Press archives

Birmingham bin strikes: How should HR resolve disputes?
As refuse workers in Birmingham continue to strike, TCM CEO David Liddle offers advice on how HR should handle disputes.
What can HR learn from the Slater + Gordon scandal?
As organisations collect ever more staff data, and operate more digitally, the risks and legal ramifications of leaked emails have increased - as was the case for Slater + Gordon.
HR can harness AI while remaining ethical – here’s how
There are five key aspects of the tech that the people profession needs to address to optimise its potency, explains our CEO David Liddle
Why WEI should replace DEI
The days of DEI are over. For healthier, more engaged, and more aligned workforces, employers need to stop treating wellbeing, engagement, and inclusion separately.
HR lags behind other functions in AI revolution
McKinsey research on AI adoption shows HR lags behind other functions. In response, David Liddle, CEO of The TCM Group, urges the profession to welcome AI as its co-pilot or risk becoming an administrative department.
4 Ways Leaders Can Tackle Loneliness At Work
Did you know the New Economics Foundation found loneliness was costing U.K. employers £2.5 billion a year as a result of sickness and lower productivity? CEO David Liddle speaks with Forbes about the challenge of workplace loneliness facing leaders.
How to turn managers into Culture Catalysts
Managers often feel powerless in effecting cultural change at work. David Liddle, CEO of the TCM Group, shares five practical ways managers can become culture catalysts.
Why are businesses still struggling to stamp out racism?
With prejudice and discrimination still frequently seen in large organisations like the Met Police and the NHS, it’s time to take a different approach, argues David Liddle.
Why we need to learn to disagree well in the workplace
This inability to disagree well on the political stage is leaking into the workplace, and is having a detrimental impact on organisations’ ability to perform at peak. 
Grievance procedures don’t deliver justice at work
Many of our current procedures to create justice at work are not fit for purpose and do not garner positive working relationships. There is a better way.
HR needs a PR makeover – here’s what we should do about it
If HR is to succeed, we need to find a way to meet our detractors and build employee trust. says David Liddle in this article in HR Magazine
M&S director resigns after retailer swipes Rightmove chief
David Liddle, founder of The TCM Group, suggested HR does not have an obligation to share its recruitment decisions with its governance board.
What’s the one thing that politics and business have in common?
CEO David Liddle comments on the state of trust in politicians and institutions ahead of the UK's general election.
HR needs to build bridges not walls
David Liddle, CEO of TCM, comments on how a Court of Appeal ruling which confirmed a judge can order parties embroiled in a dispute to enter mediation, is a significant step forward
The keys to conflict resolution
Team conflict can be profoundly destabilising and hard to deal with. But it’s important to recognise that having a conflict in your team is not necessarily a sign of failure.
9th April 2024
TCM makes award-winning Resolution Framework™ open source
18th March 2024
How to mend a toxic workplace culture
5th March 2024
Violence against retail workers is more prevalent than ever – staff should have mediation skills as well as better security