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HR should note takeover consultation
Many of us remember the takeover of UK confectioner Cadbury by US food group Kraft in early 2010. As HR practitioners we particularly noted the disruption to employees at one Cadbury manufacturing...
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Measuring up performance reviews
Have you ever noticed how reluctant senior managers are to hold performance reviews with their team members, unlike their more junior counterparts who diligently complete their reviews thoroughly and...
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Succession – Why is it so hard?
Succession planning is one of the most difficult things to get right in business. Lots of things can go wrong with what seems like on paper to be a straightforward process. Perhaps the recent example...
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How I’d fix banking: Act your wage
What can be done to rebuild the reputation of our banks? It’s an important question as the fall in reputation has been considerableProblem after problem heaps up at the banks’ doors seemingly affecting...
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Succession – Why is it so hard?
Succession planning is one of the most difficult things to get right in business. Lots of things can go wrong with what seems like on paper to be a straightforward process.Perhaps the recent example at...
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Banking solely on the CEO risks potential failure
Both of the banks that required huge injections from the taxpayer to stay afloat have thrown up some interesting leadership lessons.The Royal Bank of Scotland group (RBS), which required a bailout of...
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Are women getting to the top?
It’s the first anniversary of the release of the Davies report on the 24 February. Lord Davies recommended that 25 per cent of FTSE 100 board members should be female (the average then was 12.5 per...
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More women, more risks?
What if having more women on a board, say in comparison to having an all-male board, has a negative impact on a business?This might seem a strange argument to make in the light of an EU consultation on...
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A new governor for the Bank of England: Why advertise?
The Bank of England will need a new governor when Sir Mervyn King completes his second term of office at the end of June 2013. The press has been full of speculation for many months on likely, and...
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Let’s go outside… A new governor for the Bank of England
George Osborne, chancellor of the exchequer, was pleased to announce on 26 November that an outsider would be the next governor at the Bank of England. Even Ed Balls, shadow chancellor and Osborne’s...
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