become trained as an internal coach because it is something that I find fascinating and of course gives me another string to my bow! So far I have ...Read More
HR Business Partnering is good work - 20 September 2011
I started my second placement on the HR Fast Stream in April. I’m working for the Home Office now as an Assistant HR Business Partner and it is varied, unpredictable, challenging and fun. As a born planner and list writer, at first I struggled with the impromptu nature of tasks but now, six months in, I’ve started to enjoy the diversity of things which land on my desk each day. I look after four different business groups in the Home Office. Each of ...Read More
Developing Civil Service HR (and myself!) - 06 April 2011
When I joined the HR programme in September 2009 I did already have my Masters qualification in Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations but I hadn’t yet had a real chance to put the theory which I had studied (at length!) into practice. This programme has given me the opportunity to join an HR function with a range of HR roles which is broader than most other organisations. Not only do HR Fast Streamers have the chance to work in a range of ...Read More