James Caan: ‘Soft skills are as important as education’
Former Dragons’ Den star James Caan believes “soft skills” such as teamwork, communication and timekeeping lead to better productivity.
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No business like dough-business
An award-winning bakery in Sheffield is seeing its profits rise after benefiting from a unique City Region government-funded scheme, designed to develop businesses and improve workforce productivity.
Women’s career progression lags behind men
Recent research shows it’s still a man’s world even in an industry as popular to women as HR and learning and development.
New tools wanted
Wayne Thomas and David Bancroft-Turner explore some tools and ideas to help make Matrix structures work
Game changers for learning
In the second of three articles focused on the changing role of L&D, Nigel Paine looks at big data
The power of the voice
David Joseph urges companies to invest in preserving the endangered art of call answering
Optimising L&D performance
In the first of three articles, Laura Overton looks at how L&D leaders can get the edge
Optimising talent management with digital services
Richard Shea provides some advice on how firms can enhance their digital offering and gain real benefits
How E-learning is transforming skills in the healthcare workforce
E-learning helping staff in the health sector work on their own training in their own time
Are you ‘appy?
Companies that shun mobile technology are in danger of being left behind, Michael Richards says.
