Strategic HR

James Caan: It’s about time we close the soft skills gap

Debating the importance of academic qualifications compared to life experience

Authenticity essential for leadership

Authenticity is an essential leadership ingredient, according to Gill Hill, head of people development at Nationwide Building Society.

Mind the gap: Gender pay reporting

From 2016 companies will have to publish gender pay gap data

Flexible working should be for the many, not the few

Forget the misconception that flexible working is a benefit reserved only for the career mum. The working practice should be extended to all employees and discussed early on in the hiring process in...

Employee engagement confusion still reigns

There is still much confusion around what employee engagement is and how best to achieve it, according to a recent debate held to kickstart Purple Cubed consultancy’s ‘Engaged, Enabled, Empowered’...

The genetics of leadership

CHRNB3 gene associated with how likely a person is to be found occupying a leadership position

Training for future workers

Blended learning is growing in popularity

Gap between 'rhetoric and reality' of what CEOs want from HRDs

There is a difference between the qualities CEOs say they want in an HR director and what they actually want

The war on modern slavery

The introduction of the Modern Slavery Act is a chance for organisations and their HR functions to do more than simply comply

Poor people management costing UK companies £84 billion

Poor people management is costing UK companies £84 billion a year, according to research from Investors in People and economic research consultancy TBR.

Employers should support sub-networks within their disability network

Employers should support the creation of sub-networks within their disability network

Hot topic: More women in STEM, part two

How can business and education make STEM subjects and jobs more appealing to girls?