Workplace Issues and Advice
My mentor: Matthew Jeffery, global director of talent brand, EA
My job requires quite a bit of blue-sky thinking – I am very much a creative individual – so I wanted someone...
HR career issues: executive pay rises during redundancies
Q How do I convince executive directors that awarding themselves pay rises when we have had to make a number...
My best and worst decisions – Vicky Hemming, executive director, people and development, RNID
Best decision After the birth of my second child, I decided to take a career break, and ended up staying...
My mentor: Michael Ladd, HR manager, Adnams
I’ve thought hard about both myself and about Adnams, and how we approach mentoring here.My issue with mentoring is that...
My Mentor: Jo McCafferty, HR and EHS director, Penn Pharma
Penn uses mentoring in what I believe is its true sense – as a form of training and learning, for...
My best and worst decisions: Neil Morrison, group HR director, Random House Group
Best decisionMy best business decision was moving to Random House Group in September 2008. I’ve never worked in the same...
How I made a difference: Dominic Monkhouse, Managing director, PEER 1
Having run a number of companies, all service businesses, I know that it’s a case of getting people to volunteer...
Regional view: Glasgow
After years of Glasgow’s attractions being something of a well-kept secret, the city is now being recognised as a great...
Best and worst decisions: Keith Luxon, HR director, Veolia Water UK
Best decisionI was recruited by Whitbread, but just before I joined they sold the division I would have been working...
My Mentor: Ann Pickering, HR director, Telefónica O2 UK
I have both a mentor and a sounding board. The mentor, who played a major part in my career, was...
Recruitment in focus: Protecting your employer brand in a digital world.
In the current climate, recruitment is the last thing that organisations are thinking about. There is more talk about staff...
How I made a difference: Lucy Lofting, interim HR director, Central YMCA
As a transformational change HR director, my role is normally to help companies take their staff with them when the...
How I made a difference: Leonie Lonton, global employee development director, Save the Children
We were aware that we needed to invest in developing our leaders, and that it was not just what they...
How I made a difference: Heather James, HR director, Vantis
Managing internal capacity in a downturn, the main aim is to retain people and minimise the risk to jobs. Vantis...
My mentor: Linda Maughan, HR director, Middlesborough Borough Council
Like most people, I’ve had a series of mentors. Mine began with the girl who sat beside me at school,...
