HR acts of kindness advent calendar; 4th December

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“A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money”. John Ruskin

Wow, I can’t believe that we are on day four of our advent countdown already; who has been joining in with the challenges so far? Do keep your comments and tweets coming in, it is great to hear how HR acts of kindness is working for you and those close to you.

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HR acts of kindness advent calendar; 3rd December

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“For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.”

Audrey Hepburn

Happy Monday everyone!

I hope you all had a lovely weekend. If you are only just joining us, welcome to the HR acts of kindness virtual advent calendar 2018, don’t worry, it is not too late to get involved so let’s grab a cuppa and get this week off to a positive start!

This year has been a wonderful year for HR acts of kindness and I’d like to thank you all for your support with it and joining in to make the world a better place, one random act of kindness at a time.

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HR acts of kindness advent calendar; 2nd December

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Welcome back to my blog and happy Sunday to you!

The picture that accompanies this post is simply perfect to sum up a festive Sunday, a good cup of coffee and a good book, how very hygge!

I hope your challenges went well yesterday and that lots of compliments were paid, it is great to make people around you feel good.

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I’m in the 2019 UK Blog Awards!

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Wowsers what a year it has been and with only 6 short weeks left of 2018, for me it is now all about 2019!

I am really excited and privileged to be nominated at the 2019 UK Blog Awards for my humble little HR blog and I couldn’t be more proud; it is all thanks to your support that I am here in the first place so a big thank you to you all.

If you enjoy reading my HR musings, then please do take a moment to nominate me, there are to forms to fill in, you just click the link here and press the vote button, and it is as easy as that!

Wish me luck and keep your fingers crossed!

The currency of trust; opening keynote Rachel Botsman #cipdACE

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Trust is incredibly valuable to our organisations (tell us something we didn’t know) but what does this truly mean to build trust within our organisations.

Rachel started her session by having a few boos to some influential people, unsurprisingly, President Trump got the most boos (just in case you were interested!)

Trust is very contextual, it is all based upon individual perspectives and what we actually think, Rachel gave a great example of Amazon, when you order from them, you know you’ll get your delivery, but if you ask in the context of how they treat their employees or if they pay all of their taxes, then you may find you have a different answer.

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