Personal Development

Interserve appoints Catherine Ward as group HR director

International support services and construction group Interserve has announced the appointment of Catherine Ward (pictured) as group director of human resources.

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Culture and compliance at Standard Chartered Bank, Tracy Clarke interview

Making HR fit with compliance and culture is the latest remit for Tracy Clarke, a woman who’s reached the top of Standard Chartered Bank via a lifelong career of hard work and catapults

City Spotlight: wellbeing is in the water at Thermae Bath Spa

A rooftop pool, warm as a bath. Steam rising upwards, over the tops of Victorian buildings and the spire of a Gothic abbey. I can think of worse places to work.

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust appoints Jayne Mee as director of people and OD

The Trust has appointed Jayne Mee as its director of people and organisational development. She replaces outgoing director Mike Griffin.

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Christine Deputy appointed group HR director at Aviva

Deputy will join the Aviva Group executive, reporting directly to Mark Wilson, group CEO.

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The Lawn Tennis Association has appointed Vicky Williams as head of HR and development

Williams will lead the HR and L&D function for the LTA (the national governing body for tennis).

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Keeping Gen Y happy: the secrets of FNZ's HR director

If there’s one word that trips off Daniel Kasmir’s tongue more than any during our interview it is ‘fun’.

Inside the world's largest food company: Interview with Nestlé HRD

There can’t be many HR directors who have responsibility for an organisation’s property, facilities and security functions.

Time to nominate the Most Influential HR directors and thinkers in 2013

Every year HR magazine compiles the HR Most Influential ranking: the definitive list of directors and thinkers who have the greatest influence in the field of people strategy. We are now looking for...

Public sector can improve engagement by involving entire workforce in strategic decisions

Last month’s HR magazine provided some inspirational articles all about boosting employee engagement. They all had one common theme: fully engaged employees deliver more when they feel valued. It...

Whose job is employee engagement: HR, CEO or dedicated head of engagement?

In November last year, 40 prominent business leaders from organisations as diverse as Sainsbury’s, the NHS and BAE Systems signed an open letter to the Times.

UK lags behind in global race to recruit innovative workers

The UK is falling behind many other countries in the global race to recruit the most innovative workers from abroad, research from the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) has found.