We wanted to let you that our Director Liz Sebag-Montefiore is featured in the May edition of HR Grapevine in an article about tackling leadership scandals.

Titled ‘Keep Calm and Call HR: How do you handle a leadership scandal?’ it debunks the ‘any publicity is good publicity’ myth. Sometimes scandals can have a lasting or devastating impact on businesses.

Often it’s not the scandal itself – it’s the way the scandal is managed that can make the difference. And HR is on the front-line of damage control.

Quotes from a number of HR experts are peppered throughout the article including Tim Mitchell, Head of HR at Alliance Automotive Group and Elizabeth Divver, Head of HR at the Big Issue… and our very own Liz who says that employers cannot simply call on HR and expect them to work magic to make the problem go away. She suggests a deep dive into corporate culture could be the way forward.

Read the article in full

If you would like to read ‘Keep Calm and Call HR’ in full just click on this link or on the image above.