Post-Autumn Statement, we need to drive up productivity

Making Britain more successful means driving productivity through better people practices

The link between low productivity and poor management

Institute for Employment Studies research reveals a clear link between low productivity and bad management practice

Quality apprenticeships sacrificed for quantity

Employers and HR professionals react to a report criticising the government's apprenticeship strategy

When all that we count becomes all that counts: HR at the heart of the productivity shift

The new productivity culture replaces top-down coercion with bottom up empowerment strategies and HR is at its heart, but what is the dark-side of this shift? Peter Bloom, lecturer in the department...

Workers who cycle are more productive

Employees who cycle to work are more likely to be on time, perform better and save employers money

Power to the people – the Unipart way

Unipart is on a mission to raise the UK's productivity and promote employee accountability

'Fusing' art and science in business boosts success

Examples of companies that show the ‘fusion effect’ include Sugru and Double Negative

When all that we count becomes all that counts: HR at the heart of the productivity shift

The new productivity culture replaces top-down coercion with bottom up empowerment strategies and HR is at its heart, but what is the dark-side of this shift?

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Stress and inactivity: 27 days lost per employee per year

The national average is 23.5 days of productive time per employee lost

UK workers think 36% of hours spent at work are unproductive

The Global Attitudes to Work survey polled 6,250 employees in 14 countries on various aspects of working life

George Osborne's given up on productivity, but you shouldn't

Poor management accounts for as much as a quarter of the productivity gap between us and other countries – here's how to tackle it

Education and training: key to boosting engagement and productivity

The importance of education to improve productivity is well-recognised, but the details have so far been lacking