Purpose – This paper aims to examine the advantages and disadvantages of an interim‐management career for women. Design/methodology/approach – Describes the interim‐management experiences of three women, and reports on the results of a survey of 700 other women interim managers in the...

Purpose – This paper aims to examines why a high percentage of virtual teams fails to deliver, and considers how the problems can be overcome. Design/methodology/approach – Differentiates between virtual teams and co‐located teams, and presents ways of leading each, while stressing that...

Purpose – This article presents the view that change is part of nature rather than an industrial process, and that HR specialists are well placed to approach it with the care and sensitivities needed to make it successful. Design/methodology/approach – Highlights the skills and attributes...

Purpose – This article aims to examine how InterContinental Hotels plans to cope with the skill shortage in the hospitality industry, given the company's plans to open more than one new hotel a day for the next three to five years. Design/methodology/approach – Concentrates on the picture in...

Purpose – Forms the first of two articles examining how the unusual organizational culture contributes to business success at business‐transformation and people‐development company Impact. Design/methodology/approach – Focuses on some of the ways in which the company recruits and retains...

Purpose – In the first of two articles, describes the unusual HR practices that have brought success to UK computer‐training company Happy Computers. Design/methodology/approach – Explains how the company has a no‐blame culture, trusting its people and giving them genuine freedom to do...

Purpose – This paper aims to describe how software helped international architect, master‐planner and architectural designer Benoy quickly to recruit skilled computer‐aided designers to work on the Yas Island project, in Abu Dhabi, which will transform some 25 square kilometres of desert...

Purpose – This paper aims to describe the internal‐communication process surrounding the introduction of “pick and mix” benefits at ING Direct in the UK. Design/methodology/approach – Details how directors dressed as ushers and delivered a bag of branded pick‐and‐mix sweets to each...

Purpose – This paper aims to describe the policies that have helped high‐street jeweller Beaverbrooks to win a lifetime‐achievement award for being among the top companies in the Sunday Times “Best Companies to Work For” for the fifth year running. Design/methodology/approach –...

Purpose – This paper aims to describe how UK passenger‐transport authority Merseytravel has benefited since earning Investor in People status three years ago. Design/methodology/approach – Details the learning strategy that has helped Merseytravel to unlock the potential in its employees....