

8 min read
Why career tracks matter more in the knowledge economy - a story.
Three people start as plant managers in a global company business. The manufacturing process is sophisticated and complex. Customers are...


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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...


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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...

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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...

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Why the Pepsi challenge is the best route to being a woman CEO and other differences between the US
In our latest look at career paths to the top we compare the success of women CEOs in the UK and the USA running Fortune 500 and FTSE 350...


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Why “creating options” is good and “keeping options open” is bad
A common issue we come across working with people around their career choices is the urge to “keep options open”. “Keeping options open”...

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Understanding progression - the one number you need to grasp.
For a long time, we have had an instinct that even small changes in the growth rate of a business’ headcount have an out-sized impact on...

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FTSE 100 CEO's career paths in 2013
Our original analysis of CEO career paths in 2013. Insights of note were 19% of CEOs were at the organisations they started at The most...

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50% of FTSE 100 leaders come from just 5 types of industry
Where today's FTSE 100 CEOs come from and what that tells us about how to become a top leader today