Category Business and industry

Government hosts international conference on importance of basic skills

The conference, Improving basic skills: An international perspective on a UK dilemma, is part of a government programme of research and coincides with the publication of a report commissioned by BIS to understand more about how England can improve the basic skills…

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Getting your organisation ‘fit for the future’ should be every leader’s top resolution, says OD firm

Hemsley Fraser claims that taking incremental steps towards this aspirational ‘fit for the future’ state can lead to high performance, enhanced customer satisfaction and improved employee engagement. The culture required in ‘fit for the future’ organisations must be customer-centric, where employees…

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