Lou Burrows explains how appreciation is shown to colleagues at ?What If!.

Philippa Lamb finds out about organisational development, the concept and how it can be put in place in different ways at different organisations. Her guests are: Linda Holbeche, Director of Research and Policy at CIPD. Christine Lloyd, Executive Director, People and Organisation Development, for Cancer Research UK. James Anderson-Dixon, who works in the Business Services Department of Nationwide, a building society. Martina Platts, who has worked on human capital with many companies including PricewaterhouseCoopers and IBM Global Business Services.

Philippa Lamb is joined by Jackie Orme, Chief Executive of CIPD, John Philpott, CIPD Chief Economist, Liane Hornsey, Google’s EMEA HR & Staffing Director, Satish Pradhan - Executive Vice President Group HR Tata Sons, Alex Wilson - BT's Group Human Resources Director. They are discussing HR trends for 2009.

Some forecasts say we will see increased strike activity, possibly comparable to the ‘winter of discontent’. Philippa Lamb talks to three experts to try and get a balanced view and sounds out Mike Emmott, the CIPD’s advisor on Employee relations, who has just completed survey on this subject.

Philippa Lamb discusses performance management with Stephen Moir from Cambridgeshire County Council, Stephen Sidebottom from banking giant, Nomura and Michael Spiers from Sainsburys. The CIPD's, Adviser for Organisation and Resourcing, Angela Baron also provides useful guidance.

Talent management is a top challenge for HR professionals. Philippa Lamb discusses the issues with speakers from the recent CIPD Annual Conference and Exhibition.

Jackie explains why she applied for the job as Chief Executive of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and lists some of the places where she worked before the CIPD. Jackie explains her impressions of her first 100 days.

In this podcast we consider the impact of the internet on HR. We hear how three very different organisations have used Web 2.0. The CIPD is doing some research on the impact of Social networking on HR.

In this podcast we look at the nature and the nurture of leadership, how they are changing and their importance for HR, particularly in these economically uncertain times.

A panel of senior HR professionals from round the world talk to Philippa Lamb. The starting point for the discussion is the Boston Consulting Group’s new global survey on the issues likely to affect HR in the coming decade. The four panellists are: Rainer Strack, Mr R Nanda, Andreas Gollan and Susan Meisinger.