Skillsmart Retail has warned retail companies not to rush into offering nationally recognised qualifications through its training programmes, as McDonald's announced it is doing this week.

The Leitch review calls for considerable structural reform, including a new Commission for Employment and Skills and employer-led skills boards. But will his plans really make a difference to skills...

Employers don't share the Government's enthusiasm for increasing the number of graduates, says Peter Oborne.

<b>Melinda Beckett-Hughes of Portland International Consulting and Trevor Clawson show how to create an executive coaching programme with bottom-line results </b>

<b>Training budgets are often the first to be cut when times are tough. So how do you dissuade those holding the purse strings from taking this course of action? Stefan Stern reports</b>

How do you make the most of your time at work? Set clear priorities and stop going to so many meetings are just two of the valuable pieces of advice Stefan Stern is given

HR shouldnt be just a dumping ground for problems that other people dont want to deal with, or for decisions line management doesnt want to take. But what are the boundaries that HR should stick to?...

Boots new leadership and development programme may determine its future on the high street. By Morice Mendoza

Leadership is the buzz word of business literature, says Richard Donkin, but what has happened to management?

Richard Donkin looks at how companies have jumped on the training bandwagon even when much of it may not be relevant

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