When David Cooper joined the Royal College of Nursing as director of human resources in 2007, he found an organisation that was failing.
In 2009, RS Components experienced a steep decline in revenues, meaning the electronics and industrial component distributor had to lose £15 million off the bottom line.
Last year put more pressure than ever on retail staff to drive sales and service. With 150,000 people applying for jobs at fashion retailer River Island every year – and a policy to review and reply...
In a hotly contested category, fast food chain McDonald's stood out to the panel of judges as an organisation with its engagement strategy "firmly based in the business".
Insurance provider LV= recruited 1,300 staff in 2010 alone and with hiring aspirations of that magnitude, a coherent strategy was a must. But the company wanted to reduce the reliance it had on...
While not having a traditional HR management background, Jo Sims has imprinted her own personality and enthusiasm on the role, single-handedly creating an HR department within her company and aligning...
With most of its clients based in the public sector, the latest bout of government cuts had a dramatic impact on public services supplier Amey. The company had to change quickly and drastically, to...
In 2010, Turkcell, the leading operator of mobile communications and technology in Turkey, changed its employee proposition to ‘I have much more in Turkcell’ to underpin its new customer positioning,...
Ian Powell, chairman and senior partner at professional services firm PwC (formerly PricewaterhouseCoopers), has such an easy-going nature associates feel he would be happy to do nothing but sit and...
Since 2008, Catherine Taylor has transformed an outdated function that was being considered a candidate for outsourcing – and that operated the practices of old ‘personnel’ – into a truly integrated...
In an environment of redundancies, pay freezes and lack of bonuses, RS Components launched its total reward benefit scheme to keep employee engagement at its peak. In short, the company set out to let...
When tyre retailer ATS Euromaster made the decision to close 80 of its 460 centres, it put HR in the hot seat, deciding if the decisions were communicated effectively to staff, everything else would...
