Launching the ABP Workforce Experience Awards
Celebrating Excellence in Business Psychology The ABP Workforce Experience Awards Programme offers a unique and distinctive platform for celebrating excellence in Business Psychology. Whilst many awards programmes exist in the field of Human Resources generally, and in various psychological disciplines,…
A new name for the ABP… The Association for Business Psychology
Today the primary professional body for Business Psychologists in the UK relaunched itself with a new name: The Association for Business Psychology. Reflecting a shift in focus for the organisation, the name change emphasises a more outward-looking approach and an…
Invitation to contribute to consultation on assessment centre standards
All ABP members and practitioners are invited to participate in a study designed to understand the experiences of people of assessment centres - as a candidate or an assessor. Those who have been members for some time will recall that…
Shaping Risk Culture in Financial Institutions
By Sarah Tennyson, Senior Director, Moody’s Analytics Working at the boundary of systems, processes, skills, behaviours and culture, there is a growing need for applied psychology to help organizations take practical action to respond to regulatory and market imperatives for a…
How happiness at work impacts the bottom line
By Jessica Pryce-Jones, CEO of the iOpener Institute for People & Performance "Happiness at work". That short phrase can sound pretty flaky to Executive Directors who need to ensure that they are doing their due diligence. In others words…
Is it time we took a proactive approach to recruitment?
By Grace Mansah-Owusu Waiting for staff to leave, then being bombarded with the immense processes and the high cost of recruiting other members of staff has become a staple form of recruitment for many organisations. Although method is sometimes the…
Announcing the ABP book: Business Psychology in Practice, Vol 2
In 2005 the ABP sponsored a book entitled Business Psychology in Practice, which was compiled by Principal Members and edited by Pauline Grant with Sarah Lewis and David Thompson. The book celebrated the launch of the ABP and aimed "to…
I met some great people at the conference. Now what?
By Madeline Paterson, ABP Conference Speaker 2013 You met a bunch of great people. You really clicked with one or two of them and you invested a good amount of time to be there. So why let those valuable professional…
Effectiveness First: Delivering value by engaging staff in ‘the customer’
By Mark Buckle, ABP Conference Speaker 2013 Welcome to the New World The events of 2008-09 have left a permanent impression on the global economy and everyone working in it. From a world of the unimpeded pursuit of growth…
Mastering Leadership Agility for Challenging Times of Change
By Dr. Paul Aitken, ABP Conference Speaker 2013 Feeling the effects of austerity Austerity is a normal part of the business cycle, a season for deeper reflection on how we arrived at where we are and in preparation for what…
Enhancing work-life balance for wellbeing and productivity
By Anna Meller, ABP Conference Speaker 2013 Monday 23rd September is the start of this year’s UK Work-Life Week and a timely reminder that in the current economic climate supporting work-life balance is one of the cheapest and most effective actions…
Qualitative Inquiry: In pursuit of meaning
By Bill Fear, ABP Conference Speaker 2013 No one disputes the value of qualitative research.... Focus groups, for example, are a mainstay of much market research in terms of consumer preference. Yet psychologists working in the positivist paradigm tend to…
