How to fix the leadership capability gap In Part 1 of our take on the CIPD’s Autumn 2015 Employee Outlook Survey, we looked at the current decline of employee satisfaction with managers...
Is leadership development the way to combat flagging employee engagement? The CIPD’s most recent Employee Outlook survey raised a worrying trend in employee attitudes to their senior managers: they are deteriorating. W...
Firms rethink graduate development schemes The likes of L’Oreal have been working to design innovative graduate schemes in a plight to secure new talent. We were at the most recent Chartered In...
Why you should align your business and people strategies As you may have heard before, your people are the greatest asset your company has, and the best means to achieve your business goals. Aligning busines...
Workers admit to doing a U-turn after accepting a job While employers may be biting the bullet and offering graduates the jobs they’re after; a third of them will do a U-turn after accepting the job offer...
Neuroscience, diversity…and cupcakes: #CIPD15 After a packed day at the CIPD Annual Conference and Exhibition (Day 1), DP thought we’d do a quick round-up for any of you who couldn’t ...
Women on Boards: a ‘profound culture change’? Unsurprisingly, yesterday’s final Five Year Report on the Davies Review has ignited a flurry of press and online comment, and here at Discovery ...
It’s all in the mind Neuroscience in Learning and Development The past year has seen an explosion in the awareness and discussion of the use of neuroscience within the Lea...
Employers should support charities to increase retention With employers facing the continuous challenge of employee retention, a new study has revealed that supporting charities could hold the answer. Accord...
Aberdeen tops league table for creative SMEs Graduate employers in Aberdeen will find there’s plenty of competition in Scotland as it topped the league table for the number of creative SMEs in th...