Sometimes the oldies are the goodies. One of my favourite goodies is Alvin Toffler, I first came across him at a time in my life when I was beginning to have confidence in myself and my own ability to learn. His book The Third Wave made so much sense to me then and now. Toffler used the term waves:

Is it time to stop using the term Human Resources, or perhaps even Human Capital and go back to the root of the word Personnel – People ? Consider the following: It is a fact that despite moves to robots, the highest cost to most organisations is their people. It is also widely recognised that an engaged workforce is more productive than a dis-engaged workforce.

Well guess what? We were out celebrating last night – our excuse was Seb’s birthday! We take birthdays seriously at Cullen Scholefield; it gives us an opportunity to spend time together in a social context and to spoil the birthday boy or girl. Who doesn’t like to feel special?

2020 once seemed such a long way away and yet in less than 5 years we will be there! I will be facilitating a strategic planning session later this week. I have been mulling over the approach I will take with the owners of this young company that’s now 2 years old – I was with them at its birth!

Tuesday was the Haywards Heath and District Business Association (HHDBA) networking event at Idlewild and as it was the Chair’s “Official” Birthday BBQ bash it seemed sensible to invite our prospective new employee and two potential students from the University of Sussex. Many members of our team were there too. It was great to also see our last Bright Young Thing (BYT), Eleanor Brough and catch up with her news.

My magpie mind gets me into some strange places… so when an article in Real Business popped up on my computer I got to wondering.  We know that we are now in a 5 generation workforce – this table for Roffey Park’s whitepaper Talent and the Generations is useful....

Consistency and change - how can these be compatible? It is strange how something can trigger a train of thought! Let me explain… Cullen Scholefield has supported Comic Relief right from the start, I was delighted to get an eMail from them last week. Here comes the...

Giving back to your community is on the agenda of all forward thinking organisations.   Cullen Scholefield is definitely forward thinking so we are actively involved in our local community here in Haywards Heath.  I was surprised that LinkedIn picked up my 4th...

One of the wonderful things for me is that no week is ever exactly the same – perhaps this is what gives me energy and sparks my sense of mischief! Monday was getting back to the office after a week in Gibraltar and then an evening meeting with my Chair of Haywards...

Travelling always gives you the opportunity to reflect, perhaps this is one of the reasons I am happy to travel and Gibraltar has been a regular haunt of mine since we have been developing People Professionals here for nearly three years. In those early days I came...

So whilst most of the UK has been sweltering and Gina has been buying ice lollies for the office, Carol and I have been on a slightly cooler Isle of Man.  Always lovely to be hear and catch up with people who we have known for so many years!! Imagine our surprise and...

No I haven’t lost the plot this week…  I am real believer in the amazing power of synchronicity and serendipity – both are in my life at the moment.  I also believe that they are in the lives of all of us – if we can recognise it!! So the synchronicity part – our...

Today had an interesting start for me – a 06:45 pick up to go swimming!   It was a lovely morning and swimming out in the outside pool was fabulous!  Madness did I hear you mutter?   Swimming and I go back a long way from my childhood in Africa and then competitive...

Sometimes it is easy to say – I haven’t the time to develop young people.  Time is always such a precious commodity isn’t it? Cullen Scholefield has always championed the value of what I call “bright young things”.  I value their opinions and contribution to our...

It has been great to be in Gibraltar having some time to chill and catch up with candidates.   Yesterday I went to the Gibraltar CIPD Branch Meeting.  It was a really practical session facilitated by Sylvia Kenna who is on the committee and leads a consultancy called...

Yesterday I flew to Gibraltar – up at 04:00, who said travelling was glamorous?  It was a challenging day for Carolyn McCall of Easyjet too.  After reporting a profit of £7m for the first 6 months of trading against a loss of £53m for the same period last year,...

Today is going to be a day when we all exercise our rights as British Citizens.  Some of us will vote and some won’t.  I do wonder whether we realise how privileged we are to be British.  This thought crossed my mind when I witnessed Gina formally become a British...