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Bloomberg’s Menopause Support—A Brave HR Move
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📊 HR Trends: Singapore Introduces Opportunity Index to Spotlight Progressive Employers
Singapore’s Ministry of Manpower (MOM), together with NTUC and SUSS, has launched the Singapore Opportunity Index (SOI). The index evaluates nearly 1,500 companies on how well they promote fairness and growth in areas like pay, progression, hiring, retention, and gender parity. The goal is simple but powerful: let workers see which employers truly invest in careers, and push firms to elevate their human capital practices. By bringing transparency and benchmarking to workforce development, the SOI could shift HR strategies toward more sustainable, inclusive models. Read more.
🎧 HR Insights: Should a CHRO Abandon Performance Improvement Plans?
An HBR case study explores a dilemma many HR leaders face: when performance improvement plans (PIPs) no longer deliver results—or worse, erode trust. The CHRO in the case grapples with whether to scrap PIPs entirely, redesign them, or shift to a different approach. The narrative tests assumptions about accountability, support, and fairness.
💡 HR Tips & Tricks
Tip of the Day: Keep a public log (internal to HR) of all the challenges and pivots encountered during program rollouts—what went wrong, what was unexpected, how we adapted. Updating this log regularly builds institutional memory and helps new HR team members avoid repetitions of past pitfalls.
Trick of the Day: At end of each week, ask each HR team member to write one thing that surprised them this week and one lesson learned, in just three minutes. Collect anonymously, review patterns monthly, and use insights to tweak upcoming strategies. The trick sharpens learning, surfaces weak signals, and turns surprises into foresight.
🧾 HR Case Files: Bloomberg’s Menopause Support—A Brave HR Move
Sian Hooper, Co-Head of HR in Asia Pacific at Bloomberg, reveals how the firm shifted from silence to action on menopause support. Bloomberg has woven hormonal health into its DEI efforts by backing manager training, supporting employee groups, introducing dedicated policies in women’s health in some regions, and encouraging open dialogue.
Key Takeaways
Leadership signaling and manager awareness are key to normalizing sensitive health conversations.
Formal policies and benefits (medical, flexibility) support what culture initiatives start.
Employee-led community groups help bridge policy and lived experience.
Tailoring regional approaches benefits adoption across diverse cultures.
Intentional inclusion work can help with retention and trust-building
🧰 HR Toolbox
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Resource of the Day
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) recently released new guidance that could alter how HR teams approach salary coordination, information sharing, and non-compete clauses. The document warns against informal agreements or “gentleman’s understandings” about pay and movements between firms. HR leaders must now be more cautious when benchmarking or collaborating across organizations. This resource offers insight into evolving legal boundaries that connect competition law and HR strategy.
Event of the Day
The upcoming International HR Leadership Forum, scheduled on Oct 24th at Miami, brings together senior HR executives to focus on evolving strategy, tech adoption, and people architecture. Sessions will cover future skills, HR operating models, employee experience, and cross-border HR challenges. The Forum aims to be a hub for leaders to map the future of HR in a shifting global environment.
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