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HR People Pod – Ep 27: Management span | People profession: perceptions, challenges, career prospects
CIPD
32 minutes 42 seconds
4 months ago
HR People Pod – Ep 27: Management span | People profession: perceptions, challenges, career prospects
What is the ideal ‘span of control’ for a manager and are there obvious warning signs that they might be overstretched? Also in this episode, we discuss results from a new CIPD survey revealing the current perceptions of and the challenges within the people profession, as well as what practitioners have said about their career development prospects. CIPD Director of Profession David D’Souza, is joined by Janet Campbell, Director at Restoration & Renewal Delivery Authority, and David Blackburn, Managing Director of David R. Blackburn Consulting.Recorded: 27 June 2025
We’re the CIPD — the professional body for HR and people development. We are the voice of a worldwide community of more than 150,000 members committed to championing better work and working lives.
