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The Exceptional ManagerAuthors: Rick Delbridge, Lynda Gratton andGerry JohnsonPrice: £25 Publisher: Oxford University PressPages: 264 ISBN: 0199292221 Buy this book at Amazon With such a colourful cover, one would expect …

Some events can spark corporate change on a monumental scale. Margaret Kubicek looks at the leading agents of change and how HR can respond.

Having endured Angela O’Connor’s “lesson in manners from the sisterhood for those unreconstructed macho male leaders” (Personnel Today, 18 July), I wish to reply on behalf of the brotherhood, who have …

One in 50 Scottish police officers are on long-term sick leave, with a total of 348 officers signed off work

Venue group NEC has signed a £350,000 deal with software provider MidlandHR to develop an integrated HR and payroll system

Employers must do more to engage with young people about the world of work, a survey of 14 and 15-year-olds has suggested

A petition signed by 50,000 civil servants, demanding better pay, will be presented to Cabinet office minister Hilary Armstrong later today

Anti-smoking groups have warned that employers who knowingly put staff members’ health at rsik by allowing smoking in the workplace despite known risks could face legal actions for damages

The UK construction industry can expect a boost in the run-up to the 2012 Olympics as the Construction Industry Training Board prepares an integrated package for overseas workers

Record numbers of women and ethnic minorities have achieved the legal rank of Queen’s Counsel (QC) under a new independent appointments scheme

UK employers lost an estimated £168m a day in productivity during last week’s heatwave, according to a report

Intercontinental Hotels is spending $10m (£5.4m) on an employee engagement programme as part of a project to reposition its global brand

The government has announced it is to give more money to Remploy, the organisation that provides work for disabled people, to help it modernise

Utilties firm Npower has launched an employee reward scheme, under which workers are incentivised to provide feedback into the company’s services