Opinion

I need to rant about an HR manager who ranted about the price of training (Personnel Today, 24 January) and HR managers who (embarrassingly) lack any commercial know-how

The recent news that more than a third of employers have no idea what goes on in coaching sessions will not surprise those who have been calling for a more strategic approach to workplace coaching

Martin Tiplady, director of HR, Metropolitan Police

Bob Crow. Two words that strike fear into the heart of anyone who uses London Underground. With strike being a...

Viewpoint by Margaret Hodge, minister for employment and welfare reform

The ‘people are our greatest assets’ clich is so often trotted out in results meetings and investor briefings, but making...

The decision by the Olympic Development Authority (ODA) to make its head of HR report to the finance director prompted...

Have you ever asked one of those questions? You know the ones I mean - they seem innocent enough when the words trickle out of your mouth, but the reaction you get indicates that you might just have touched a raw nerve or two

It is extraordinary that anyone should suggest we turn a blind eye to illegal positive discrimination because it is well-intentioned....

The BBC is one of my favourite organisations - and not just because it strives to be the most creative organisation in the world.

In the climate of fear and mistrust brought about by the revelation that sex offenders have been working in schools, it is understandable that employers might be over-zealous in their vetting of potential recruits.

Does anyone else who buys training feel that the training and coaching industry is getting greedy?

Gary Platt claims coaching is a fashion trend - in for one season and out the next.

Judging by the reaction to our front page news story last week about a new recruitment agency that only places...

HR is a woman’s world, we are told. Except, that is, when you get to the top. Or near the...