What's the evidence for... change management?

Change management is rife with unsupported theories, so here Rob Briner examines the actual evidence.

Training prisoners in sustainability gives 'unique selling point'

Training prisoners in sustainability will give them a “unique selling point” when searching for work upon release, according to Bairbre Doyle, training manager for the Sustainable Restaurant...

CEO moves leave costly gaps

A lack of comprehensive succession strategy means CEO departures can trigger a cycle of damaging events in organisations, research by consultancy Armstrong Craven has found.

Fatigued employees costing UK businesses

Fatigued employees could be costing UK businesses £453 million in productivity, according to research by Sealy UK.

Don't neglect frontline communications in M&A deals

Organisations must take care not to neglect frontline staff communications during M&A activity, Guy Pink, executive director of HR at substance misuse charity Addaction, has told HR magazine.

The way we talk about productivity needs to shift to suit a knowledge economy

Productivity is a word that is being thrown about an awful lot lately. But despite the definition of the term being quite straightforward (“an economic measure of output per unit of input”), pinning...

Productivity and profitability at SSE

A long-term outlook is needed to ensure strong profitability as a UK energy company, says director of HR at SSE John Stewart.

Internal data leaks more likely than external

The majority of privacy failures come from inside organisations, with the evolving role of the chief privacy officer key to combatting this, managing director at member-based advisory firm CEB Brian...

Using data could boost UK productivity by 3%

Using data to inform business decisions could boost the UK’s productivity by 3%, according to innovation charity Nesta.

Productivity plan criticised for not going far enough on skills

Chancellor George Osborne has been criticised for skimming over the UK’s skills shortage issue in his recently released productivity plan, ‘Fixing the Foundations’.

The relationship between Productivity and profitability

A long-term outlook is needed to ensure strong profitability as a UK energy company, says director of HR at SSE John Stewart.

How we talk about productivity needs to shift to suit a knowledge economy

Pinning down what productivity means to business is trickier than it may at first appear