Raising the baa: Ikea staff herd sheep as part of leadership programme

The Bristol outlet of home products multinational Ikea has sent several teams of staff from different departments to strengthen and transform their team skills and attitudes with the help of a flock...

Does the new BBC director general need ‘renaissance talents’?

Since current BBC director general Mark Thompson announced his resignation in March, there has been a great deal of speculation about who his successor might be. There has also been widespread debate...

Unexpected change at the top leads to lack of direction and slow growth, finds SHL

Almost half of UK companies have experienced an unexpected change in leadership in the last 12 months with some stating a detrimental effect on business, but according to talent management consultancy...

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Managers have ‘inflated opinion’ of their leadership skills and have ‘no idea’ how staff perceive their style, reveals CIPD study

A study into management by the CIPD has found that three quarters of employers report a lack of leadership and management skills and too many managers have an inflated opinion of their ability to...

Festo report exposes gap in leadership skills in manufacturing and engineering sector

The survey found technical skills need to be developed, although 33% of employers in the sector said they have adequate capability for technical skills.

NHS Leadership Academy will shape NHS, post-Health Bill, says NHS Employers

The NHS has put people at the heart of its agenda, as “the architecture of the organisation looks set to change following the Health Bill,” the director of NHS Employers, Dean Royles, told HR.

Proving line of sight from an HR intervention to profitability is not easy

HR magazine’s 21st year is an apposite time to look back at how the discipline of HR has been transformed since the 1990s, both as a function and in the eyes of the business.

Leadership and employee priorities need to change, as organisations head into the unknown

The days of hiring people for a steady job, with a predictable workload, are over. In today’s organisations, change is becoming constant. So much so, that few - if any - leaders can predict what their...

Titanic provides training and management lessons for modern business leaders

RMS Titanic, the world’s newest and greatest ship, steams across the Atlantic on its maiden voyage with many of the world’s elite on board.

Maximise the impact of board performance reviews

Changes to regulations on corporate governance in recent years mean that the boards of all FTSE 350 companies are now expected to conduct annual evaluation of their performance.

Number of management resignations doubles since 2010 as employers struggle to retain top talent

Employers are struggling to hang on to workers, despite the turbulent employment market, with more than 283,000 managers walking away from their jobs in the 12 months to September 2011.

Apple’s new VP of retail will need to drive his vision immediately to ensure effective leadership

This month Apple’s market capitalisation surpassed US $500 billion. It is only the sixth US corporation to reach this high. The next step for the electronics giant is rapid retail expansion in Europe...