For the thousands of HR magazine readers whose bookshelves are laden with the philosophies and business musings of leading management guru Charles Handy, his view on HR will come as something of a blow. “HR is a contaminated brand,” he asserts.

And as if that weren’t bad enough, he then admits to being “a bit anti-HR”.

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