The CEO's view of HR has a huge impact on the role of the HRD. In the first of a new series James Timpson reveals his unconventional take on how the function should work.

Enough of the navel-gazing: if HR is to deliver to the business it should stop relying on one or two bright sparks and work together to raise the bar. So what is CIPD chief Jackie Orme going to do...

My first job was when I was 13.I ran my own business buying bikes, taking them apart, re-spraying them and rebuilding them. I would then sell them in the local newspaper sometimes making a 25% margin.

Warhurst joins from Eurotel, the Halifax-based telecoms company acquired by Daisy in August last year. She has worked in HR for the past 15 years, holding senior management roles in manufacturing and...

Peter Crush talks to Dame Kelly Holmes about her new charity, which aims to convince HR directors that retired sportspeople can transfer their winning attributes to the business arena.

British Airways claims its package for staff is "fair and reasonable" despite as many as 13,500 union members planning a 12-day strike over Christmas.

HR directors and other senior executives have had their mettle seriously tested during the recession. Not only have their own departments, like many others, faced severe cuts, but they have taken...

The recession not only exposed failures and excess in the financial sector, but diverted attention from similar weaknesses that existed across British businesses, including lack of people engagement,...

A decade or so ago when workplace pensions were predominately defined-benefit (DB) schemes, day-to-day responsibility would have rested with the pensions manager and his or her team. Members of the HR...

If HR is not strategic and business-focused, another part of the business could take over the role, HR directors have been warned.

Debbie Hinton (pictured), county audiology services manager for Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, has been awarded the title of Britain's Best Boss by Working Families supported by BT.

RBS's group director, human resources, Neil Roden (pictured), yesterday revealed the taxpayer-owned bank had already lost senior talent from the business thanks to the inconsistent approach to pay...