Strategic HR

Deloitte publishes data on the backgrounds of partners and employees

The data was taken from a sample of more than 1,000 of Deloitte UK’s partners and employees

Karen Beaven: Entering HR awards sends a powerful message

Karen Beaven, HR director of River Island and 2015 HR Director of the Year, on the importance of the HR Excellence Awards

Working carers: a problem for organisations?

There is still an assumption that becoming a working carer is basically a problem – both for the organisation and for the individual. But they should be viewed as an opportunity, says Leah Tomkins

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HR technology: Don't start with payroll

Jason Averbook asks people to see themselves as technologists and to think like consumers

CIFF's fresh approach to performance management

Big firms are rethinking their approaches to performance management. We meet a charity doing the same

Make sure employees love your software

Organisations must aim higher than 'easy to use', and try to implement software that employees 'love'

How Anchor embraces change

Rather than adapting to change as it comes, Anchor is actively preparing for it

A third of employees take illegal drugs

More than a third (35%) of employees know or suspect that colleagues have a drug problem or take illegal substances

Looking to 2020 – key challenges for HR

Organisations must consider macro-economic and political risks, talent and skills shortages, diversity and the retirement agenda

What's the evidence for... absence management?

When it comes to managing absence data isn't enough. We also need to know why people are absent

Misperceptions present substantial barriers to apprenticeships

Two seperate surveys suggest a lack of information prevents some candidates from applying

Half of leaders say not enough attention is paid to innovation

Half (49%) of C-suite leaders say not enough attention is being paid to innovation, according to research from Ipsos MORI and leadership, talent and engagement specialist Cirrus Connect