Engagement 'ongoing journey', says General Mills HRD

Companies must understand their staff fully and create an "exciting" workplace to breed engagement, according to General Mills HR director for the UK, Ireland and Nordic region Sue Swanborough.

HR policies that empower?

Equality and equity are often confused. HR needs to adapt policies and become more flexible, rather than sticking to compliance and control.

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.

Managing high-performing but demanding Gen Y

Gen Y is increasingly becoming a bigger part of our workforce and dynamics have fundamentally changed, with a demand for faster, more innovative and flexible experience and service delivery...

Engagement is a bug you want staff to catch

When running a business you get to learn new things every day. And as clichéd as it sounds, ultimately the backbone of everything is the engagement of your staff.

Don't believe the hype of employee engagement

Engagement is more like a muddy puddle than clear water. HR needs to put the concept back under the microscope before it fully buys in.

Global mobility leads to increased churn, according to Hay Group

Hay Group research, seen exclusively by HR magazine, shows a quarter of the global workforce will change jobs by 2018.

HR experts discuss recruiting Generation Y

Generation Y have different career expectations to their parents and grandparents. A panel of HR experts discusses the challenges this generation brings to the workplace and the evolving...

Using wellbeing as an engagement tool

Managing a hospitality business worth £80 million, I know only too well the importance of staff engagement. My philosophy is that to get the very best service for my clients and consumers, as well as...

Our guide to managing the World Cup

At HR magazine we don't really believe the economy will grind to a halt over the next month. But let's be honest, some people are going to go missing occasionally for previously unscheduled meetings.

Job Satisfaction

It’s no big secret that employee wellbeing and engagement are almost inextricably linked,

Link wellbeing with engagement to ease business buy-in, says report

HR directors should explicitly link wellbeing with employee engagement in order to drive performance and convince leaders of the need to invest in both, a report from the Engage for Success movement...