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HR needs to pounce to serve the businesses of the future, says Logica’s head of people strategy

If employers are not thinking multinationally to find where talent will thrive, they will have to do so – and hope it is not too late, delegates at the HR Forum on board the cruise ship Aurora...

Performance management changes for teachers aim to make classroom observations less prescriptive

Following a public consultation held in May, the rules concerning Schools’ Performance Management Systems have been changed.

HR departments have to become profit centres or lose out, HR Forum warned

HR directors have to redefine HR to become a profit centre rather than a cost centre in business. Otherwise, the future of HR could lie outside HR departments or even outside business, said Matthew...

Whither HR: people are our biggest liability...

Where is human capital going? Thank you for the question. The answer is: nowhere.

Bosses, be less egotistic and more focused on stakeholders, urges report

Leaders need to develop beyond their personal ego and become radical, ethical and authentic if they are to succeed in the 21st century, according to a report published this week, based on research...

CEO attrition is growing, find SkillSoft and Booz surveys

The post of CEO may be attractive and well paid, but heavy is the head that wears the crown, suggest two recent surveys.

Employees claimed on average £1,768 for 'personal' costs on expense forms last year, reports RSA

Exaggerated expense claims equated to an average cost to businesses of £1,768 per person last year, according to RSA, the commercial insurer, although some journalists have disputed the statistics.

Business jargon and bad spelling in job advertisements shrink the talent pool for employers, finds Monster

Employers posting badly written job ads littered with jargon, unexplained acronyms and basic spelling and grammatical errors are missing out on good candidates, according to a poll by Monster.

A tenth of employees 'coast' through work, carrying out the bare minimum of tasks, reveals Officebroker

Despite the recession almost one in 10 British workers still feel able to “coast” through their day – according poll of 700 staff by officer and facility search company Officebroker.

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Why are SMART objectives so boring? Olympic lessons on setting courageous goals

All of us in HR will have heard of the acronym SMART. We might quibble over what the initials stand for but we recognise the need for goals to be precise, measurable and well planned.

Why don’t some HR directors ‘get’ global payroll outsourcing?

The value available to an organisation in outsourcing its global payroll is well documented. So why is it that we still see some HR directors not grasping and driving the need for outsourcing when...

Are middle managers left behind by UK business?

Put the executives to one side for a second, we believe that the heart of the UK economic recovery will be driven from the engine room of our organisations and this is in the hands of the often...