Learning from failure: What management derailment reveals

Failure can reveal more about psychological processes with respect to leadership than success

Carillion: So many governance questions, so few answers

Now is the perfect time for boards to be asking difficult questions about their own governance and remuneration policies

Face-to-face and online learning: Balancing executive education

In a world of customised executive education can, or should, the 70:20:10 rule survive?

Fat Cat Thursday spotlights "grossly excessive" exec pay

Continued government focus, shareholder and RemCo pressure, and better succession planning all cited as potential solutions

Reflections on Harvey Weinstein: Do you have a bullying culture?

Wilful blindness means bullying and harassment is more common in business culture than many would expect

Gillian Quinton: What HR influence means to me

To discover what HR influence means, Ashridge Business School interviewed our top practitioners from 2016's HR Most Influential, sponsored by Open University Business School

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Can HR truly add value as a non-executive?

Just like we’ve had to demonstrate the value of HR internally, we also need to change the views of those recruiting NEDs

HR can provide cultures of stability in face of Brexit

A Brexit Human Resources Forum panel agreed HR should strike a balance between admitting unknowns and allaying fears

Executive derailment: Death knell or development opportunity?

New research has uncovered five key causes of executive derailment, as well as several ways to recover from it

Leaders must "reboot" conversation on race

Organisations should not shy away from talking about racial inequality out of fear of causing offence

The evolving C-suite

The C-suite will need to expand to include individuals equipped with specialist expertise

Employees lack faith in managers and leaders

Less than half of UK employees trusted or had confidence in their organisation's executives