Why are so many of the companies that offer flexible working in some form or another so desperate to call this policy anything but that?
Isabelle Minneci, the French-born HRD at cosmetics giant L’Oréal UK, will have heard it in her homeland as, ‘C’est le ton qui fait la musique’ (‘it’s the tone that sets the music’) – the more...
Right now, Boyd Glover, head of skills, Dixons Retail, is justifiably being labelled as one of the learning and development (L&D) community’s trailblazers. Its online learning platform, The Edge, is...
This time last year, HR magazine revealed a home-grown success story: UK HR consultants truly were ruling the waves. In a survey by learning and development consultancy Global Edge, 68% of those...
He’s fidgeting. Stolen glances at his watch have been replaced by full-blown dial gripping. My time is up, and he’s desperate to leave. “That’s your half hour, isn’t it?” It is spoken cheerfully, but...
Is it the sign of the times – or the mark of the profession – that an HR director, leaving the profession forever, would rather talk about the people she has developed that discuss her own career...
Depending on what you read, Dr Ros Altmann, who was an adviser to the Number 10 Policy Unit and an ex-Chase Manhattan banker, is either “a thorn in [Gordon] Brown’s side” or an “indefatigable...
Charlie Mullins, CEO, Pimlico Plumbers, the UK’s largest independent plumbing company, has become something of a flag-waver when it comes to employing older workers.
The results this year’s HR Reward Survey are marked by ennui and inertia. Business is not communicating the benefits message to employees. It needs to get its act together.
Before launching startup company Incahoot.com six months ago, its CEO (and, by default, HRD), John Evans had a significantly larger headcount to oversee than the eight staff he currently employs. In...
When most businesspeople glibly boast about ‘ripping up the rule-book’, you can bet your bottom dollar that in reality they do not. For Fil Adams-Mercer though (pictured), the straight-talking,...
Is leadership a procession of passing fads, or a rare bird HR can never capture? From Sony to Yell, companies are seeking to create waves
