There has been much talk about the ‘new normal’ for business in 2012. We are getting used to a tougher market and moving from a survival frame of mind to ‘practical growth’.
In The Book of Yo! (Capstone), Simon Woodroffe, founder of Yo! Sushi and ‘dragon’ on the first series of the BBC’s Dragons’ Den, writes about the mindset he adopted when facing the challenge of...
For many business leaders, the boundaries between manipulation and influencing are often clouded.
In my first year at university, we were set an essay to discuss that ‘the business of business is business’. Former GM CEO Alfred P Sloan was the originator of this quotation, embellished in 1970 –...
Employee confidence in management is falling with almost half of employees believing themselves to be better people managers than their own boss.
The Bristol outlet of home products multinational Ikea has sent several teams of staff from different departments to strengthen and transform their team skills and attitudes with the help of a flock...
Since current BBC director general Mark Thompson announced his resignation in March, there has been a great deal of speculation about who his successor might be. There has also been widespread debate...
Almost half of UK companies have experienced an unexpected change in leadership in the last 12 months with some stating a detrimental effect on business, but according to talent management consultancy...
A study into management by the CIPD has found that three quarters of employers report a lack of leadership and management skills and too many managers have an inflated opinion of their ability to...
The survey found technical skills need to be developed, although 33% of employers in the sector said they have adequate capability for technical skills.
The NHS has put people at the heart of its agenda, as “the architecture of the organisation looks set to change following the Health Bill,” the director of NHS Employers, Dean Royles, told HR.
HR magazine’s 21st year is an apposite time to look back at how the discipline of HR has been transformed since the 1990s, both as a function and in the eyes of the business.
