New research published by Ashridge Business School shows organisations are failing to provide effective leadership development, internal communications and virtual working practices.

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Canary Wharf Group has launched a skills development programme for newly-appointed team leaders to enhance their management skills.

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The current success of Paula Jones on the Apprentice has certainly raised the profile of Human Resources professionals. Paula completed an MA in Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management at...

Nearly half (43%) of employees would like more responsibility in their current role, but a fifth of managers do not trust their staff to deliver.

More than two fifths (42%) of managers in the UK and Ireland find coaching employees to be too time-consuming.

Business leaders in multinational organisations are the most ill-prepared to do their jobs while leaders of UK companies are best-equipped to weather the economic downturn.