8 years ago046A recent book which tells the story of the rise of ecommerce giant Alibaba has revealed that company founder Jack Ma insisted that his employees lived no more than a few minutes away from work.
In Alibaba: The House that Jack Ma Built, author Duncan Clark explains the company’s roots and discusses the often “demanding culture”...
8 years ago044How important is it to retain apprentices in the workforce?
I would say it’s hugely important to retain apprentices in a business.
As a large company we know we have a responsibility to help people to build skills. The apprenticeship scheme was something we introduced nearly four years ago because we wanted to not only help young...
8 years ago048Digital publication Mashable has laid off approximately 30 members of staff a week after receiving $15million (£10.7million) in funding, Politico reports.
Jim Roberts (Chief Content Officer) and Seth Rogin (Chief Revenue Officer) were also replaced by Greg Gittrich and Ed Wise respectively.
Mashable is now moving away from hard...
8 years ago049From onboarding to analytics, the workplace faces digital transformation and HR must adapt, says Charles Ashworth, SVP of employee success at FinancialForce
Digital transformation is reshaping the workplace. Those that underestimate its influence will feel a very real effect on their bottom line. Gartner predicts that by 2017, 25%...
8 years ago045In the 1990s and early noughties the perception that future business leaders did not ‘waste their time’ in HR was more prevalent than it is now.
However, Anne Mulcahy, former VP HR (1996 to 1997) and CEO (2001 to 2009) of Xerox, has cited her time in the function as essential to her progression to Chief Executive.
In an...
8 years ago044Following a “very sad day” that culminated in “brutal” redundancies, former IBM workers have taken to creating a Facebook group called 'Watching IBM' to express their consternation.
The page was set up by former employee Lee Conrad, who used to run the Alliance@IBM unionisation attempt. The exact quantity of the workforce that...
8 years ago055Facebook employees have been implored to stop defacing Black Lives Matter signs within the tech giant’s headquarters, in an internal memo from CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
The slogans appear on internal “walls” designed to mimic the virtual Facebook wall, with staff encouraged to use markers to scrawl on them.
The memo highlights...
8 years ago042In less than ten years, millennials will make up three-quarters of the workforce.
However, a recent Vodafone UK study found that less than one in ten SMEs find it “very easy” to attract millennials.
Speaking to Executive Grapevine, Phil Mottram, Enterprise Director at Vodafone UK, gives his three tips on how SMEs can attract...
8 years ago056Almost three quarters of UK bank bosses expect to implement cost-cutting measures during the next 12 months, according to a new report.
The survey, conducted by PwC, also found that nearly one third of Chief Executives would expect a headcount reduction in the next year. The cost reduction schemes come as stunted revenues and low...
8 years ago049The HR market has become suite-obsessed – but employee engagement vendor Workstride is doing something about that. In my interview with Workstride CEO Jim Hemmer, he explains why HR vendor consolidation did a disservice to employee engagement, and why customers gain from a different approach.
Much of the sex appeal in the HR...
8 years ago046David Enser is co-Founder of the RES Forum and Head of International Mobility and Rewards Innovation for adidas Group. He spoke to HR Grapevine about the issue of centralising mandates versus engaging a workforce.
“One of the biggest challenges I deal with in my role is assessing and defining how we best achieve organisational...
8 years ago036Businesses need to change the way they view diversity, according to RBS' Director of Strategic Partnerships & Head of Inclusion Initiatives, Corporate & Private Banking.
Speaking to HR Grapevine, Heather Melville says: "We need to stop thinking of diversity as something we do to people; it needs to be something that's fully...