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The CEO of Crossrail on HR

Crossrail's CEO Andrew Wolstenholme tells HR magazine what skills and competencies he looks for in his HR team.

How can HR partner more effectively with the C-suite?

The strategic role of HR is a topic that’s rarely off the agenda. Recent research from Cirrus and Ipsos MORI provides some insights into what the C-suite wants from HR leaders – as well as...

3M MD: If you want to stand out, create an environment for innovation

Why allow employees the time and freedom to explore their own interests when you can’t be sure they will come up with anything useful? Well, if you want to stand out in your market, you need to create...

Employers using agency workers to ‘access strategic skills’

Three-quarters of employers (75%) take on agency workers to gain “short-term access to key strategic skills”, according to the latest Jobs Outlook survey by the Recruitment and Employment...

Quest for talent: where financial services are casting their recruitment nets

It has become something of a cliché to bang on about the tumultuous changes in financial services since the 2008/9 banking crisis. The industry today is obviously very different from six years ago,...

HR professionals not developing necessary capabilities, says CIPD

Many HR professionals are not developing the skills and capabilities they need to fulfil their business responsibilities, according to the CIPD.

Operating a co-operative means treating members equally

As a co-operative business, operating in a fair, accountable and democratic way is paramount. No decisions are made without considering members' best interests.

Prioritise productivity before wages, business groups tell Cameron

Business groups have responded to David Cameron’s call for increased wages with a warning that improving the UK’s productivity levels should be the priority.

Shifting to more people-focused management styles

Business is broken, with engagement and trust at an all-time low. A radically different way of thinking and acting, which focuses on people as the source of value, is needed.

Only a third of executives satisfied with succession management programmes

Only 36% of executives are satisfied with their business’s succession management programmes, according to research by Korn Ferry.

Business losing out by not enlisting skills of former politicians

Businesses and other organisations are missing out by failing to recognise the skills of former members of parliament and council leaders, according to unique research from Open University Business...

Carol Black: Integrate HR and occupational health

Organisations should work harder to fully integrate their HR, occupational health (OH) and health and safety strategies, according to wellbeing expert Dame Carol Black.