HR better placed than ever for board positions

Boards can no longer afford to ignore culture meaning HR's knowledge is sorely needed, according to chair of Advanced Boardroom Excellence Helen Pitcher

Lessons from the C-suite: Foster Denovo Group's Roger Brosch

Giving people a personal stake incentivises them

Matthew Taylor in conversation with Ann Pickering

In the last of our three-part series the RSA chief executive grills business brains on pressing employment and social issues

Purpose a double-edged sword for employers

AMBA's Careers and Talent Forum explored the importance of culture, onboarding, exit interviews and alumni networks in attracting top talent

Did Philip Green destroy his own empire?

The past week’s events regarding Philip Green should serve as a reminder to all businesses of the importance of stamping out harassment, bullying and toxic cultures

John Lewis might have made the ideal appointment

Choosing a new leader from outside the sector may seem risky, but they can provide valuable insight

Bad bosses creating toxic workplaces

As fresh allegations emerge of bullying and toxic work cultures in high-profile organisations, research has found that bad bosses are largely to blame

HR and IT need to transform the workplace together

Digital tools, when used correctly, can empower people to work more effectively. And yet in a lot of cases these digital tools aren’t being used correctly

Top employers involve managers in workforce planning

Involving managers in the workforce planning process is a hallmark of high-performing organisations, according to Top Employers Institute data

Charity board volunteering as leadership development

Joining a charity board can give employees strategic hands-on governance experience that is difficult for companies to replicate through their internal training programmes

Leadership development through hostage situations

At Smith School of Business experiential learning has been taken to new extremes with its full-time and executive MBA programmes

Recruiting and developing MBA students at Amazon

How its internal Pathways programme and collaboration with business schools makes Amazon one of the largest MBA employers in the world