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Patrick Wright

Patrick Wright

William J. Conaty GE professor of strategic human resources in the ILR School (Industrial and Labor Relations), Cornell University

HR Most Influential 2011 People Updates

One of the HR Most Influential 2011 practitioners or thinkers? Keep us updated with your moves, latest work, books and thinking.

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LOCOG Tuesday 13 Mar 2012

LOCOG's Jean Tomlin brings diversity to the London Olympics

A vision to inspire lasting social change was central to London’s bid to host the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. So when the flame is lit this July, will the world see Olympic-inspired workplace diversity and inclusion at its best? In HR terms, filling 177,000 jobs (paid and voluntary) in a way that both reflects the diversity of the six host boroughs - Barking & Dagenham, Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest and Greenwich - and showcases how dynamic and inclusive the UK can be, is a major undertaking. LOCOG, the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games, says between 18% and 29% of the 7,000 paid employees (the rest are volunteers or contractors) will be from black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds, while the target for ...
Cass Business School’s Chris Roebuck receives Freedom of the City of London Tuesday 20 Dec 2011

Cass Business School’s Chris Roebuck receives Freedom of the City of London

Chris Roebuck, visiting professor of transformational leadership at Cass Business School, received ...
Sara Edwards brings HR to the boardroom table at Orient Express Worldwide Wednesday 02 Nov 2011

Sara Edwards brings HR to the boardroom table at Orient Express Worldwide

Slowly but surely, the HR function is changing, moving from an administrative function to a ...
The people philosopher: exclusive interview with Charles Handy Wednesday 02 Nov 2011

The people philosopher: exclusive interview with Charles Handy

For the thousands of HR magazine readers whose bookshelves are laden with the philosophies and ...
Will Hutton launches Big Innovation Centre Tuesday 04 Oct 2011

Will Hutton launches Big Innovation Centre

Without urgent coordinated action across Government, business and finance, the UK faces a "lost...
Chris Roebuck joins Hammersmith and Fulham as head of organisational development Tuesday 04 Oct 2011

Chris Roebuck joins Hammersmith and Fulham as head of organisational development

Chris Roebuck Visiting professor at Cass Business School has joined Hammersmith and Fulham as head ...