“Hire on attitude, not on skill,” says Asda’s top HR man

Human Resources magazine reports on a speech given by Asda’s People Director (what?!) David Smith last week.
He says that to add value, HR needs to remove poor performing staff, set a framework for management and measure the results. According to Smith, Asda is currently outperforming the rest of the food industry by 4%. He attributes this to [...]

What would you do with £22m?

Bob Diamond, the head of Barclays’ investment banking division, must really love his job.
If someone gave me £22 million, that’s it, I’d be off before you could blink. With that sort of money I’d have enough to live on and to invest for the future. I would never again have to commute into London on a [...]