There’s a certain magic about staying in a great hotel – although anyone who travels regularly for business could be forgiven for forgetting it. Not that Ben Bengougam, VP HR, Europe, at legendary...
The whole thing started with a simple uniform. EAT, the on-the-go food retailer, wanted to move forward with a rebrand. And people director Ed Godwin knew that much, if not all, of the company’s...
At the Association of British Insurers (ABI) Mental Health Breakfast Dialogue in London yesterday, experts agreed that, in particular, employers should focus on better training line managers to...
Speaking at the Engage for Success event in London yesterday, Archie Norman (pictured), chairman of ITV, ex-MP and former CEO of Asda, told delegates that employee engagement should not be thought of...
Speaking at HR Performance yesterday in London, Esther O’Halloran, MD and former HRD of bakery and patisserie chain Paul UK, said that HR directors could make the leap to running a company, but that...
Naked photographs notwithstanding, 2012 has been a good year for the British royal family. A Diamond Jubilee that even torrential rain couldn’t render a washout, followed by an Olympic Games where...
While many companies know that becoming more agile and flexible is necessary for future success, employees think that their organisations are stuck in the slow lane, according to research released...
HR must be given a proper licence to try new things and rebrand itself as commercially aware and innovative, Tony Cooke, HR director of Adidas UK told the CIPD conference yesterday.
Over two-thirds (64%) of working parents with disabled children have refrained from seeking a promotion, turned down a promotion or accepted demotion in order to balance caring and work, according to...
New figures released today by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) reveal the true extent of the gender pay gap at executive level. The average female executive suffers a lifetime earnings gap of...
HR can use “guerrilla tactics” to drive wellbeing, engagement and organisational democracy but the most senior people in the organisation must be on board if employees are to feel they can co-create...
Employees being promoted to manager without proper training is damaging UK business, according to Ann Francke, the CEO of the Chartered Management Institute (CMI).
