Creating a culture employees trust and protect

Building an attractive company culture is arguably the most important duty a business leader faces, especially where recruitment is concerned.

Listening to staff drives winning HR strategy

Treating employees as individuals and taking action on their feedback is key to law firm Mills & Reeve's award-winning success.

Rejection can motivate employees' ideas

Employees who have proposals rejected are more likely to come back and submit more ideas, according to a report by the Rotterdam School of Management at Erasmus University.

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?

Employee-ownership and the personal touch

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

CIPD 2014: Create environment for altruistic employees to thrive, says Adam Grant

Fostering a workplace environment where 'giving' employees can progress will increase businesses' productivity and sustainability, according to Wharton School professor of management Adam Grant.

CIPD 2014: Employer/employee relationship should be ‘strategic alliance’

A 'strategic alliance' between an employer and its staff should replace traditional concepts of loyalty in modern organisations, according to Columbia Business School associate professor of management...

Cutting corners, lying most common unethical behaviours

Cutting corners and lying to cover employees' own mistakes are the most commonly seen unethical behaviours at work, according to research by the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM).

Purpose ‘worthless’ without staff engagement, says Old Mutual CEO

Having a clear purpose is “worthless” unless every person in the organisation is engaged with it, according to wealth management firm Old Mutual CEO Paul Feeney.

‘Tight coupling’ between collaboration and innovation, says Google director

A company’s ability to produce innovative output is closely linked to the level of collaboration among its employees, according to Thomas Davies, director of Google enterprise in Northern, Eastern &...

Connected leadership: The CEO and the HRD

Ram Charan has caused controversy recently with his suggestion that HR departments should be split. The leading business guru and author claimed that CEOs across the globe are disappointed in their HR...

Between the sheets: Meet Dorchester Collection's Eugenio Pirri

Dorchester Collection's Eugenio Pirri, HR Director of the Year in 2014's HR Excellence Awards, talks passion and people strategy.