Strategic HR

Stop the press: Rebuilding trust at News UK

After the 2011 phone hacking scandal, trust at News UK was at an all time low. How is the company rebuilding employee faith?

The business case for inclusive leadership

People are the most important resource a business has and managers are vital in getting the best out of employees. We hear it time and again from CEOs, business leaders, academics and employees...

Former Zara MD: 'HR not brave enough'

HR has lost credibility and is much less prominent than in the past because it was 'not brave enough' during the global financial crisis, the former managing director of Zara (Inditex Group) Jesús...

NHS focusing on staff ‘emotional health’ to improve patient care

The NHS will be focusing more on the ‘emotional health’ of its staff in order to improve patient care, assistant director of employment services at NHS Employers Ruth Warden has said.

Plumbing qualifications more employable than law degrees, say parents

More than half of parents (57%) rate young people with plumbing qualifications as "very employable", according to a report by City & Guilds and Edge Foundation.

HR Most Influential Thinker to discuss developing leaders for future change

Veronica Hope-Hailey, dean of Bath University School of Management, will discuss how leadership is evolving and what organisations need to do to adapt to a changing world in HR magazine’s live web TV...

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Party leaders set out manifesto for business

Yesterday's CBI conference gave the world of business and employment a rare opportunity to see all three party leaders speak on the same stage.

Lack of career advice breeds 'low aspirations'

Only half of young people (aged between 14- and 24-years-old) receive any formal career advice, leading to many having low career aspirations, according to research by the Chartered Management...

Archbishop Sentamu calls for all businesses to pay the living wage

The Archbishop of York, John Sentamu, has called for all businesses to pay their staff the living wage to stem rising income inequality in the UK.

Employee-ownership and the personal touch

One of the world's biggest employee-owned companies, Golder Associates, excels at putting people before profit.

Automation threatens one-third of roles

More than one-third (35%) of jobs in the UK are at "high risk" of being replaced by automation in the next 20 years, according to research by Deloitte.

Rising to the occasion: How Greggs manages change

Greggs' HRD Roisin Currie may have found a winning recipe as the company goes through a difficult change programme that includes closing in-store bakeries.