As we enter a new year full of opportunities and challenges, will the HR glass be half full or half empty? One area in which HR can make huge strides through implementing HR transformational...
The Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) has appointed Charles Elvin (pictured) as its chief executive today (18 January 2012).
If you put the name ‘Helene Speight’ into Google, you’ll be met with a barrage of news about Lord Alan Sugar’s television show, The Apprentice, where she came runner-up to the ‘reverse pterodactyl’...
It is not every day the CEO of an organisation, soon to be closed, invites a journalist to lunch to talk about strategy, but a few weeks ago I received that very phone call from Nick Gargan...
Law firm Ashurst has appointed Sasha Hardman as its new global HR director
Doughnut retailer, Krispy Kreme UK, has appointed Claire Giraldo as head of HR and training
Modern HR must take on many roles to demonstrate competence and effectiveness, say DAVE ULRICH, JON YOUNGER, WAYNE BROCKBANK and MIKE ULRICH, who celebrate 25 years of research. Can HR turn base...
I had been talking handbags with Tracey Killen, group personnel director at the John Lewis Partnership (JLP), for half an hour before we even started to discuss HR strategy. I am not ashamed to admit...
Education is not just a public good, but also our business. The Government’s intention to encourage a market in higher education has prompted debate, but as a private institution, the London School...
He’s fidgeting. Stolen glances at his watch have been replaced by full-blown dial gripping. My time is up, and he’s desperate to leave. “That’s your half hour, isn’t it?” It is spoken cheerfully, but...
Interims have been perceived as many things – consultants by another name, retirees in search of a purpose, permanent managers who are ‘between jobs’ and even destroyers of business culture and...
What could silver screen siren Celia Johnson, troubled comedian Michael Barrymore and staid old photocopiers have in common?
