While the challenges facing the economy are well-known, recent unemployment figures from the Office for National Statistics remind us of the stark reality of recession. The number of unemployed people...

Consider the scenario. There have been rumours, gossip and innuendo - whispered conversations around the coffee machine and huddled meetings out on the emergency stairs - flying around the office all...

Many books on leadership still place their faith in the model of a single leader and yet this idea is being overtaken by the demands of a new world - one in which the capability to collaborate, even...

Lack of internal communication and the absence of a clear purpose are stopping team success in Britain's workplaces.

In 2007 five primary care trusts (PCTs) merged to become one, NHS Leeds. This merger occurred alongside an initiative by the Department of Health to dramatically transform the way health and care...

Whichever political party gets into government on 6 May, one thing is certain - there will be significant cut backs in the public sector. Already there are predictions about what this will mean for...

Holiday Extras has employed a cartoonist to train staff to use cartoons when presenting business ideas.

My years in the Royal Marines taught me that bad news, whatever it is, is bad news. There's no way of dressing it up - and the kindest and most effective thing to do is to be absolutely straight with...

"It's a horror story." So said Felicity Loudon, great granddaughter of George Cadbury, at the thought of the country's favourite confectioner being taken over by what she called "a plastic cheese...

KFC is investigating the use of social networking sites for recruiting staff in a bid to further develop its hiring strategy.

HR directors have been advised not to look to their competitors to benchmark HR ideas, but to look inside their own organisations

Employers have been warned poor communication between line managers and employees could hamper UK business recovery in 2010, with almost half of employees reporting they are often unsure what their...