• FROM THE EDITOR
    DECEMBER SSUE OUT NOW Rolling into 2020 It is hard to believe we are nearing the end of the year.  Call it an age-related problem, but the years really do seem to fly by faster and faster and within...
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  • A changing world of business education
    Lifelong learning has become something we hear repeatedly, but that shouldn’t deflect from the fact that in today’s fast-changing world, nobody is immune from the need to keep learning and developing...
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  • Governance and climate change
    It is becoming clearer that directors have a legal as well as moral imperative to consider climate change in their decision-making, says Cathy Parker.
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  • QUIET POWER: Why outspoken leaders are not necessarily the best
    How would our leadership appointments change if we looked for competence, humility and courage, before judging on how confident someone appears? By Megumi Miki. 
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  • Why your organisation needs to lift its data game
    Having a few people in your organisation who are skilled with data is no longer sufficient. We’re reaching the point where being able to understand and manipulate data is becoming as important as...
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HR
Market data: The processes involved and benefits gained
Tuesday, 26 November 2019

In terms of retention, market data might make it clear why people are leaving, or point to there being more work to do elsewhere.

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Insight
Earning a social licence to operate: Implications for brand and profitability
Tuesday, 26 November 2019

A social licence to operate means focusing first on doing the right thing, and only then being concerned with being seen to do the right thing. By Dwayne Alexander.

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Other
Why you need a specific dress code
Tuesday, 26 November 2019

Speaking to a team member about their hair colour, numerous piercings or inappropriate dress can be very tricky. Jackie O’Fee outlines how to start the conversation.

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HR
Catering for today’s workforce with tomorrow’s office
Tuesday, 26 November 2019

The key to a modern workplace is to make it a place where employees want to be and you’re already a step ahead in attracting and retaining talent, writes Graham Kristiffor.

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Other
How to get rid of a toxic culture
Tuesday, 26 November 2019

The dichotomy for senior management is that you don’t own the culture in the organisation yet through your actions (or inactions) you have the power to destroy it. By Colin Ellis. 

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Business
Remuneration & recruitment
Monday, 23 September 2019

Disclosing the remuneration range when advertising a position may encourage more high-quality candidates to apply, writes Krista Kelland.

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Business
A criminal offence: How safe are your workers?
Monday, 23 September 2019

It pays to remember that a workplace health and safety prosecution is a criminal offence, says Cathy Parker, as she outlines why vehicles account for 73 percent of workplace fatalities.

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HR
Employee volunteering: The unsung hero of employee benefits
Tuesday, 27 August 2019

Having a visible volunteering commitment in your organisation is important for recruitment and retention, writes Sally O’Brien.  

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Other
Change your attitude – it is possible
Tuesday, 27 August 2019

Current research on neuroplasticity and adult learning suggests adults are more malleable than we might previously have believed and given the right conditions, we can rewire our brains.

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Insight
Agile: It is all about trust
Tuesday, 29 October 2019
Whether ‘big A’ Agile is achieved or not is largely dependent on the operating culture and leadership capability of any organisation trying to implement it, writes Frank Harkin.
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Insight
Getting a job
Monday, 22 July 2019
If you want to be wanted, right now and into the future, Jane McCarroll has a few ideas.
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Insight
Workplace literacy. Everybody wins when we build it
Monday, 25 March 2019
Workplace literacy leads to improved performance, less errors, less waste and fewer problems with health and safety as well as improved behaviours, compliance, teamwork and communication, writes Jane...
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Innovation
Building the imagination economy
Tuesday, 24 April 2018
The future, says Jane McCarroll, is Agile, as we all prepare to spend at least some of our working lives doing jobs...
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Innovation
The perfect pitch
Monday, 18 September 2017
Suvi Nenonen explains what to keep in mind when you next pitch your version of the future...
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Innovation
What is your problem?
Monday, 21 August 2017
As soon as you understand what the primary jobs are that your customers are trying to do, it...
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