Efforts to close the UK's productivity gap with its major international competitors are being fatally undermined by a leadership and people management skills deficit in the UK, according to the CIPD.

Unite has called on the Labour party to put education, training and skills at the heart of its strategy for securing the recovery.

Industry leaders remain in disagreement over the use of social media for staff learning and development.

Following the merger in 2008 of Thomson and First Choice to form Tui UK and Ireland, and its change management programme the subsequent year, the company has been using learning and development to...

Jobseekers are finding it hard to stand out in a competitive market, with a third believing a lack of qualifications is holding them back, according to research by Home Learning College and Reed.

Strong opinions were expressed by the HRDs taking part in a roundtable debate on leadership, hosted by the Institute of Leadership and Management.

The Alternative Hotel Group has launched an academy to encourage, inspire and create talented hospitality industry stars of the future through the provision of work-based learning.

Unskilled workers will bear the brunt of cuts to the skills budget and any watering down of the new right to request time off to train, the TUC has warned in its submission to the Government's Skills...

University leaders are dealing with unprecedented challenges in the face of an increasingly harsh economic climate, but are struggling to engage staff with the changes, new research claims.

A manager's natural disposition towards risk - their response to it and their capacity to manage it - will distinguish them from their peers and influence their managerial or leadership style.

HSS Hire has introduced technical apprenticeship scheme to offer young people a practical post-school option as well as up-skilling a new generation of fitters and technical engineers.

Organisations are not being successful in getting employees to buy into shared values because managers don't know how to lead values.