Putting profit before principles: are banking and finance leaders becoming more ethical?

Most UK leaders are putting profit ahead of principles but many feel that banking and finance leaders have become more ethical.

Strategic business partner role still a major challenge for HRDs, says survey

Moving the HR agenda from the back office to the boardroom remains the biggest professional hurdle facing the discipline, according to new research commissioned by Hyland Software, a specialist in...

RBS appoints Arvinder Dhesi to newly created role of director, group talent

Dhesi (pictured) will head the recently formed talent centre of expertise and be responsible for driving forward the talent agenda he says is crucial to the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS)'s recovery...

Chris Roebuck joins Hammersmith and Fulham as head of OD

Chris Roebuck (pictured), visiting professor at Cass Business School, has joined the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham as head of organisational development.

Exclusive: interview with Deborah Marriott-Harrison, senior vice president for government affairs at Marriott International

Deborah Marriott Harrison (pictured), grand-daughter of the founder of the eponymous hotel group, came late to the family firm, by recommendation, after raising five children. In an exclusive...

Tracy Robbins joins board of InterContinental Hotels

InterContinental Hotels Group has appointed Tracy Robbins (pictured), executive VP global HR and group operations support, to the board as an executive director

HR’s Most Influential 2011

Next month marks the 400th anniversary of the completion of the King James Bible, arguably the most influential book in the English language.

Interview with Deborah Baker, director of people at Sky

No-one working in the media could fail to be impressed by the brand personality Sky exudes and I was no exception when I visited Sky’s director of people, Deborah Baker, last month.

Employment relations minister says AWR could benefit employment strategy for companies hoping to grow

The minister for employment relations, consumer and postal affairs, Edward Davey (pictured) told HR magazine the Government will “work closely” with the recruitment sector on the Agency Workers...

Put your questions to broadcaster and author Charles Handy

Last week Charles Handy, author and broadcaster, became the first person to enter HR magazine's Most Influential hall of fame for a lifetime's achievement in the HR arena.

Features

High engagement is difficult to generate in a low-trust environment

August used to be the height of the newspaper ‘silly season’. Nothing of note happened. Important people were in Tuscany, skateboarding dogs and ice cream sales filled the tabloids. But August 2011...

We can’t train people to want to give great service, so we recruit for attitude – and train for skills

When we launched Metro Bank on 29 July last year, our aim was to create a bank customers loved. We called it ‘Love your bank at last’ and told the world (or at least UK media) we wanted to create...