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Gemma Dale

Liverpool Business School

Faculty of Business and Law

Teaching in the business school on programmes including employment law, organisational behaviour, leadership and management and wellbeing.

‘Most Influential Thinkers in HR' list 2021 and 2022. HR leader, experienced in establishing and transforming HR functions, developing and delivering people strategies and leading large HR teams. Chartered Fellow of the CIPD. Fellow of the HEA. Certified Management and Business Educator. Qualified coach and mediator.

Author of a range of 'Flexible Working' and 'How to Work Remotely', as well as a range of HR eBooks. Copywriter for a variety of HR publications and websites.

Significant experience in employee relations, employment law, employment policy, wellbeing, talent acquisition, social media, internal communications, learning and development and ensuring provision of effective, quality HR services.

Internet publication

Dale G. 2024. Make hybrid work healthy work Publisher Url

Dale G. 2024. How HR can look after their own mental health: Guide for people professionals Publisher Url

Dale G. 2024. Bosses are increasingly forcing workers back into the office – but evidence suggests it could backfire Author Url Publisher Url

Dale G. 2024. Recruiting, employing and retaining people with convictions: Guide for organisations Publisher Url

Dale G, Drummond M. 2024. Bringing AI into the classroom: experimenting with approach Publisher Url

Dale G. 2023. Undergraduate job searching: how can we build student resilience? Publisher Url

Dale G. 2022. Hybrid working post-COVID: how young professionals can optimise their time in the office (and why they should) Publisher Url

Dale G. 2021. Hybrid Working - Practical Guidance Publisher Url

Dale G, Wall T. Blog post: Preparing post-Covid graduates for remote and hybrid work Publisher Url

Journal article

Dale G, Wilson HK, Tucker M. 2024. What is healthy hybrid work? Exploring employee perceptions on wellbeing and hybrid work arrangements International Journal of Workplace Health Management, :1753-8351 DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Wilson HK, Tucker MP, Dale G. 2024. Learning from the working from home experiment during COVID-19: Employees motivation to continue working from home Journal of Organizational Effectiveness: People and Performance, DOI Publisher Url Public Url

Book review

Dale G. 2023. Book Review: The Flexibility Paradox: Why Flexible Working Leads to (Self-)Exploitation, by Heejung Chung Industrial and Labor Relations Review, DOI Publisher Url

Chapters

Dale G. 2022. LinkedIn and beyond; social media and employability The SAGE Handbook of Graduate Employability SAGE 9781529791068

Books (authored)

Dale G. 2022. How to Work Remotely Work Effectively, No Matter Where You Are Kogan Page Publishers 9781398606371

Dale G. 2020. Flexible Working How to Implement Flexibility in the Workplace to Improve Employee and Business Performance Kogan Page Publishers 9781789665901

Other Professional Activity:

Podcast: The Evolution of Remote & Flexible Working Practices, https://www.hrhappyhour.net/episodes/the-evolution-of-remote-flexible-working-practices/. 2024

Podcast: Workplace Geeks. Does hybrid work promote wellbeing?, https://www.audiem.io/podcasts/does-hybrid-work-promote-wellbeing. 2024

Podcast - CIPD: What if… everyone refused to come back to the office?, https://shows.acast.com/62dfaaca2fdd510012ff8120/episodes/66fbccf613b87f41276eb42c?. 2024

CIPD Podcast - the HR People Pod, https://soundcloud.com/cipd/hr-people-pod-episode-two. 2024

Member of Commission - Hybrid Work https://www.publicfirst.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Hybrid-Work-Commission-report-Embargoed-until-13th-Sept-2023.pdf. 2023

Podcast - HR Most influential. Solving the hybrid working conundrum., https://www.hrmagazine.co.uk/content/podcast/hr-most-influential-podcast-solving-the-hybrid-working-conundrum-with-gemma-dale. 2023

Public engagement:

Public talk or lecture, Academic and Professional Organisations, Guest Speaker and Panel Member, Academy of Marketing: Lightening Talks, Webinar, Pioneers: AI and Marketing Education, Presented a case study on using ChatGPT in the classroom in the context of Level 4 students. I was then on a panel for a Q&A session.. 2024

Media Coverage:

Nominated 11th most influential thinker in Human Resources 2022 2022

Conversation article: Hybrid working post-COVID: how young professionals can optimise their time in the office (and why they should) 2022

Nominated top 50 HR Most Influential Thinker 2021 2020

Membership of professional bodies:

Certified Management & Business Educator, Chartered Association of Business Schools. 2022

Fellow, Higher Education Association. 2021

Chartered Fellow, CIPD.

Teaching qualification:

Post Graduate Certificate in Higher Education. 2019

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