Valuing the differences between rhetoric and reality: why bankers can get it so wrong with human capital

Greg Smith’s very public disillusionment with his employer, Goldman Sachs, after resigning using a column in the New York Times illustrates once more there is a serious difference between ‘rhetoric...

Prime minister weighs in on police HR

In parliamentary debate yesterday, at the session called specially to discuss the urban unrest of the past week, prime minister David Cameron was drawn into commenting on the role of HR in the police....

Editor's blog: Business and the burglars of plasma screens

There I was, puffing and panting around Ladywell Park in Lewisham in the name of keeping fit on Monday night, when I saw what looked like a line of worker ants coming up the path. They weren’t ants,...

Out with Luddites, HR needs to become irresistible, says Westminster council chief

HR hasn’t got much longer to go, as HR directors are struggling to work to a model that no longer exists. It needs to reinvent itself, and fast. That was the revelation Graham White (pictured), HR...

How you can become the professional people go to…

Invariably in business, you come across an individual who stands out from the crowd. They are usually distinctive in their chosen profession and attractive to clients and work referrers, the ones...

HR improvement could keep bobbies on the beat, survey finds

All the news has been about cuts in the number of bobbies on the beat but improving HR processes and sharing services give the greatest opportunity for savings, police forces believe.

The people side of space

Workstations that rise or fall according to whether you want to sit or stand at your tasks, pods that bring peace to a noisy office, a reception in the middle of the office so it is equidistant from...

Apple post-Jobs: the importance of succession planning

It is never too early to starting planning for the future, because you just don't know when something unexpected will throw you off course. Take the news from Apple, for example. CEO Steve Jobs is...

Amnesty denies accusation that it plans to derecognise the union

Amnesty International has hit back at claims from Unite that it is threatening to derecognise the union.

HR's Most Influential is back

HR magazine is calling for nominations for this year's HR's Most Influential ranking, the definitive list of the most influential practitioners and thinkers in the HR sphere

Welfare isn't working, says PM, as he reveals details of reform bill

Prime minister David Cameron today said he was finally going to make work pay as he disclosed what he called the "most ambitious, fundamental and radical" changes to the welfare system since it began...

Private sector job creation not enough to offset public sector cuts

Overall employment levels are heading for a fall in 2011 as redundancies look set to rise sharply in the first quarter of the year, according to a report out today.