Personal Development

Born free

Can fast-growing Freeserve walk the tightrope between control and freedom and retain its dynamism? Debbie Meech, director of talent management, seems unfazed by the task. By Morice Mendoza

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Thinking on your feet

The key to feeling calm in a meeting situation essentially comes down to confidence. And if you dont have the answers, dont be tempted to make them up. Laura Wilks reports

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No room for passengers

Balfour Beatty Rail Renewals was a legacy of British Rail, stuck in the past, with antiquated union agreements and worst of all unprofitable. Then along came a new management team which included HR...

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The dawning of new world HR

e-HR gives companies a fix on costs and a chance to become cleverer at managing HR. By Morice Mendoza

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Astron: its a beautiful thing

Steve Smethurst talks to Kathy Woodward, group HR and operations director of the award-winning Astron, about her passion for free-thinking HR and how her implementation of it has reaped dividends

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HR still lives in a management fantasy land

HR managers have swallowed the management-speak pill but it hasnt helped their struggle for status, says Richard Donkin

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