Personal Development

PPMA president Dean Shoesmith urges public sector HR directors to see the opportunities budget cuts will bring

HR directors in the public sector have been urged not to 'sit back and let pay freezes pass' but use the forthcoming budget cuts as an opportunity to rethink reward and look to staff for ideas on how...

Sainsbury's Gwyn Burr takes on role of customer service and colleague director, replacing former HR director Imelda Walsh

The march of marketers into the world of HR has forged ahead with the appointment of Sainsbury's customer director Gwyn Burr to the retailer's top HR job.

HR Most Influential 2010: Interviews with the winners

Some of the Most Influential people in HR in 2010 reflect on what it means to be influential in HR and what the challenges for HR will be in the next 12 months.

CBI's director general Richard Lambert to stand down

The Confederation of British Industry's director general Richard Lambert, has today announced that he will be stepping down from the role in early 2011.

Business minister Mark Prisk goes on work experience to understand the challenges of SMEs

Business and Enterprise Minister Mark Prisk is on work experience this week in a small business to gain better insight into the experiences of companies on the ground.

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.