Human Resource Management International Digest: Volume 18 Issue 7

How to cement a diversity policy

Highlights common pitfalls managers face when introducing diversity policies.

Leading through uncertain times – dance in the rain: The experience of the NHS workforce‐review team

Explores the challenges faced in leading organizations through times of uncertainty and how a positive approach can result in expansion.

Initiative fatigue becalms windmill company: New corporate values fail to gain acceptance at NEG Micon

Analyzes the communication processes from both a management and an employee viewpoint during a corporate‐value implementation process at NEG Micon, a Danish windmill company.

Solarcentury employees knit for success: Program gets employees firing on all cylinders

Describes how employees at UK solar‐energy company Solarcentury developed a more sustainable way of working, involving doing more with less stress.

Ordnance Survey maps its employer brand: Core values connect with potential and existing employees

Describes how Ordnance Survey defined a compelling set of values that helped to inform how it interacts with employees and sells itself to potential recruits.

Siemens generates its engineers of the future: Apprenticeship scheme meets skill needs at a rural location

Describes an award‐winning engineering‐apprenticeship program at Siemens Industrial Turbomachinery Ltd, Lincoln, UK.

Contour homes in on effective change: Program outlines the vital role of communication

Examines how Oakridge Training and Consulting designed and delivered a training program to enhance Contour Housing Group's ability to deliver effective change.

Training delivers exemplary performance at TNT: Award‐winning program transforms archive‐services division

Describes award‐winning training that has transformed TNT's archive services division.

Starwood Hotels pilots e‐mentoring: Success depends on mutual trust

Examines the effectiveness of a pilot e‐mentoring program at Starwood Hotels and Resorts.

Land Registry equips managers to lead during time of change: Training smoothes the way for centralized HR service center

Describes award‐winning management training at Land Registry, UK, introduced ahead of a major organizational change to centralize the agency's HR function.

Prisoners train for the tool trade with Travis Perkins: Scheme makes business sense and brings social benefits

Describes how the tool‐hire business of builders' merchant and home‐improvement retailer Travis Perkins has teamed up with Stocken Prison, Rutland, UK, to train inmates to repair…

Europe Arab Bank counts on intercultural training: Courses highlight ways of building effective relationships

Describes intercultural training and cross‐cultural awareness training at Europe Arab Bank.

Interview with Michael Armstrong, co‐author of Evidence Based Reward Management

The purpose of this paper is to provide an interview with Michael Armstrong, joint Managing Partner of e‐reward and former Chief Examiner of the Chartered Institute of Personnel…

Foundations of Human-resource Development (2nd ed.)

Best Human-resource Management Practices in Latin America

Special report: training and development

A cut above (UK public sector spending cuts)

Terminal velocity (human resource management at Dubai Metro)

Mental health in the workplace

Raising engagement (motivation)

Maintenance: the forgotten step

So far, so good? (managing teams over long distances)

Leadership under Pressure: Tactics from the Front Line

Are You a Badger or a Doormat?

Proving your worth

Is leadership doomed to fail?

Tough stretch (US prison industry)

Brain break: understanding the influence of brain functions on organizational effectiveness

Driving sustained improvement (how 5S brought award-winning change to UK car dealership Colliers Nissan)