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Women's leadership: It's time to re-write the recipe books

The continuing tube strike in London today threw the Women's Leadership Network Conference into an initial state of disarray - with both speakers and delegates AWOL. But Penny de Valk, CEO of the Institute for Leadership and Management, still took...

Published 10 Jun 2009 9:54 AM by Editors Blog

Filed under: hr, Leadership, management, tubestrike, instituteforleadershipmanagement, womensleadershipnetwork

Will women still be represented in Brown's cabinet reshuffle?

Following the loss of four of the most senior women in British politics this week, it naturally follows that people are starting to wonder whether Gordon Brown's new government will continue to represent women. Equality campaign group the Fawcett...

Published 5 Jun 2009 8:24 AM by Editors Blog

Filed under: Public Sector, Leadership, Recruitment, Conservatives, gordonbrown, leaving, quit, reshuffle, ministers, labourparty, patriciahewitt, jacquismith, cabinet, beverlyhughes, expenses, scandal, hazelblears

Sir Clive Woodward's secrets to team success

Sir Clive Woodward opened this year's Human Resources Forum on board the Oriana with his keynote speech, "Talent alone is not enough".Having always been a little sceptical of the numerous speakers on the circuit who try to point out parallels...

Published 7 May 2009 7:07 AM by Editors Blog

Filed under: Leadership, talent, rugby, olympics, sport, basketball, sirclivewoodward

Gordon Brown bullyboy tactics are nothing new

The mock exasperation in the national press, and the sleaze kings that are the Tories, over the bullyboy tactics employed by Gordon Brown's team is a timely reminder that the PM is, indeed, in touch with the real world and... Read More...

Published 15 Apr 2009 5:44 AM by Editors Blog

Filed under: Leadership, tories, bullying, damianmcbride, gordonbrown, bully, tonyblair, sleaze

Recession | Seasoned HR pros will help weather economic storm

Sick to death of the gloom and doom surrounding the dire state of the UK economy? Well, you'd better get used to it. With Meryvn King's bleak forecast and this week's news that the number of firms planning redundancies has shot up to 27%,...

Published 15 Aug 2008 1:48 PM by Editors Blog

Filed under: Economics, Human Resources, business, Leadership, Recruitment

Flexible Working | A step too far?

In one of the most extreme cases of flexible working we at Personnel Today ever seen, it appears an executive director at Fenland District Council in Cambridgeshire will be working from his home in Adelaide. Not Adelaide in the UK (and Google Maps has...

Published 15 Aug 2008 12:40 PM by Editors Blog

Filed under: Human Resources, business, Leadership, Recruitment, Skills, finance, flexible work, Unemployment, councils, flexible working, Australia, employer responsibility, temporary workers

Thumbs down | New website to grade employers

A new website that allows employees to rank their workplace was launched this week. Work Rewired is designed to give a heads up for prospective employees interested at working in certain companies, using feedback and written reviews Anonymous entries...

Published 17 Jul 2008 2:30 PM by Editors Blog

Filed under: employees, Employee Relations, Human Resources, Leadership, Recruitment, comments, dismissal, impact

Personnel Today Awards | Calling all HR directors

Do you think your HR director is one of the best in the business? Or are you an HR director worthy of greater recognition? We're calling for more entries into Personnel Today's 2008 HR Director of the Year Award. This award is for an individual...

Published 13 Jun 2008 1:04 PM by Editors Blog

Filed under: Human Resources, entries, ceremony, HR director, business, Personnel Today Awards, Leadership

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