Most merger and acquisition failures aren’t financial. They’re cultural. And most cultural failures trace back to a single ...

Inclusion in the workplace is essential, but it doesn’t happen simply because you’ve written a policy or put a strategy deck ...

Many recognisie mentoring and social learning as important, but are yet to take action. Ricky Burt provides guidance on ...

UK employers are investing heavily in training, but new evidence suggests many may be answering the wrong questions. What ...

UK workers are stressed, disengaged and unproductive. They think they’d do a better job than their line manager. Robin Hoyle delves into the three main reasons why leadership development is not having ...

Conflict at work is at a record high. According to a September 2025 survey by Acas, 44 per cent of working age people in the UK had experienced conflict at work in the past 12 months, the highest ever ...

Engagement metrics are no longer a proxy for organisational safety. In high-risk environments, the distance between training delivered and capability executed represents a significant operational ...

Artificial intelligence has moved from experimentation to an everyday workplace tool in remarkably little time. Across the UK, organisations are introducing generative AI platforms to automate tasks, ...

I worked in recruitment briefly. I wasn’t very good at it and had an annoying habit of telling people they’d probably be better off working elsewhere which didn’t endear me to my bosses at the time.

L&D professionals were asked to share the insider secrets their profession doesn’t like to talk about. The responses were interesting and, at times, uncomfortable. The top answers painted a picture of ...

If you’ve spent years designing learning interventions and found yourself wondering why the changes don’t always last, this article is for you. Not to critique what you built. But to suggest that the ...

How can we summarise the skills, knowledge and experience required to be an effective coaching manager? The first requirement is, quite simply, for the manager to find time to coach. This may sound ...