Skills shortages changing CEO talent strategies

Increasing concern over skills shortages are forcing CEOs to rethink their hiring and talent strategies, according to PwC's annual global CEO survey.

Can HR remember how to lead in an upturn?

Now that the UK economy and job market seem to be getting back on track, HR directors will need to re-assess their approach to many business issues. But can HR remember how to operate in an upturn?

Tullow Oil's CHRO on talent, CSR and the oil price crash

As oil prices plummet the oil and gas sector must weather the storm. Tullow Oil's CHRO Gordan Headley explains how

Austerity negatively impacting public sector staff commitment

The government’s austerity measures have led to a drop in the commitment of public sector workers towards their organisations, research by Warwick Business School has found.

Gratton: Why is complex collaboration so tough?

Organisational charts often mask informal networks that cross functions. We must understand these relationships

Driving diversity at Ford

The 1968 Ford sewing machinists' strike was a driver for the Equal Pay Act. Three of Ford's top HR leaders explain how diversity is front and centre.

How to ditch HR hierarchies

Traditional hierarchies still have a place in some sectors. Large, complex organisations rely on those chains of command. But do they always add value? Just because it has always been done that way...

Behaviour, not technology, must be primary driver of change

HR directors and their CEOs are increasingly coming to terms with the fact that as many as one in four of the people they employ are either consciously or unconsciously undermining their...

Can the real NHS please stand up?

When you hear someone mention the NHS, what do you think? A failing institution, always in the media with insurmountable problems? Or an institution your friends and family speak fondly of, that...

Making Veolia fit for the future

At environment services company Veolia, sustainability is core to every part of the business, even HR.

The Crown Estate launches values-driven change plan

The Crown Estate has announced a 10-year change programme across the organisation, focusing on integrated values.

10 tips for changing organisational culture

As financial services' organisational culture comes under more scrutiny under the remit of the Financial Conduct Authority, Martin Cook, principal consultant, organisational change at Bernard Hodes,...