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HR Most Influential 2015: Embracing leadership roles

This year is the 10th anniversary of HR magazine’s HR Most Influential ranking, the definitive annual list that celebrates the most influential players in the field of people strategy.

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Too few companies open to creative L&D

Too few companies are open to offering creative learning and development experiences, AT Kearney’s chief learning officer and global head of talent management Stephen Parker has said.

How to create unified CSR in a multinational business

Co-ordinating CSR across multiple countries and diverse workforces presents a unique challenge, but can also bring many rewards. Multinationals have more power than most to influence and impact the...

Close your classrooms and embrace modern L&D methods

The provision of good learning and development opportunities is an imperative for retaining and engaging talented people. A dynamic and ever-changing business environment means we need employees who...

HR should focus more on "life stages", says EHRC deputy chair

HR professionals must focus much more on “life stages”, as well as characteristics such as age and religion, deputy chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) Caroline Waters has said.

How can we kickstart investment in human capital?

Regulation and persuasion are ineffective. Is there a third way to encourage investment?

CIPD report finds L&D delivery gap

A significant gap exists between the skills and capabilities L&D practitioners know they need and what they actually have in-house, a recent CIPD report has found.

What is the point of human capital reporting?

Human capital reporting is underdeveloped, but it is too important to be ignored

Human capital ratings index launched

The Maturity Institute is attempting to rank the FTSE 150 on its approach to human capital and organisational maturity

Automation must not lead to ‘facelessness’

A human touch must be retained when automating transactional HR processes, University of Bradford head of operational HR Gary McFarlane told HR magazine.

Online learning out of favour for L&D

E-learning is unpopular among executives, while classroom-based and one-to-one methods are enjoying a new lease of life in 2015.

Supporting parents to return to work ‘critical’ HR role, says Bank of America Merrill Lynch D&I lead

HR directors have a “critical” role to play in helping parents return to the workplace after time out caring for their children, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch diversity and inclusion...