Annie Hayes

1 week ago | hrgrapevine.com | Annie Hayes

There’s a growing unease amongst HR mid-lifers, a seeping doubt that they aren’t good enough or doing the right things – some refer to it as ‘imposter syndrome’ others a lack of ‘confidence’. Whatever the description, it can have a huge impact on those it wields its wrath upon; HR Grapevine reports on the silent confidence killer hitting HR. Five years ago, Hanna Fletcher changed industries and stepped into HR.

3 weeks ago | hrgrapevine.com | Annie Hayes

The King of flat-pack furniture has been dogged by high turnover and hampered by a retail environment in which low-wages and a part-time culture has meant people leave in their droves; Kirsty Bingham, People and Culture Centre of Expertise Manager for the UK & Ireland has set out to change that and together with a whole raft of initiatives she and the people team are changing the employer brand to one in which people want to stick around.

3 weeks ago | hrgrapevine.com | Annie Hayes

Paul Cowley is Iceland’s Director of Rehabilitation – like Alan Sugar in TV’s popular, The Apprentice he grills candidates and offers jobs to the ex-offenders that are most thirsty for a new start. Like Timpson and COOK, Iceland, best known for its frozen food offering has found the benefits of employing ex-offenders not only addresses philanthropic initiatives but also delivers a workforce that is motivated, reliable and trustworthy.

3 weeks ago | hrgrapevine.com | Annie Hayes

On Sunday, 30 March 2025 we celebrate all that mothers do and, for many that run the gauntlet of mothering responsibilities, there are many parallels that can be drawn to running an HR function; HR Grapevine spoke to mums working in HR to find out what lessons they have taken into the function.

1 month ago | hrgrapevine.com | Annie Hayes

Like many graduates, Mohanjeet Arora, known to everyone as Mo, surfaced from his BA Business Studies degree in 1996 and didn’t know what to do with it. While he searched for the answer, he joined Leeds University on their IT helpdesk. “I had big ideas about going to South Korea or Japan to start my working life there, but I went full circle and stayed in Leeds!” Familiarity was a comfortable cloak, but he realised that his ambition was greater.