Opinion

There's nothing like a well thought-out, relevant ice-breaker to get the training ball rolling. Trouble is, more often than not they are a worn-out routine that adds nothing to the event.

In my career in the NHS, I have been faced with many challenges, but being asked to give oral evidence to the Health Select Committee on issues relating to NHS workforce planning has to be the greatest of them all.

Given that the HR community is predominantly female, you are likely to sit up and take notice of the news...

Having endured Angela O’Connor’s “lesson in manners from the sisterhood for those unreconstructed macho male leaders” (Personnel Today, 18 July),...

Angela O'Connor, HR director, Crown Prosecution Service

Another week, another call for positive discrimination. And this time the call is getting louder.Earlier this summer, the chairman of...

I find it completely frustrating that there is such a lack of professional development opportunities in HR, at all levels...

Proving the return on investment (ROI) you make in training is always a tricky one for HR. Sometimes the mere...

I am infuriated and ever more demoralised with political correctness and its illegitimate offspring, ‘claim culture’. In personal liability claims...

by Emma Hughes, director of goup HR, Specsavers

Outsourcing is one of those topics that always makes emotions run high, as staff may fear for their jobs or fret about what the changes will mean for them.

Stephen Hall, vice-president HR, Metronet Rail

I am 19 years old and constantly feel discriminated against. I have worked in the HR team of a huge...

The decision by the Commission for Racial Equality (CRE) not to take action against Avon and Somerset Police  will renew...

Talent management is rapidly becoming a top strategic issue for HR, and it’s an area where the profession can really...