Restorative HR, the pioneering field of practice developed by Mayvin and Surrey County Council, is featured in a recent article in People Management. The article, titled ‘There’s more than one way to solve a dispute’ champions several alternative approaches to conflict resolution in the workplace, including Restorative HR (RHR) which brings together HR and OD with restorative …
Restorative HR: a pioneering field of practice that brings together HR and OD with restorative justice to help people solve HR problems for themselves On the 7th April we hosted our first Mayvin Community event of 2016: ‘Restorative Practice – the new wave for HR?‘. It was wonderful to see such a vibrant, inquiring OD community …
When faced with an HR problem, rather than hiding behind the formal, policy-driven route, how would it be to move towards the difficult conversations and solve the issue before it went to lengthy (and often costly and draining) formal process? ‘Confront the difficult whilst it is still easy’ as the 2,500 year-old Chinese book of …
Public sector organisations are in a crisis of exhaustion. They are beaten down by everlasting austerity and increasing complexity. How can we restore relationships and learning in order to support their earnest intent to offer real wellbeing and service quality to their employees and customers? Restorative HR, a pioneering field of practice that brings together HR …
Picture the scene: I was chatting with my nephew, a newly inducted graduate trainee in a global engineering company. ‘I am not happy with the plans for my next placement’, he says. ‘Have you discussed this with HR?’ I ask. ‘Oh I don’t bother with HR, they’re useless.’ ‘Why do you say that?’ He pauses. …