Sian Harrington

Interview with Pauline Howell, vice president talent and strategic staffing at Cobham

Perhaps because Cobham is a player in the publicity-shy world of defence or because it hasn't been very good at going out there to tell people what it does, Pauline Howell, VP talent and strategic...

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Met Police HR boss hits back at David Cameron's attack on police spending

The head of HR at the Metropolitan Police Service has hit back at Tory leader David Cameron's claim that the 400 people in its HR department is a sign of a bloated public sector.

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Here at HR magazine we have long believed in the power of untapped talent

As we limp out of recession, amid strong signs the recovery is going to be a 'jobless' one, it seems illtimed to write about swelling the number of people in the potential employee pool.

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General Election 2010: Interview with Theresa May, shadow work and pensions secretary

With family-friendly policies set to be at the heart of the Conservatives' election manifesto, shadow secretary for work and pensions Theresa May could be the most powerful woman in Parliament if the...

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Value is ignored in decisions about pay

As the late Princess Diana famously pointed out, having a third person in a marriage is a cause of great distress. In the world of work, the accepted couplet of pay and talent is likewise disturbed by...

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Interview with Jacq Lunardi,UK commercial business HR director at Kellogg's

Kellogg's might be at the top of its game and outperforming its rivals, but UK commercial business HRD Jacq Lunardi is not one for complacency - and big changes are afoot. By Sian Harrington.

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How can employers better support families?

The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), in partnership with HR Magazine, is pleased to invite you to a parliamentary seminar and reception looking at how employers - particularly small and medium...

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Interview with Jackie Orme chief executive of the CIPD

Enough of the navel-gazing: if HR is to deliver to the business it should stop relying on one or two bright sparks and work together to raise the bar. So what is CIPD chief Jackie Orme going to do...

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Royal Bank of Scotland's HR director denies his department was to blame for the company's reward failings

After a year of maintaining a low profile, RBS HR director Neil Roden emerges to deny HR strategy was in any way responsible for the group's reward failures.

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Editorial: Concentrate on improving HR talent

Can it really be a full 10 years ago that we were waking up to a new year having, in the words of the popular Prince song, partied like it's 1999? With the dawn of the new millennium came celebration,...

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RBS is losing top talent because of inconsistencies in the reform of reward across the world

RBS's group director, human resources, Neil Roden (pictured), yesterday revealed the taxpayer-owned bank had already lost senior talent from the business thanks to the inconsistent approach to pay...

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Divisions between top teams cause failure to discuss sensitive issues

Top teams fail to discuss sensitive issues even when such failure will cause harm to the business, according to Cranfield School of Management professor of international management development Andrew...

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