IT has the potential to transform HR into a genuine strategic business partner. But only if those involved stand up and make their voices heard, says Jacqueline Kuhn.
Companies are now in greater need than ever before of management professionals to steer them through troubled times. But, as the latest report from the Association of Executive Search Consultants (AESC) shows appointments of senior executives have slowed across the world.
When it comes to people management, Gary Steel, Executive Vice President and Head of HR & Sustainability Affairs at ABB Engineering faces a mammoth task with over 118,000 employees across 100 countries worldwide. Here he reveals to CXO his strategies for talent management and how he plans to win the talent war.
As one of the UK's biggest lenders Barclaycard is at the sharp end of the credit crunch. But that hasn't stopped it from investing millions of pounds in contactless payment technology. Diana Milne meets CEO Antony Jenkins to find out why he predicts the death of plastic in a decade and how Barclaycard will weather the economic storm.
Business has never been busier for UK insolvency practice Begbies Traynor as increasingly numbers of UK companies collapse under the weight financial pressures. CXO meets the firm’s executive chairman Ric Traynor to get the inside scoop on how many businesses are going under.