Becky Norman
Member Since: 10th Apr 2017
Becky is Managing Editor of HRZone and Trainingzone, global online communities of people working in the HR and L&D industries. Becky works closely with leading HR and L&D practitioners and decision makers to ensure the publications offer a rich source of real-world insight and fresh advice to their audience.
HR and L&D professionals today must adapt to a complex mix of challenges caused by ongoing business disruption, technological advancements, a changing political landscape, varied employee needs and more. Becky aspires to make HRZone and TrainingZone the destinations for professionals to seek guidance, analysis and opinion on how to tackle these challenges and continue to deliver value.
Managing Editor HRZone
8th Dec 2022
HRZone's 10 most popular reads 2022
We knew 2022 would be another tough year for the people profession. But the extent to which turmoil ensued was not foreseen in our HR...
Change
29th Nov 2022
Did your 2022 HR predictions come true?
When embarking on 2022, most of us were vaguely prepared for another year of uncertainty and complexity for organisations. But the extent...
Future
28th Sep 2022
Employees with chronic pain are treated like second-class citizens
Research commissioned by the BBC earlier this year found that a quarter of people in the UK are living with chronic pain – pain lasting...
Change
26th Sep 2022
National Inclusion Week 2022: It’s time to stop with DEI (dead-end initiatives)
Any half-decent people professional is acutely aware of the importance of workplace diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). We don’t need to...
Change
28th Jul 2022
Finalists announced for the 2022 Culture Pioneer Awards
The aftermath of Covid-19, alongside unprecedented talent struggles and widening skills gaps, have left organisations facing yet another...
Culture
27th Jun 2022
Don’t launch a four-day work week until you get these six things right
Earlier this month, the world’s biggest trial of the four-day work week kicked off in the UK, with 3,300 workers at 70 companies trialling...
Change
21st Apr 2022
When leaders break the rules
The news of Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak receiving fines for breaking lockdown rules is yet another reminder that unethical behaviour runs...
Culture
21st Apr 2022
How to cultivate a deep work culture
As explored in part one of this content series , the concept of ‘deep work’, conjured up by Cal Newport, involves cognitively demanding,...
People
20th Apr 2022
Is your organisation contributing to the ‘shallow work’ epidemic?
The events of the past few years have led people to place greater importance on their wellbeing, autonomy, skills development and sense of...
Employees
22nd Feb 2022
Entries open for 2022 Culture Pioneer Awards: It’s time to show us what your culture is made of
This year’s Culture Pioneer Awards is officially open for entries and we’re looking for the leading lights of exceptional working cultures...
Culture