Stay Informed on Corporate Sustainability

Author: Jed Nykolle Harme

Across today’s HR landscape, the conversation has shifted from process to purpose. The focus is no longer simply on managing people but on creating environments where innovation, adaptability, and wellbeing work in concert. This edition explores how leaders are realising that balance through technology and strategic foresight. In BaxterStorey Ireland wins Overall Excellence in HR at the 2025 HR Leadership & Management Awards, we see how values-led leadership and a deep investment in culture are delivering tangible business outcomes. Workday strengthens HR leadership with new AI centre in Dublin highlights how the convergence of people analytics and artificial intelligence is shaping the future of decision-making and talent strategy. Meanwhile, JLL HR leaders reshape workforce management with AI integration demonstrates how aligning technology with empathy can drive performance and employee engagement on a global scale. These stories reveal an HR function that is moving beyond administration to transformation. The sector’s most forward-thinking leaders are proving that when data meets purpose, the result is not just efficiency but enduring human advantage.

Author: Jed Nykolle Harme

BaxterStorey Ireland has been honoured with the Overall Excellence in HR Award at the HR Leadership & Management Awards 2025, held on 16 October 2025 at The Crowne Plaza Hotel, Santry.

Author: Unleash

Google has launched Gemini Enterprise, a new AI platform built to boost workplace productivity with integrated conversational tools. It streamlines workflows, automates tasks, and positions Google to compete more aggressively in HR and business operations.

Author: Workday Blog

JLL’s HR leaders, Megan Kleinick and Jane Curran, are leading a people-first AI strategy to enhance efficiency, recruitment, and engagement. By prioritising change management and data integrity, they’re reshaping how HR adapts to a technology-driven workplace.

Author: Business Plus

Women continue to gain ground in Ireland’s corporate leadership, with female representation in senior roles, boards, and C-suite positions rising across industries. Despite progress, the latest Central Statistics Office data highlight persistent gender gaps at the top.

Author: Raidió Teilifís Éireann

Mary Connaughton, CIPD Ireland’s Strategic Engagement Director, has been appointed to the board of the European Association of People Management (EAPM). Her appointment boosts Ireland’s voice in European HR leadership.

Author: Raidió Teilifís Éireann

Workday is set to expand HR technology and AI capabilities in Dublin with a €175m investment and 200 new roles. The new AI Centre of Excellence will focus on AI-driven HR solutions, leadership development, workforce upskilling, and partnerships to transform HR management practices.

Author: Jed Nykolle Harme

Professor Edel Conway, a distinguished academic and organisational psychologist at Dublin City University Business School, joins the judging panel for this year’s HR Leadership and Management Awards 2025.

Author: Jed Nykolle Harme

The world of work is entering a decisive phase of transformation, one shaped by technological acceleration, talent mobility, and a renewed focus on human potential. This edition explores how innovation and insight are propelling the HR sector into a more agile and inclusive future. In Northern Ireland tech workforce set for fifth year of growth, sustained expansion signals confidence in a region that continues to harness digital capability as a catalyst for economic resilience and opportunity. The rise of intelligent tools, illustrated in AI tool reshapes global employment law access, highlights how technology can simplify complex regulation and empower HR leaders to make faster, fairer decisions across jurisdictions. Meanwhile, Professor Edel Conway to bring academic and industry insight to HR Leadership and Management Awards 2025 exemplifies the bridge between research and real-world leadership, reaffirming the value of informed, evidence-based practice. These stories reveal a profession evolving with purpose, where innovation strengthens human connection and progress remains grounded in shared expertise.

Author: The Guardian

A nationwide strike has paralysed Greece in response to government proposals for a 13-hour workday. With wages among the lowest in Europe and cost of living pressures intensifying, unions warn the changes threaten rights, productivity and work-life balance.