Ready to face change: interview with Philip Willatt, HR director at London Business School

They challenge our thinking, they develop our industry and they – it is to be hoped – bring the brightest and the best recruits into our profession. HR academics, we salute you.

Avon Cosmetics appoints Michelle Parczuk as HR executive director

Beauty company Avon Cosmetics has appointed Michelle Parczuk as HR executive director for the UK and Republic of Ireland

Amaury Houdart joins Steria Group as HRD

Amaury Houdart has become director of HR for Steria Group, a European IT-enabled business services provider.

Liverpool Community Health appoints Michelle Porteus as director of HR

Michelle Porteus has joined Liverpool Community Health (LCH) NHS Trust’s board, as director of HR

HR salaries and vacancies both on the rise according to Badenoch & Clark

Permanent vacancies have 1.55% month on month to 1,967 and permanent salaries up 0.08% on average, according to the Talent Spotlight Report from Badenoch & Clark.

Discovery is seeing what everyone else has seen – but thinking what no one else has thought

In 1899, Charles Duell, the US Patent Office commissioner, was predicting the demise of his organisation because, in his view, every human and organisational need had already been addressed by the...

Exclusive interview with Gina Qiao, senior VP HR at Lenovo

Until I met Gina Qiao (pictured), senior vice president human resources at Chinese PC superbrand, Lenovo, I was secretly pleased with HR magazine’s burgeoning Twitter following (some 25,300 and...

Yell creates group HR director role

Yell has appointed Linda Kennedy (pictured) to the new role of group HR director.

The value of HR – how to get in the driving seat at board level

HR is no bigger or smaller than any other organisational function.

James Watts becomes VP HR at KFC, as Misty Reich moves to parent company

It is all change this month in the people departments at fast food firms KFC and its parent company, Yum Foods.

Lloyds Banking Group’s HR director loses direct link to chief executive in management shake-up

Angie Risley (pictured), group HR director at Lloyds Banking Group (LBG), will no longer report directly to the group chief executive after a restructure meaning the HR, legal and audit departments...

Accountancy firm HRD spearheads HR consultancy initiative

Menzies, the accountancy firm, has launched an HR consultancy to provide advice to employers and the initiative will be spearheaded by the company's own HR director.