Dean Royles, director at NHS Employers and the HR Most Influential Practitioner 2012, discusses how important HR is to the business

Royles talks about how HR can be influential and the role it plays in the challenges faced by the NHS.

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HR needs to put customer at heart of everything it does says RSA Insurance group HR director

RSA Group, the UK’s second largest general insurer and owner of the More Than brand, is embedding a ‘Think Customer’ strategy throughout its global business following a successful test in its...

Paul Lambert V Norwich City: It is a myth that resignations need to be accepted before they are binding

The recent high profile departure of Paul Lambert from Norwich City to become manager of Aston Villa raises a number of interesting questions about departing senior executives. With both parties...

Olympics inspires London hotel's diversity and customer service training programme

This month as HR magazine unveils the results of its Diversity Survey, 2012 one of the main findings to come out of the study was that not enough HR directors are putting strategies in place to...

Improve capability by smashing silos: An academy approach can revitalise L&D

Paul McGhee, leadership and development manager, City of Edinburgh Council, says the council has been on a journey to transform its workforce through a innovative, value-adding learning and...

CSR and its impact on employee engagement

The methodology adopted by the Sunday Times to compile its Best Companies to Work for lists underlines a fundamental truth about corporate social responsibility (CSR) and how a business’s commitments...

Service company Serco Group Has appointed Julia Warren as HRD, UK and Europe, as part of its newly formed UK and European division

Jeremy Stafford, chief executive of Serco UK and Europe, said: "Looking after our people and developing our talent is of critical importance to us in the times and I am delighted Julia has joined our...

Help women reach the 'male, stale, pale' boardroom

In the commercial world there is a serious lack of female leaders. In July 2012, 17.3% of director level positions in FTSE 100 companies were held by women, says professional board forum, BoardWatch....

No more heroes: Leading the NHS through change

What type of leadership do you think the NHS needs?

Conservatives seeking to achieve “no fault dismissals” by the back door?

At the Conservative Party Conference on Monday, chancellor George Osborne announced plans for a new employment status: “owner-employee”. Owner-employees would be issued shares in the company they work...

Transforming organisations through people engagement

Achieving excellence in people strategy: Discover, deliberate and differentiate.

Has the public sector got talent? Does it know how to nurture the Susan Boyles in its midst?

Is it a surprise that many in the public sector see talent management as a tactic to give downsizing an air of respectability? The irony is, if an organisation just wants to lose numbers, there are...