HR has grown enormously over the past century, from the transactional personnel function of the early 1900s, through the more employee-focused era from the 1970s onward, to the strategic people and culture remit it holds today. The scope of the job has widened at every stage, while the support around the person doing it has never kept pace, and that gap is where burnout, quiet confidence erosion and decisions made alone that should never have been made alone come from.

It's not a real surprise, given that most days of the year mark something, whether that's a national appreciation day for a favourite food or animal, right up to an international awareness day shining a light on important topics. I've been in HR for over 20 years, and I can't say this date has ever had any significant meaning for me. I had a look on LinkedIn and found a handful of posts from fellow HR professionals and a few businesses, but nothing close to the scale you'd se

Succession planning season is here. Before you promote your best performer into management, ask if that's actually what they want. Finding the gold in your people means knowing the difference.