Strategic HR

External focus key to minimising executive conflict, says expert

Making sure executives’ natural competitive nature is focused externally is key to minimising conflict, according to Stonehaven Associates partner Elisabeth Marx.

Appetite for reform within banking, says WBS dean

Professionals in the banking sector want to reform the industry from within, according to Warwick Business School dean and professor of finance Mark Taylor.

OH and HR working together to address mental health

A recent trend of occupational health working closely with HR around mental health is bringing results, according to former Unilever VP HR and workplace mental health awareness campaigner Geoff...

Tackling the UK's leadership lag

A new world needs new thinking on leadership to deliver success, and gives HR an opportunity to prove its worth.

Succession planning for the many, not the few

Some years ago I visited my executive coach, a senior in the development team of a global pharmaceutical company. I was interested to learn how her company dealt with succession planning.

Flexible working can cause problems for carers

Flexible working can cause as many problems for employees who are also domestic carers as it solves, according to My Family Care director Ben Black.

Cable to pledge higher pay for apprentices

Secretary for business, innovation and skills Vince Cable will today unveil plans to increase the minimum rate of pay for apprentices by £1.06 per hour.

Executive pay: An academic perspective

Ruth Bender, reader in corporate financial strategy at Cranfield University School of Management, on developments in executive pay

How to ditch HR hierarchies

Traditional hierarchies still have a place in some sectors. Large, complex organisations rely on those chains of command. But do they always add value? Just because it has always been done that way...

Gender, lies and statistics – busting myths on gender diversity

Equality in the workplace is still plagued by misconceptions. However, impressive progress has been made and the tide is turning. Our webinar panel discusses how far gender diversity has come.

Nestlé named most inclusive employer at European Diversity Awards

Nestlé's French division took the award for the most inclusive employer in the European Diversity Awards last night.

UK 'middling' on apprenticeships, says Mercer UK HRD

The UK is making good progress on apprenticeships, but still has a way to go to match more advanced programmes in other countries, according to Mercer UK HR director Siobhan Martin.