Sara Edwards brings HR to the boardroom table at Orient Express Worldwide

Slowly but surely, the HR function is changing, moving from an administrative function to a strategic operation, and every time a global business realises this, the whole industry takes a step...

NEC appoints Jane Jarvis as HRD

Jane Jarvis has joined NEC Group as its HR director.

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If you miss HR magazine in print, you miss out

As an independently audited publication HR magazine is required to re-register readers every three years (Audit Bureau of Circulations).

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Della Garmory joins Fusion as associate HRD

Fusion, part of the BGL insurance group, has appointed Della Garmory as associate director for HR

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Kathrin Menges appointed VP HR at Henkel

Henkel has appointed Kathrin Menges to its management board as executive VP HR

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Is a move from HR director to chief executive a bridge too far?

Can you imagine what it would be like if your HR director ran your business?

For HRDs who do want to be CEO, it takes courage, curiosity and charisma

How long before an HR director is viewed as successor to the chief executive officer? With one of the world’s top management thinkers saying “HR is a contaminated brand” and a CEO declaring “there is...

The cherry tree makes copious blossoms and fruit without depleting its environment...

In 2008, shortly after becoming CEO of Desso in April 2007, I was inspired by the ‘Cradle to Cradle’ concept.

Considered responses and authentic voices ensure the data to generate insights is of the highest quality

Isn’t it strange how a simple and fairly uncontroversial comment can spark the liveliest of discussions?

Three shifts into the future: old assumptions of job and career will be destroyed

There are forces at work that over the coming decades will destroy forever many of the old assumptions of a traditional job and career, says Lynda Gratton (pictured).

Abolition of DRA – The University of Cambridge perspective

The abolition of the default retirement age has meant many organisations have opted to merely ‘do away’ with having a retirement age, choosing not to pursue the options for a employer justified...

Retirement: interview with Ros Altmann, director general of Saga

Depending on what you read, Dr Ros Altmann, who was an adviser to the Number 10 Policy Unit and an ex-Chase Manhattan banker, is either “a thorn in [Gordon] Brown’s side” or an “indefatigable...