HR urged to extend its reach to win strategic role

HR must reinvent itself to become more strategic to prevent the function being “muscled out” by business executives, a senior HR leader has said.Sharon Doherty, group HR director at Laing O’Rourke, told CIPD conference delegates they needed to widen their approach to go beyond core HR, which concentrates on individuals. She said they needed add value to more areas in order to gain recognition.
 

It’s untenable to have a normal retirement age in public-sector schemes that is significantly different from the state retirement age

Brian Bailey, Director of pensions, West Midlands Pension Fund and member of High Pay Commission