Ensuring the future of your business

To secure our companies' futures we need to carefully consider and implement an often-forgotten tool: the succession plan

Mercedes: Apprenticeships should support succession planning

Andrew Mallery, training operations director at Mercedes-Benz UK, explains his award-winning strategy

What does the future of HR look like?

What do the next generation of HR leaders think the future of HR looks like?

Liz Moody: Talent management a challenge for leaders

The Open University Business School was a sponsor at this year's HR Most Influential rankings event

Grande careers at Starbucks

Starbucks isn't just somewhere to work while you're waiting for something better, and its HRD wants to prove that

Not enough objectivity in C-suite hires, says leading academic

C-suite hiring failures can be costly, yet boards often aren't objective enough

The NomCo comes out of the shadows

The Nomination Committee is no longer the poorer relation of the board committees

HR Directors Business Summit: Day one round up

The HR magazine team is at the HR Directors Business Summit. Here are some of the best bits from day one

Development + talent preparedness = effective succession planning

CEO departures don't need to be the end of the world, if you've planned their replacement effectively

The public sector people crisis

The public sector has not addressed skills and staffing issues predicted years ago, and now faces a people crisis

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.

Identify those with gravitas to increase boardroom diversity

In all the discussion around the lack of diversity in Britain’s boardrooms, there has been little mention of gravitas. Although a critical skill at senior levels, there is still a perception that it...