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UK employers must be involved in education rather than its 'consumers', businesses told by OECD

Siân Harrington, 21 May 2012

UK employers need to become part of the education system rather than merely consumers of education, according...

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Women on boards: more talk than action?

Siân Harrington, 18 May 2012

The European Commission (EC) is “very committed to speed up progress” on gender diversity in the...

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Proving line of sight from an HR intervention to profitability is not easy

Siân Harrington, 01 May 2012

HR magazine’s 21st year is an apposite time to look back at how the discipline of HR has been transformed...

The balancing act between unfettered wealth creation and fairness is a tricky one

Siân Harrington, 04 Apr 2012

Labour leader Ed Miliband’s Budget mantra of the “same old Tories” may have struck a note with...

Business warns it is Chancellor's last chance to deliver Budget for growth

Siân Harrington, 20 Mar 2012

Chancellor George Osborne has one last chance to present a Budget tomorrow that delivers real growth,...

It's easy to be cynical about the Olympics, but now is the time to stop whinging

Siân Harrington, 14 Mar 2012

With Beijing, it is the media and artistic crackdown post-Olympics that people remember. In Athens,...

Business secretary and employment minister both pledge 'concerted attack' on EU employment regulations

Siân Harrington, 07 Mar 2012

Business secretary Vince Cable (pictured) yesterday said he was willing to take a “more confrontational...

Gazprom Energy to recruit for 30 HQ roles in expansion drive

Siân Harrington, 05 Mar 2012

Gazprom Energy, the UK-based retail arm of Russia’s biggest firm Gazprom, is defying the economic downturn...

Exclusive interview with Gina Qiao, senior VP HR at Lenovo

Siân Harrington, 16 Feb 2012

Until I met Gina Qiao (pictured), senior vice president human resources at Chinese PC superbrand, Lenovo,...

UK plc: It's the people stupid

Siân Harrington, 06 Feb 2012

It is a year next month since chancellor George Osborne announced his Budget for Growth. But so far that...

UK plc: some HR policies to make Britain great again

Siân Harrington, 06 Feb 2012

If the UK were a company, what should its people policy be? Here are some strategic HR approaches to...

Winner of HR's £5,000 leadership development competition

Siân Harrington, 24 Jan 2012

HR magazine is delighted to announce that Kevin Steward (pictured), head of business development at ATS...

Win £5,000 worth of high performance leadership development delivered by Olympians

Siân Harrington, 04 Jan 2012

To celebrate the start of this Olympic year, HR magazine has tied up with Lane4, a leading performance...

Staff representation on the remuneration committee? Take a trip to John Lewis...

Siân Harrington, 04 Jan 2012

After graduating as a journalist in the late 1980s, I took a Christmas job at John Lewis in High Wycombe,...

Strategic positioner, credible activist or innovator – HR competencies to be effective

Siân Harrington, 23 Dec 2011

Leading HR thinker Dave Ulrich and a team at Michigan Ross School of Business and the RBL Group have...

Public sector job seekers would sacrifice pension for private sector career

Siân Harrington, 22 Dec 2011

More than half of public sector job seekers would be prepared to sacrifice their pension for a career...

If it ever gets to the point of a reduction in employee protection, HR has failed

Siân Harrington, 06 Dec 2011

I am so excited. In 2012, there is going to be jobs growth and a turnaround in the UK economy. All the...

Valuing value: interview with Adil Malia, Essar

Siân Harrington, 09 Nov 2011

If they want a lesson on how to eliminate debt, UK prime minister David Cameron and chancellor George...

The people philosopher: exclusive interview with Charles Handy

Siân Harrington, 02 Nov 2011

For the thousands of HR magazine readers whose bookshelves are laden with the philosophies and business...

For HRDs who do want to be CEO, it takes courage, curiosity and charisma

Siân Harrington, 01 Nov 2011

How long before an HR director is viewed as successor to the chief executive officer? With one of the...

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