Personal Development

A new challenge for HR

It's a tough life being in HR, but what can we learn from others functions?

Free ebook celebrates 10 years of HR Most Influential

HR magazine’s HR Most Influential ranking – the definitive annual lists of the HR practitioners and thinkers who have had the greatest influence in the field of people strategy – turns 10 this year.

The warnings of 'Why We Hate HR' are worth revisiting

In August 2005 Fast Company magazine published its infamous ‘Why We Hate HR’ article. It’s only with the perspective of time that it’s become clear that this was a tongue-in-cheek response to the...

Guild for HR professionals created

As standards for the HR profession rises up the agenda a formal guild focused on promoting the sector has been created.

Talent, change and innovation at Warburtons

In the ultra-competitive bread market innovation rules. But creative products and processes are impossible without the right talent

Clare Grainger appointed Morrisons group HR director

Clare Grainger has been appointed group HR director of supermarket chain Morrisons

Significant increase in female NED appointments

There are more female non-executives in the FTSE 350 than ever before

Why HR needs its own SEAL Team Six

Most of us have heard of highly trained special forces troops that operate outside ‘normal‘ military channels. They are used for quick response and solutions. With CEOs becoming ever more demanding,...

How to get to the top table, and stay there

At the latest HR in the Boardroom event, board expert Helen Pitcher shared her top tips for ensuring HRDs are effective at the very highest levels.

Richard Sykes: the man with a business ethics mission

ISS CEO Richard Sykes on the living wage, facilities management's reputation, and senior leaders' visibility

Dave Ulrich: Don't blow up HR, appreciate and evolve it

In an exclusive article Dave Ulrich hits back at HR-bashing articles in the popular business press. Rather than ‘blow up HR’, as suggested on the cover of the latest Harvard Business Review, we should...

CHROs should demand more investment in HR talent

Have you ever known someone who constantly complains about their condition, yet seems to do nothing to actually change it? They remind me of HR leaders who constantly complain about the lack of talent...