The CEO is dead; long live the ceo - Ian Buckingham's Weekly Column Sadly this week's column isn't dedicated to s&m. But the subject can still be something of a pain, especially if neglected. We're all familiar with the cliché that a chain is only as strong as its weakest link. In...

"The CEO is dead, long live the ceo" - Ian Buckingham's blog: The importance of managing employee perceptions has given rise to the contemporary notion of Employer Brand. This is essentially the brand the employer projects to existing and potential employees via the chain of communication...

Author: Alan Marshall Topic: Cultural awareness About: Global HR Consultants is a pan European company providing a global service in the area of HR administration and can assist you in a variety of ways from creating cost effective and competitive people-friendly policies to searching and selecting software...

Author: Heather Collier, manager, National Council for Work Experience (NCWE) Topic: Work experience About: The National Council for Work Experience (NCWE) The National Council for Work Experience is part of HECSU, the Higher Education Careers Services Unit. It promotes, supports and develops quality...

Source: the HR DIRECTOR Date: October 2006 There are various reports and surveys that state the average length of tenure of a FTSE CEO is now approximately only four years, down from ten years a decade ago. Lynne Hardman, Managing Director at Hays Human Resources, examines some of the main factors that...

Source: World Business Date: October 2006 Author: Kate Ludeman and Eddie Erlandson, Harvard Business School Press If this complex set of characteristics becomes unbalanced, legendary strengths can turn into destructive flaws. Human history is the story of alphas, those indispensable powerhouses who take...