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.
The Lancaster Landmark Hotel Group is set to improve its talent management, training, career succession and employee performance functions to bring them into line with business objectives.
Sales staff can no longer survive on being 'brash'. Successful recruits will be those who have real customer empathy.
Young marketers fail in the area that is most crucial to their job.
Engineers at coal and steam technology company Doosan Babcock will be offered masters level training in power plant engineering at the University of Strathclyde.
First UK Bus has signed a contract with trade union Unite to improve learning and development in the transport firm.
Chris Humphries, head of the new UK Commission for Employment and Skills, is keen to tackle the complexity of the skills system and make it easier for employers to navigate
Cutting training budgets in the face of a slowing economy is short-sighted business is warned
Global Workplace Solutions' talent management programme to create technically-capable and customer-focused facilities managers was so effective its remit is widening.
Following the Leitch report 18 months ago, the Government launched a Train to Gain initiative and asked employers to sign a Skills Pledge. Yet employers are still bemoaning the lack of skills.
Accenture tests the leadership potential of graduate recruits with two-year teaching stints in inner-city schools. It provides insights into dealing with difficult people.
The huge number of bodies whose remits for providing a skilled workforce largely overlap is confusing for employers and also a huge drain on UK finances. Are they worth the money?
