Helen Pitcher

Is your strategic thinking up to scratch?

By being a strategic HR thinker you can help guide your organisation to its future vision and goals

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Hot topic: Corporate governance

What should HR’s role be in preventing poor practices?

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My New Year's resolution for HR: Career planning

Helen Pitcher advises HRDs to take a structured approach to career planning in 2017

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Helen Pitcher: Is it time to blow up HR and build something new?

The Harvard Business Review (HBR) articles raise some good analysis of HR – even if collected under an incendiary title

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The HR director as NED

The issues facing HRDs seeking NED careers and boardroom sway

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How can HRDs enhance board effectiveness?

For the second in our governance insight series the focus is on what makes an effective board and where the influences and pressures on boards are emerging from.

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What every HRD should know about board governance

A place at the boardroom table has long been seen as the ultimate goal for HR professionals. The reality is that they are less likely to do this in their own organisation, but have an increasing...

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Maximise the impact of board performance reviews

Changes to regulations on corporate governance in recent years mean that the boards of all FTSE 350 companies are now expected to conduct annual evaluation of their performance.

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The boardroom: where egos clash and PR battles commence

The recent headlines around the boardroom disputes at Veolia and easyJet are good reminders of the passion and desire that can be aroused in the boardroom and the potential distractions this can...

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Women on the board: the glacier is moving

It’s been six months since the publication of Lord Davies’ report on women's representation on FTSE 100 Boards, and the progress report published by Cranfield School of Management last week reported a...

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Chairman and CEO: jointly responsible when things go wrong?

With the resignation of Tony Hayward as CEO of BP, many have questioned whether the chairman, Carl-Henric Svanberg, should have gone instead, or at least as well as his beleaguered colleague....

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