How HR can accelerate change for executive women

At Egon Zehnder we have decided to set ourselves an audacious goal to help ensure that 25% of the CEOs in the FTSE 100 are female by the year 2025.

Southampton Football Club uses football academy as HR model

Southampton Football Club is taking the lessons learned in training sports stars to develop its other employees.

Businesses fail to track cost of overseas assignments

British companies are increasing the number of employees they send to work overseas but are not able to quantify the ROI, according to a report by PwC.

Whitepaper calls on HR professionals to embrace big data

HR professionals risk falling behind the curve if they do not use big data effectively, according to a report by talent and RPO specialists Cielo.

The advantages of workforce management

It’s no secret: employees are expensive. The Human Capital Management Institute calculated the sum of employee salaries, hourly wages, overtime and indirect compensation at 70% of an organisation’s...

'Smart drugs' in the workplace

Performance-enhancing drugs may be banned in many competitive sports - but not in our increasingly competitive and performance-focused workplaces. The current trend for research programmes exploring...

One in three employees dissatisfied with career progression

One-third of employees within the UK do not feel their career to date has met their expectations, according to research by the CIPD and Halogen Software.

'Rush to recruit' leads to drop in productivity

Employers recruiting larger numbers of new staff following the financial crash have put UK workplace productivity at risk, according to PwC HR consulting practice partner Anthony Bruce.

Switzerland top destination for expat workers

Switzerland is the most desirable location for British employees working abroad, according to research by HSBC

BT to create 500 engineering roles

BT has today announced it intends to create 500 more engineering roles as part of its Openreach arm.

Succession planning for the many, not the few

Some years ago I visited my executive coach, a senior in the development team of a global pharmaceutical company. I was interested to learn how her company dealt with succession planning.

Migrant labour and youth employment not 'either/or choice', says CIPD

Most employers do not see a link between hiring migrant workers and damaging youth employment, according to a report by the CIPD.