Employee engagement in a democratised workplace

Traditional hierarchies are being eroded. The rise of individualism has been steadily growing and evolving. Generation Y, often painted by the media as educated and ambitious, has heralded this new...

CIPD 2014: UK plc must embrace ‘transformational’ employee engagement

UK businesses must embrace ‘transformational’ employee engagement or risk not being able to compete globally, according to Engage for Success duo David MacLeod and Nita Clarke.

CIPD 2014: Employer/employee relationship should be ‘strategic alliance’

A 'strategic alliance' between an employer and its staff should replace traditional concepts of loyalty in modern organisations, according to Columbia Business School associate professor of management...

Cary Cooper: There are two sides to flexibility

New underemployment figures hint at the polarising effects of flexibility without balance.

Engagement 'ongoing journey', says General Mills HRD

Companies must understand their staff fully and create an "exciting" workplace to breed engagement, according to General Mills HR director for the UK, Ireland and Nordic region Sue Swanborough.

HR policies that empower?

Equality and equity are often confused. HR needs to adapt policies and become more flexible, rather than sticking to compliance and control.

Between the sheets: Meet Dorchester Collection's Eugenio Pirri

Dorchester Collection's Eugenio Pirri, HR Director of the Year in 2014's HR Excellence Awards, talks passion and people strategy.

Managing high-performing but demanding Gen Y

Gen Y is increasingly becoming a bigger part of our workforce and dynamics have fundamentally changed, with a demand for faster, more innovative and flexible experience and service delivery...

Engagement is a bug you want staff to catch

When running a business you get to learn new things every day. And as clichéd as it sounds, ultimately the backbone of everything is the engagement of your staff.

Don't believe the hype of employee engagement

Engagement is more like a muddy puddle than clear water. HR needs to put the concept back under the microscope before it fully buys in.

UK third most desirable job market worldwide, research finds

The UK has the third most desirable job market worldwide, with one in 10 searches for UK jobs coming from international jobseekers, a report has found.

Global mobility leads to increased churn, according to Hay Group

Hay Group research, seen exclusively by HR magazine, shows a quarter of the global workforce will change jobs by 2018.