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The crucial importance of employee engagement
Charles WoodruffeThe purpose of this paper is to advance the view that having employees who are thoroughly motivated and truly engaged is the most powerful competitive weapon an organization can…
Irreverent approach to HR puts Pareto among the prizes: Graduate‐recruitment firm achieves national success
Kate LongdenThe paper aims to highlight the policies that helped Pareto Law, a “slightly wacky and highly sales driven” graduate‐recruitment organization, to win the 2005 Sunday Times Best…
Raise a glass to HR at Wolverhampton and Dudley Breweries: Team wins award for best contribution to merger and acquisition integration
The aim of the paper is to highlight the award‐winning turn‐around achieved by human resource (HR) managers at Wolverhampton and Dudley Breweries following a spate of merger and…
Sheraton Skyline reaches for the stars: Recruitment and training practices help hotel to win prize for excellence
The paper aims to describe the human‐resource (HR) management practices that helped the Sheraton Skyline Hotel to win the London Excellence award for organizational learning.
Golden outcome of Ginsters' Platinum training: Food manufacturer sees major performance improvements
The paper aims to describe a successful managers' training program at UK food manufacturer Ginsters, and the performance improvements that have resulted.
Transco training puts success in the pipeline: Meeting tough challenge brings outstanding rewards
The paper aims to relate how power‐supply company National Grid, formerly known as Transco, trained and assessed more than 2,430 engineers throughout England, Scotland and Wales…
When its employees speak up, Ladbrokes listens: Bookmaker leaves little to chance when it comes to making best use of staff's skills and ambition
The paper aims to detail the comprehensive system of employee communications at UK bookmaker Ladbrokes, and the company's success in the Investor in People awards.
Security team preserves “country garden” feel of top tennis tournament: Employee training helps Wimbledon to run smoothly
The paper aims to describe the award‐winning training given to more than 700 temporary security workers at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships.
Video makes stars out of John Lewis managers: Film‐making exercise builds team spirit at retailer
The paper examines how the process of making a video for the annual general meeting helped to build teamwork among senior managers at the Milton Keynes branch of UK retailer John…
Lafarge builds the skills of the leaders of tomorrow: Diversified career paths “make good sense and good strategy”
The paper examines how multinational building‐materials manufacturer Lafarge, with more than 77,000 employees operating in four divisions in more than 75 countries, provides its…
E‐HR brings everything together at KPN: … but organizations must also pay attention to potential pitfalls
The paper examines how e‐HR has improved human‐resource (HR) management at telecommunications company KPN.
Hilton highlights link between staff loyalty and e‐learning: Survey investigates value and usage of online portal
Kay Baldwin‐EvansThe paper aims to examine an anonymous employee survey conducted by SkillSoft's client, Hilton International, in the summer of 2005.
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