It is often said that the HR function is the second most important function in the company, right after the CEO, because the quality of people in a company determines the success of that company like no other factor. An HR manager has to be a strategic planner, implementer, sparring partner, purchaser, coach, confidante, therapist and psychologist, and all this often in a single working day. The crisis has put an accent on one aspect of HR above all, and that is to find the right people for the right positions....
The ‘Special Relationship’ is a phrase used to describe the exceptionally close relations between the UK and the USA, following its use in a 1946 speech by Winston Churchill. Although there has been much talk of recent strains to this relationship, the level of cooperation between the countries remains ‘unparalleled’ among major powers....