Firms failing to focus on business needs in talent management strategy

A rigid attachment to ‘best practice’ in talent management, rather than a focus on business needs, is preventing many organisations from unearthing staff to drive their business forward. The danger of...

BBC takes more innovative approach to attract and retain 'tech' talent to combat ‘Google effect’

The BBC is finding it increasingly difficult to keep its technology talent pipeline going as “non-traditional” threats are continually entering broadcasting and “sucking up” all the best young...

‘Best practice’ is damaging talent management, says KPMG

A rigid attachment to ‘best practice’, rather than a focus on business needs, is preventing many organisations from unearthing and nurturing staff to drive their business forward, according to KPMG.

Why corporations need to dip into the global talent pool

Living in the digital renaissance, where technology plays an ever increasing role on our personal and professional lives, there is one thing we can be certain of: The world is getting smaller.

Attracting staff is easy enough in the current climate, but retaining great staff is the challenge

I wanted to be a chef from the age of 13, but when I took my first tentative step and applied to Birmingham College of Food 20 years ago, I was lucky to secure a place. Over-subscribed and with a...

Organisational consultant: Interests in working with talent, strategy, change and leadership

How to best manage talent remains a critical challenge for organisations in today's increasingly global and fast-moving world. But many HR and talent practitioners are finding the approaches that have...

During the recession, has HR provided the cure, the vaccination or yet another illness?

Do you remember the war for talent? Everyone fought to attract the few candidates around; criteria were relaxed and the emphasis switched from ‘selection’ to ‘attraction’. With the recession, things...

UK's economic rebalancing is being thwarted by 40,000-a-year shortage of STEM sector graduates

The Government's aim to rebalance the economy away from financial services is "inconceivable" due to a 40,000-a-year shortage of UK graduates in the science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM)...

Employers are investing more in talent but it's not effective, says Mercer

Employers are investing more money in talent, but much of it is proving ineffective, according to the latest Talent Barometer survey from Mercer.

Culture evolution: the leader’s burden

In this last article of the series, I consider the demands placed on individual executives mandated to build high-performance cultures.

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People management in the NHS

Whenever cases have come to light of the failure in protection of vulnerable people - such as Victoria Climbie and, more recently, Baby P - I’ve always hoped that the resulting enquiries would uncover...