Strategic HR

Charity board volunteering as leadership development

Joining a charity board can give employees strategic hands-on governance experience that is difficult for companies to replicate through their internal training programmes

HRBPs must be people analytics evangelists

HR business partners (HRBPs) are a critical part of people analytics adoption, according to a panel at the Unleash Conference and Expo in London

Leadership development through hostage situations

At Smith School of Business experiential learning has been taken to new extremes with its full-time and executive MBA programmes

Cassie Kozyrkov: Skilled decision-makers key to mastering AI

Speaking at Unleash, Google Cloud's chief decision engineer urged the importance of spotting machine learning opportunities rather than fixating on technical jargon

Flexible working more important than role prestige and pay

A third of Brits (30%) say that flexible working is so important they would prioritise it over a more prestigious role

Young job candidates prefer the human touch

Employers risk losing out on talent by being out of touch with the preferences of young people in the recruitment process

Recruiting and developing MBA students at Amazon

How its internal Pathways programme and collaboration with business schools makes Amazon one of the largest MBA employers in the world

Executive education: Are MBAs fit for purpose?

The business world has changed massively in the past two decades. But have MBAs kept pace?

Only a third feel able to innovate at work

Only a third (33%) of UK employees feel empowered to innovate, according to research from Accenture

Firms failing on women in leadership mentoring

Three-quarters (75%) of female leaders do not believe their organisation runs an effective women in leadership mentoring programme, according to research from Reed

Is HR consultancy the answer to the work/life balance challenge?

For a new series of columns we're asking HR professionals to help get the conversation going on HR's own mental health by sharing their personal experiences

Tech employees now more likely to be whistleblowers

Almost half (46%) of tech workers are more likely to report any wrongdoing now than they were before various scandals hit their sector, according to research from Indeed?