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Earlier this month, we launched our Beyond Skills report. Through surveying more than 1,000 executives and senior leaders across several sectors, we assessed the growing capability chasm. We found that this chasm was identified by 60% of respondents as a real problem in their organisation. But what is a capability chasm? We define it as the critical […]

Earlier this month, we launched our Beyond Skills report. Through surveying more than 1,000 executives and senior leaders across several sectors, we assessed the growing capability chasm. This chasm was identified by 60% of respondents as a real problem in their organisation. We defined it as the imbalance between the skills people have and the […]

It’s Mental Health Awareness Week, and the theme this year is Nature. Our relationship with nature is so important to our overall well being. During the pandemic, the Mental Health Foundation found that going for walks outside was a top coping strategy, and 45% of people surveyed in the UK reported that being outside was […]

According to research from the Mental Health Foundation, 74% of UK adults have reported feeling so stressed over the last year that they couldn’t cope.  That research also found that 65% of adults have felt more stressed since COVID-19 restrictions began. To increase awareness of those staggering statistics, Stress Awareness Month kicks off on 1 […]

The COVID Recovery Commission, a UK-based advisory group and policy panel studying the impact of the COVID crisis on businesses and innovation, just released a new report called Building Back Together. This report, as the name suggests, outlines how organisations can work harder and better on the other side of the crisis. Five areas of […]

Last week, we finished off our webinar series, Unlocking Agility, with our final session, Simple steps and simple tech: Ways to make your team more efficient. Hosted by the journalist and speaker Declan Curry, our panel of experts included Tanya Bagchi, Group People Development Director at L&G; Francesc Artigas, Head of Solutions & Engineering Consulting […]

Last week, we ran the second session in our webinar series, Unlocking Agility, called Connecting teams: Collaboration is the foundation of agility. Hosted by our Chief Commercial Officer, Richard Haynes, our panel of experts included Katie Wadley, the Group Customer Director at Aviva, and Simon O’Kane, the General Manager at Asana. The webinar, which was […]

Earlier this week, we kicked off our latest webinar series, Unlocking Agility, with the first episode, Organisational agility: Agile for the non-agile team. Hosted by our Head of Client and Market Insight, Owen Smith, our panel of experts included Michelle Balabon, the Director of Global Commercial Digital & Innovation at AstraZeneca; Shammy Khan, Head of […]

Through the challenges of the last 10 months, HR teams have arguably never faced this much pressure. Back in February, more than half of HR professionals were already reporting that their organisations were hiring fewer people. They were also spending less on contract workers and redirecting spending to support their existing teams. That means developing your […]