The Dark Days Are Over
Hello PPMA members and friends The month of March welcomes the wonderful season of spring and here is a beautiful and thought provoking piece written by our very own Leatham Green. We hope that you ...
International Day of Happiness and the PPMA Conference 2019
Hello PPMA members and friends Today is International Day of Happiness 2019 and this is a great lead-up to our 2019 Annual Conference which is all about 'Don't Worry, Be Happy'. One of the keynote ...
Happy New Year 2019
A very Happy New Year to all of you. Some of you will have already been back at work last week, but for many of you today will be your first day back. I hope you have had ...
Christmas Wishes for 2018
Dear PPMA colleagues and Friends Our last blog of 2018 is from our President Karen Grave, reflecting on a busy year for PPMA and the things that really matter in life. Well, it’s finally here ...
The Craigavon Compact is launched by PPMA and Matrix-SCM
Hello PPMA friends and colleagues Last week our President Karen Grave and Chris Grimes, Sales Director at Matrix-SCM attended the Local Government Staff Commission for Northern Ireland conference in Belfast. Together they launched the Craigavon Compact ...
Let’s Talk Digital
The Let's Talk Digital joint event held on 7th November was a thought-provoking, informative and inspiring day with input from different speakers and several round table discussions. Topics covered during the day included how technology ...
Karen Grave Wins the Debate at the CIPD Annual Conference!
Hello PPMA members and friends Yesterday I was delighted to be on the panel of one of the sessions at the CIPD Annual Conference in Manchester. It was a brilliant debate on flexible working and ...
Finding Your Inner Spirit – And Not Just The Whisky Kind…..
Hello PPMA Members and friends I’m back from a wonderful few PPMA working days in Scotland. One of the privileges of the Presidency is that you are invited to sister organisation conferences. So last Wednesday ...
We Have To Attract The Best People
Hello PPMA members and friends Karen Grave has recently written an article for the CIPD's 'People at Work' campaign and in it she talks passionately about the challenges facing HR leaders and you can read ...
Green Park: Local Government Leadership Report
Following on from a fab MJ/Green Park June roundtable (RT), Green Park put this LG focused report together. Please share - and read - this important report here. Key findings: Green Park’s Local ...
The HR Challenges in the East (not to be mistaken for the Beast from the East)
Hello PPMA members and friends Our blog post this week comes from Anastasia Simpson who is Head of People, Performance and Projects at Tendring District Council and as she explains below, she is also ...
Turning Times and Let’s Talk Times
Hello PPMA colleagues and friends, I love this time of year – we’re entering into what we villagers called turning times, heralding a new season. Early morning walks with Ellie and Jenny (my two amazing ...
The Autumn Holistic Wellbeing Summits 2018
Hello PPMA Member and friends Due to the huge success of the summer series of Wellbeing Summits, thanks to the sponsorship of our partner Absentia, we are delighted to announce that we will be running ...
Life on the Ocean Wave for our Joint Apprentice of The Year 2018 Winner – Josh Pimm
Hello PPMA members and friends Last week Karen Grave and our Joint Apprentice of The Year 2018 winner, Josh Pimm, were invited to join our good friends and supporters from The Guardian on a sailing event ...
The PPMA are Sponsoring The Guardian’s ‘Women In’ Series
Dear PPMA colleagues and friends, You will remember from Caroline Nugent’s term as our President last year, how passionate she was about Women in Leadership and likewise the amazing President of SOLACE, Jo Miller has ...
New Research Project with MHR into the Impact of Technology and HR & OD Professionals on the Workforce of The Future
Dear PPMA colleagues and friends. I'm delighted to tell you all about some exciting research we are doing in partnership with Midland HR. This research aims to put PPMA members at the heart of technology innovation. Our ...
Highlights from the Public Sector Show.
Dear PPMA colleagues and friends. I hope you are enjoying this wonderful weather. Last week the team was at the first of the two Public Sector Show conferences this year. And, we had help from ...
#PPMAHR18 Feedback
Hello to all PPMA members and friends and a big thank you to all who attended our Conference this year in Newcastle and took part in our feedback surveys. The response we received was amazing ...
