Lessons from marketing: Talent as customers

HR teams can improve talent management by borrowing five techniques from marketing.

When will we talk about talent, rather than women, at the top?

Once again the issue of women in the boardroom hits the news, with the release of the updated 2015 Cranfield Female FTSE Board Report. But why are so few women represented at the top of corporate...

Business needs to improve strategic workforce planning, research finds

UK businesses looking to improve performance and manage future challenges need to improve their strategic workforce planning, according to a poll by the Corporate Research Forum and KPMG.

Identify those with gravitas to increase boardroom diversity

In all the discussion around the lack of diversity in Britain’s boardrooms, there has been little mention of gravitas. Although a critical skill at senior levels, there is still a perception that it...

This is the evidence for talent management

David Collings provides a counter-argument to Rob Briner's article, which questioned the value of and evidence behind talent management practices.

What's the evidence for... talent management?

In his second column examining the evidence behind HR fads, buzzwords and obsessions, Rob Briner puts talent management under the microscope.

Career progression ‘barriers’ forcing women out of STEM

One in three (35%) women working in STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) jobs have said they have considered leaving the sector, with 51% blaming barriers to career progression.

Older workers locked out of development opportunities

Employees over 50 are less likely to be offered learning and development opportunities than their younger colleagues, research by AXA PPP has found.

It’s time to ‘revolutionise retirement’, says older workers champion

Business and policy leaders need to “revolutionise retirement” in the UK to encourage older people to work longer, the government’s older workers champion Ros Altmann has said.

More Millennials embracing freelancing

Younger employees, the so-called Millennials, are more likely to reject working for one organisation and instead freelance with multiple organisations, research by Elance-oDesk has found.

Only a third of executives satisfied with succession management programmes

Only 36% of executives are satisfied with their business’s succession management programmes, according to research by Korn Ferry.

Focus on “purpose that transcends numbers”, says CMI CEO

HR directors should focus on “good purpose that transcends numbers and quarterly results”, CMI CEO Ann Francke has said.