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Cadbury leadership uses ‘720-degree’ feedback
Confectionery giant Cadbury has stepped up its tradition of employee volunteering with the launch this year of a new global leadership development programme.As part of the programme, participants are...
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Beaverbrooks scores highly on staff engagement
Beaverbrooks the Jewellers has achieved high engagement scores even among staff who earn as little as £15,000 a year, the firm’s managing director told the CIPD’s annual conference.Mark Adlestone told...
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Get a grip on finance to boost HR’s success
It is essential that HR professionals understand the financial information that underpins their organisations, according to Donna Miller, HR director of European operations for Enterprise...
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HR and OD ‘should be one and the same’
Organisational development needs to start with the business and HR’s role is to facilitate it, delegates at the CIPD annual conference heard from a panel of OD experts.“Ultimately it starts with the...
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Event review: The Art of Engagement
Location: Milton KeynesTime available: Six months from March 2010Cost: Tickets are £675 plus VAT per delegateHave you ever wanted to get inside the head of a disengaged employee to see the world of...
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HRD 2010: Investment in L&D gives long-term competitive edge
Learning and development budgets have been an easy target during the recession, but cutting spending now will have long-term implications, delegates at the CIPD’s HRD conference were told.“The easy...
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HRD 2010: Intuition a 'vital skill' for learning professionals
Far from being simply a hunch, intuition is a skill that is based on years of experience, Eugene Sadler-Smith, professor of management development and organisational behaviour at the University of...
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Put people first and jobs second, says Ram Charan
HR needs to be the “trustee” of the people side of the business, understanding the potential of its leaders and finding the right jobs for the right people, according to business adviser and author Ram...
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Transition centre helps to redeploy staff at BT
BT has had to significantly reduce staff numbers as a result of the recession but thanks to a new “transition centre” it has been able to redeploy thousands of employees, delegates at the CIPD's annual...
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Culture change fuels RNID rebranding
Senior managers need to “walk the talk” to ensure the success of change programmes, Vicky Hemming, executive director, people, development and governance at RNID, told delegates at the CIPD’s annual...
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HR ‘must lead from front’ on MoD cuts
HR staff numbers in the Ministry of Defence will be reduced by half over the next two-and-a-half years but, at the same time, the austerity measures facing the public sector present the profession with...
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PM interview with Gill Rider: A passion for the profession
You’ve been in your role at the Cabinet Office since 2006. How would you say HR across the civil service has changed in that time?When I arrived, HR was delivered within individual departments. One of...
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Entries invited for CIPD People Management Awards
Entry is now open for the 2011 CIPD People Management Awards. The prestigious awards, which are now in their 16th year, recognise outstanding achievements in people management and development.This year...
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CIPD 2011: Cambridge Uni may bring in retirement age of 67
Cambridge University is considering introducing a fixed retirement age of 67 but only for its academic staff, delegates heard.Following the abolition of the default retirement age (DRA) in October,...
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CIPD 2011: Embedding change is key, says GSK HR boss
One of the keys to success with any change initiative is to ensure it is properly embedded, Natalie Woodford, SVP for talent, leadership and OD at pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline, told the CIPD...
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CIPD 2011: Unipart fuses engagement with 'lean' to boost output
A blended approach fusing both lean working and employee engagement techniques can lead to improved productivity and efficiency, according to the group HR director at Unipart Group.HR doesn’t have to...
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Business case on HR in Abu Dhabi: Born in the UAE
Organisation: Seha (Abu Dhabi Health Services Company)Sector: HealthcareTrack record:• Seha is owned by the government of Abu Dhabi and is responsible for the emirate’s public hospitals and clinics •...
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Veolia case study: “Young people innovate – and you shouldn’t be scared of that”
Emma Wordsworth on how Veolia puts its money where its mouth is when it comes to apprenticesWhen Veolia Environmental Services decided to dramatically increase the number of young people coming into...
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CIPD 2012: Organisations need to go beyond corporate social responsibility
Delegates told governments alone cannot deal with the size of the world’s problemsDoing good and spreading prosperity shouldn’t be about corporate social responsibility; it should be part of the...
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CIPD 2012: HR needs to rebrand itself, agree employment experts
Innovation and creativity ‘not natural HR competencies’HR needs to rebrand itself as a commercially aware, innovative function, according to a panel of employment experts at the CIPD’s annual...
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