Strategic HR

Time to break the glass ceiling for good

The glass ceiling metaphor is perhaps unhelpful in failing to account for the variety of factors that can influence career progression – 'the glass labyrinth' might be more useful

Organisations ineffective at talent foreplanning

Only 6% of CEOs own the talent management process in their organisations, with 61% placing it solely within HR

Women on boards target not ambitious enough

The chair of the EHRC has called on the government to go further in new Hampton-Alexander review targets

Employers need to adapt to the 'personal agility' of staff

In the past social bonds tied us to specific places and employers. Today these bonds change over time

HR magazine and BrightHR release The Culture Handbook

You can now download your free guide to creating a great workplace culture, courtesy of HR magazine and BrightHR

The pensions problem that won't go away

BHS' collapse and Tata Steel's recent wobbles have put company pension deficits back in the spotlight

Working Families Special Awards: Learn from Sacker & Partners

We take a look at what makes Sackers exceptional in the field of flexible and family-friendly working

Companies urged to look at female executive pipeline as women on boards progress slows

Female executive representation in the FTSE still "staggeringly low", latest Cranfield University report finds

UK's first chartered management degree apprenticeship launched

Nine higher education institutions, including Sheffield Hallam and Anglia Ruskin, are among the first to offer the course

80% of 18- to 24-year-olds 'waste time at work'

Looking at mobile phones was found to be the most popular time-wasting activity among young people

My unusual parting gift

A CEO gives something back to the company and people who work in it, rather than the other way around

Make way for the progressive custodian leader

What is needed are leaders focused on the long-term picture, not their own short-term success