What does it take to be a people-focussed CEO?

Leaders who deliver sustained business performance are those that have the ability to inspire their employees and give them the space and support to excel. Most importantly, they make them feel that...

What keeps Jim McCarthy, chief executive of Poundland, up at night?

There is a good chance that when the lights come back on we will be wiser to the causes of failure.

Interview with Clive Bunyan, HR vice president at Symantec

Just as Symantec's products destroy malevolent PC viruses, its HR vice president, Clive Bunyan, does much the same with HR policies that the company has inherited from its acquisitions - but only the...

HR directors warned: Prove your worth or you will be dumped

HR must do better if it is to survive - that was the message from two high-profile HRDs at the recent Human Resources Forum.

Jan Woods has been appointed chief personnel officer, Findus Group

Woods, who will report to the multinational food business's CEO, Chris Britton, is currently chief personnel officer for PepsiCo UK and Ireland.

A new breed of workers, who want a job for life, pose fresh challenges for employers

UK businesses need to adapt to cope with a new breed of 'static' worker as the economic downturn creates a new generation of 'company lifers', according to Donna Miller, HR director, Enterprise...

Centrica's group HR director to join Shire's board of directors

Shire, the global specialty biopharmaceutical company, has appointed Anne Minto to its board of directors with immediate effect.

Metropolitan Police HR director Martin Tiplady is honoured with OBE

Martin Tiplady, director of HR at the Metropolitan Police Service, has been awarded an OBE for services to policing in the Queen's Birthday Honours list.

Updated: RBS's head of HR Neil Roden explains his reasons for leaving the organisation

Neil Roden, one of the most high profile leaders in HR, is to step down as group director of human resources at the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), HR magazine has learned.

Breaking news: Imelda Walsh to leave her role as HR director of Sainsbury's

Imelda Walsh, HR director at Sainsbury's, is to leave the company in July after nearly a decade with the supermarket group.

Exclusive: Google research heralds arrival of the human systems director

Personnel manager, human resources director and chief people officer - over the years the changing title of those responsible for people policy in organisations has reflected the increasingly...

Philip Clarke is to succeed Sir Terry Leahy as CEO of Tesco

Following the announcement Sir Terry Leahy is to retire from his role as CEO of Tesco, the company has announced a clear succession plan.