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Understanding your Derailers: Berwick Partners launch 2022 Emerging Leaders Programme

The fourth consecutive year of the Berwick Partners Emerging Leaders Programme (ELP) was launched in March 2022 at our offices in London following the success…

Returning to the office and the future of work

Since we entered lockdown on the 23rd March, a number of questions swiftly emerged within the HR Director community. These included what the return to the…

Effective internal communications in a crisis

The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown many businesses into tough, unforeseen situations with great uncertainty for the future. Now more than ever, the board and senior…

Five minutes with… Aileen Evans, President of the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH)

The Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) is a representative body for Housing professionals across the world. Whether it’s giving a voice to Housing professionals and…

Well-being at work – what do people really value?

As headhunters, we are in conversation with people all the time about their career motivations. Recently we have seen a rise in candidates placing greater…

Business transformation and cultural change

Highly competitive market conditions and disruptive technologies are changing the face of traditional business models and revolutionising employee and consumer expectations. Last week we hosted…

What purpose means for your people and why a lack of employee commitment is compromising your brand promise

We speak Brad Taylor, People & OD Director at the CIPD, about why companies with a clear purpose perform better.

Developing your career beyond HR? Rebekah Wallis, Director of People & Corporate Responsibility at Ricoh

In the second of our ‘developing your career beyond HR’ series we continue to explore the ever-evolving role of HR Directors, and how their strategic…

The Journey from HRD to NED

On Thursday 12th September, we were delighted to host the Berwick Partners HR Leadership Dinner at Tower 42 in London

From HRD to NED: Securing and selecting your first non-exec role

The number of HR leaders taking on Non-Executive positions has gradually been increasing in recent years and as of today there are in the region…

Developing your career beyond HR? Stuart Branch, Group People and IT Director of Weetabix

With HR Directors’ presence at the board table becoming more prominent, and their strategic input more critical, is their involvement and oversight of functions in…

Behavioural Economics: You are not as rational as you think

The theory that humans are not rational creatures was proven back in the 1970s. Humans have ‘cognitive biases’, showing that that we systematically make choices…

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