HR & Management

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Serious shortcomings revealed in Sports Direct review fuels shareholder revolt at AGM

Though it was by coincidence, the Institute of Directors’ (IoD) review of corporate governance comes hours before Sport Direct’s annual general meeting (AGM) – where shareholders will allegedly pressure billionaire tycoon Mike Ashley for a change.

HR & Management 3 min read

Young people dont want to work for you, so theyre opening their own businesses

Although the UK is experiencing a skills gap crisis, new research suggests it may remain that way as young people admit they’re snubbing employment within companies in order to start their own operations that they can run from home.

HR & Management 7 min read

Knowing you’ve got great company culture – how a janitor helped put a man on the moon

A positive corporate culture is much more important than one might think, and managers would do well to understand that it's both necessary for increased efficiency and appreciated by the workforce. We've rounded up a few examples of what wonders it leads to.

HR & Management 6 min read

Learning from the automotive greats about reputation

The RepTrak system measures a company’s ability to deliver on expectations. And while it suggested consumer confidence in UK firms is at an all time low, it revealed how most of the automotive industry was jumping from one success to another.

HR & Management 3 min read

Five ways your business can go agile

Irrespective of industry, all business leaders can learn valuable lessons from agile software development. More specifically, there are five areas managers should pay close attention to in order to ensure their organisation’s success.

HR & Management 4 min read

How to write a legitimate job advert

It’s a sad reality that an increasing number of job hunters are falling victim to online job scams, with our research revealing that 71.3 per cent of candidates would assume that any job advertised online is a legitimate posting from a real business.

HR & Management 4 min read

We should accept and understand what frightens us in order to achieve goals

There is a current theory that we are all driven by fear, either a fear of success or failure. I’m not certain that it’s quite as clear cut as that, however I do know that fear plays a key role in the way we think about people, things and challenges.

HR & Management 4 min read

12 questions CEOs should want to be asked when interviewing

It's always immediately obvious to me whether the candidate across the table from me is serious about working for my company, by the response I get when at the end of the interview I ask: “Do you have any questions for us ”.