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Leadership without borders

What happens when your team is virtual and spread across offices, countries and cultures? Without informal human connections, how do you as a leader gauge the relative strengths and weaknesses of the...

Report suggests correlation between HR capabilities and financial performance

Organisations with the best HR capabilities are among the top financial performers worldwide, according to research by Boston Consulting Group.

The evolution of HR part three: Today and the future

As the world of work has changed, the role of human resources has evolved significantly. It is important to understand the historical backdrop, because it has been fundamental in shaping what HR is...

The evolution of HR: 1984 to 2014 and beyond, part two

As the world of work has changed, the role of human resources has evolved significantly. It is important to understand the historical backdrop, because it has been fundamental in shaping what HR is...

The evolution of HR: 1984 to 2014 and beyond

Back in 1984, the working landscape was very different to the one we find ourselves in today.

Progression paths key to solving skills crisis, says UKCES CEO

Ensuring there are clear routes “from the shop floor to senior leadership” is an important way for employers to retain skills, according to UK Commission for Employment and Skills chief executive...

Advertised vacancies outnumber jobseekers for first time since recession

The number of advertised roles in the UK jumped above the number of active jobseekers in October for the first time since the recession, according to the Adzuna UK Job Market Report.

Report calls for greater transparency on pensions charges

Pensions companies should declare the amount they intend to charge savers who make early withdrawals from their pensions pots, according to a report by Cass Business School professor of pensions...

Two-thirds of newly-employed paid below living wage

Two-thirds of people who moved from unemployment to work over the past 12 months took jobs that pay below the living wage, according to research by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation.

NHS staff stage further strike over pay

NHS staff from nine unions are staging a four-hour strike over pay today.

Patrick Wright: Using data for CEO succession

By making assessment a regular part of corporate life, we can harness the 'big data' for senior level succession decisions.

HRDs have less influence now, says Cary Cooper

HR directors have less influence now than they did a few years ago, according to Cary Cooper, distinguished professor of organisational psychology and health at Lancaster University Management School....