Blaire Palmer

Member Since: 26th Nov 2015
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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
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