Recent EAPM News

Key insights from EAPM’s webinar with INSEAD Professor Gianpiero Petriglieri What is good leadership really? Before you continue reading, I would like to ask you to do something. Pause for a moment. Close your eyes and think back to a good leader you have had throughout your working life. What characterised that person? Was it KPIs, control, power or busyness that first came to mind? Maybe some of those elements were part of the leader you are thinking about. But they are probably not the things that primarily define that person in your memory.

The core dilemma of HR-washing seems simple, yet it raises an uncomfortable question: can a human resource management system truly be considered successful if, in the name of efficiency and performance, it ultimately exhausts the very human resource it relies on?

‘We Must Build a Strong Profession’: David Ducheyne on the Future of HR At the PARE Conference in Tallinn, EAPM Vice-President David Ducheyne presented the Estonian HR Awards with a powerful reflection on the future of the HR profession, its responsibilities, and why moments of recognition matter more than ever.

The Creating People Advantage 2026 study highlights a clear shift in the role of HR. For European organisations, the challenge is no longer defining priorities, but translating global insights into practical, local action.

Take part in the HR X AI Survey to help build a Europe-wide picture of how HR functions are using, governing and preparing for AI.

A Slovenian initiative shows how HR associations can future-proof the profession by connecting students with strategic HR leadership through short, mentored placements.