Blaire Palmer

Member Since: 26th Nov 2015

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Bio

Blaire Palmer is a leadership coach, author, podcaster and conference speaker. As CEO of That People Thing she works with senior executives to help them rethink how to lead in these fast changing times. You can talk to Blaire about her leadership coaching or find out more about her work at www.thatpeoplething.com

Blaire Palmer

Author, speaker, agent provocateur for senior leaders and their teams That People Thing

4th Jan 2021

Why HR professionals must put their own wellbeing first

Being in HR is unlike being in any other function in a business. No one wonders whether the company’s FD prefers Excel or Google Sheets for...

Culture

27th Oct 2020

Company culture: is your organisation a BFF or a frenemy?

We’ve all been to that workshop where the facilitator asks us, “If your business was a brand of car, what car would it be?”, or “If your...

Culture

19th Oct 2020

Culture Pioneers: Four tips for telling your organisation's culture change story

If you've not already heard about HRZone's Culture Pioneers , the initiative was launched in July 2020 to champion the achievements of...

Culture

20th Aug 2020

Will permanent remote and flexible working lead to a culture vacuum?

One of my client companies is planning to move to flexible and remote working post Covid-19. No surprise there – except that there is...

Culture

10th Jun 2020

Building a flexible culture in the new personalised age

Over the last few weeks, we’ve seen our colleagues like never before. We’ve seen their make-shift home offices, we’ve seen the cup they...

Culture

13th Mar 2020

Coronavirus: How to work from home with kids at home

While there is some excellent advice out there at the moment about remote working during this unsettling time, one aspect is noticeably...

People

3rd Mar 2020

Why your HR ‘throw-aways’ are damaging your company’s inclusion efforts

Young people are too sensitive. They seem to require constant feedback. This is a workplace not a wellbeing retreat. Older people don’t...

Culture

3rd Feb 2020

Why you need to have an HR philosophy to really make a difference

One of the major differences between a manager and a leader is that managers fulfil the brief set by others while leaders stand for...

Strategy

19th Dec 2019

New Year planning: how to design a successful team offsite day

While preparations for the end of the year are underway, most of us are also thinking ahead to the raft of team offsite days that will be...

Employees

25th Sep 2019

Ten reasons to love doing HR for a small business

Alright, alright. You don’t have access to a ‘Leadership University’ or state of the art breakout rooms. You don’t have an army of HRBPs,...

Business

Why HR professionals must put their own wellbeing first

Company culture: is your organisation a BFF or a frenemy?

Culture Pioneers: Four tips for telling your organisation's culture change story

Will permanent remote and flexible working lead to a culture vacuum?

Building a flexible culture in the new personalised age

Coronavirus: How to work from home with kids at home

Why your HR ‘throw-aways’ are damaging your company’s inclusion efforts

Why you need to have an HR philosophy to really make a difference

New Year planning: how to design a successful team offsite day

Ten reasons to love doing HR for a small business

4 ways to support parents with home schooling

How HR can catalyse transformation

Do you know the four basic components of EI?

Transforming your culture in a crisis