

How to spotlight the critical roles that matter
Successful businesses today, generate more value from the knowledge and skills of their people. This is what the Knowledge based economy...
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How it is only 7 jobs to the top
Leadership drives performance. Leadership at all levels drives exceptional performance. All organisations need a supply of leaders to...
8 min read


Why HR needs to be a “bit more pirate”
Because corporations are growing more powerful. Because best in class, integrated, end to end, process driven, self-service, HR systems...
8 min read


How to play the right game to win in talent
For an organisation's talent activity to be effective, you need to choose, and then play, the right game. There isn’t a single play book...
7 min read


5 counter-intuitive things about talent that only a few get right
Being willing to challenge the orthodox way of looking at things is one ingredient of learning and making progress. Here are 5 things...
2 min read


FTSE 100 CEO Career Paths in 2018, what has changed
Our latest view on the question of what career paths CEOs take to run FTSE 100 companies. This is our 3rd look at this interesting...
2 min read


A checklist for talent's progress
Checklists make sense and are a useful way to quickly judge if you are on track to get where you want to get to. This is a checklist to...
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Thoughts on "Can You Be a Great Leader Without Technical Expertise?"
There was a great article by Art Markham on the HBR blog this month which picks up on a subject we think a lot about and believe that...
2 min read


What makes a graduate recommend their scheme? What the data says you should do. Part III
This week we look at what drives a graduate’s willingness to recommend the programme they are on. This builds on our work looking at how...
4 min read


How to help your graduates make progress. What the data says you should do. Part II
A sense of making progress is a good indicator of success for a graduate. This article looks at the evidence of what you can do to make thi
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