As Fiona Deal, corporate services director of AmicusHorizon, says: “There’s never been a transformation like ours in the housing world.” And the catalyst for this has been CEO Steve Walker, who has...
A thriving HR team is one that can lead genuine improvement throughout a business and the HR Excellence Awards judges believed insurer Hastings Direct had a department which had achieved just that.
Tube Lines has faced more than its fair share of challenges over the past year – the biggest of which was becoming a public sector organisation – but the HR team has tackled every hurdle in its...
When you think about it, the world has not changed very much over the last four years.
Sam Owens joined Merlin Entertainments Group, the company behind Legoland, the London Eye and Alton Towers, in September 2008, as HR advisor in the corporate function, which is responsible for 350...
In the quest to find excellence in HR, the judges believed the entry from AmicusHorizon’s HR team hit the mark because of its passion and commitment to the organisation.
A deep understanding of socio-political and economic issues, a decisive and pragmatic approach to building effective and long-term relationships with unions and a systematic and effective approach to...
Isabelle Minneci, the French-born HRD at cosmetics giant L’Oréal UK, will have heard it in her homeland as, ‘C’est le ton qui fait la musique’ (‘it’s the tone that sets the music’) – the more...
It may not seem a good idea at the end of a first interview to turn to the entrepreneurial founder of the business – not known for being a fan of HR – and say that, yes, you could see yourself working...
HR magazine has unveiled the shortlist for HR Most Influential 2012 and for the first time we are inviting HR directors and academics from across the world to take part in the ranking process.
Lynn Minella has joined BAE Systems as group HR director
I wonder if you were on the edge of your seat watching the Eurovision song contest this year, wondering if ‘the Hump’ would bring home the trophy for the UK this time?
