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    McDonald’s shows how HR can raise its game

    by Karen Dempsey 29 May 2007
    by Karen Dempsey 29 May 2007

    Whether you ever personally set foot in a McDonald’s restaurant or consume its much-maligned food, it’s hard not to have...

    • HR strategy
    • Opinion

    What Tony Blair can teach HR about succession planning

    by Personnel Today 29 May 2007
    by Personnel Today 29 May 2007

    So Gordon Brown is to succeed Tony Blair as the leader of the Labour Party and become the UK’s next...

    • Opinion

    Have a rant: Grammar schools

    by Personnel Today 29 May 2007
    by Personnel Today 29 May 2007

    The Conservative Party’s decision to withdraw its support for grammar schools will only serve to worsen the skills shortage –...

    • Flexible working
    • Recruitment & retention
    • Opinion

    Government drive for flexibility could backfire

    by Mike Berry 22 May 2007
    by Mike Berry 22 May 2007

    The government is continuing its family friendly workplace drive with vigour and last week laid out its proposals for the...

    • Pay & benefits
    • Pensions
    • Opinion

    Have a rant: Company pension schemes

    by Personnel Today 22 May 2007
    by Personnel Today 22 May 2007

    The TV points out all sorts of truths, doesn’t it? Last week we had a documentary proving there’s nothing new...

    • HR practice
    • The HR profession
    • Opinion

    The HR profession – to be or not to be?

    by Personnel Today 22 May 2007
    by Personnel Today 22 May 2007

    Is HR a profession? By most definitions it qualifies, at best, as a maybe. It has a recognisable business/organisational function....

    • HR practice
    • Leadership
    • Line managers

    Off message: A revolution in people management

    by Personnel Today 22 May 2007
    by Personnel Today 22 May 2007

    Employees constantly bemoan the people management side of UK workplaces, yet they still fail to do anything about it.

    • Economics, government & business
    • HR practice
    • Learning & development

    Use your HR skills to put basic training on the agenda

    by Tony Pettengell 15 May 2007
    by Tony Pettengell 15 May 2007

    Employers are calling on the government to clarify the content of the ‘pledge’ that they will be required to sign...

    • HR strategy
    • Opinion

    Making a difference must relate to business needs

    by Personnel Today 15 May 2007
    by Personnel Today 15 May 2007

    We all know the feeling: you’ve been happily following a course of action for some time, and everyone seems pleased...

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • The HR profession
    • Opinion

    Have a rant: HR – white, middle class, diversity champions – don’t make me laugh

    by Personnel Today 15 May 2007
    by Personnel Today 15 May 2007

    Am I the only person who finds it ironic that HR is entrusted with the diversity agenda?
    I can accept...

    • HR strategy
    • Learning & development
    • Opinion

    Why you should stand stats and poll results on their heads

    by John Charlton 15 May 2007
    by John Charlton 15 May 2007

    One way of making sense of polls and statistics is to stand them on their heads – which is why...

    • HR practice
    • Employee opinion surveys
    • Opinion

    Beware the staff satisfaction survey benchmarking myth

    by Personnel Today 15 May 2007
    by Personnel Today 15 May 2007

    David Lusty says comparing the results of employee satisfaction surveys from different organisations in the interests of benchmarking can be...

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    • Wellbeing
    • Opinion

    Paid time off to help smokers quit is a ridiculous proposal

    by Personnel Today 8 May 2007
    by Personnel Today 8 May 2007

    I am definitely one of those employers fuming over suggestions that we should give staff paid time off to kick...

    • Bullying and harassment
    • HR practice
    • Opinion

    Don’t issue blanket ban on mild ribbing banter in the workplace

    by Karen Dempsey 8 May 2007
    by Karen Dempsey 8 May 2007

    When we decided to carry out a light-hearted survey about what physical characteristics are and are not acceptable to tease...

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Opinion

    Redefining diversity is the only way to get buy-in from society

    by Personnel Today 8 May 2007
    by Personnel Today 8 May 2007

    A good friend of mine once said that “talent and diversity are interchangeable”. But there is a problem in how...

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