The new CEO and the HR director

Five key areas where a modern HR director can help the new boss get it right from the start

Building a holistic wellbeing strategy

There are many factors that add up to a holistic H&W strategy, including mental and financial health

How to navigate a digital change programme

There are certain indicators that suggest a change programme is more or less likely to succeed

Executive leadership is as stiff as a board

Boards are all too often traditional in attitude, rigid in outlook and restricted in vision

Non-executive directors: Getting the right guru on board

The reasons for, and challenges of, finding the right NED to join your organisation

The prevalence of narcissist CEOs

Narcissistic CEOs harm their teams by creating environments where leadership team members fail to co-operate

Speed is only one aspect of effective change

The S³ model focuses on the speed, scope, and significance of change actions

Rotherham Council's assistant CEO on recovering from scandal

Shokat Lal shares how HR is central to the council rebuilding its culture following the child abuse scandal

Executive search: A senior candidate's view

CET UK's MD Peter Eglinton describes his experience of the interview process at senior level

Exec search is an important art form

Scientific approaches to executive hiring are too generic, argues Henley's Andrew Kakabadse

Executive search: Balancing science and art

Executive search processes lack rigour, often resulting in sub-par costly appointments. A combination of art and science is needed for C-suite hires

Effective governance a “massive HR challenge”, says leading academic

Corporate failures and changing leadership models mean HRDs need to step up in board governance