Category Features

Beyond the management ladder: Why Gen Z is redefining career success

Young Indian woman with glasses smiles holding laptop. She wears blue sweater. Confident student ready for work or study. Person works on computer against blue background.

Rethink training, leadership and career progression to retain Gen Z talent. Tara Ceranic Salinas explains why younger workers value time, flexibility, mastery and meaningful impact over traditional management titles, and how organisations can create learning cultures that build skills, recognise…

Read MoreBeyond the management ladder: Why Gen Z is redefining career success

Training has 24 months to prove its worth

On the business charts there is a calculator on the screen with the inscription - Urgent

Brad Batesole proposes that AI gives L&D leaders a rare chance to prove learning’s impact on performance and business results. As budgets tighten and scrutiny grows, organisations that measure what matters, personalise development and act now can turn learning into…

Read MoreTraining has 24 months to prove its worth

How to cut L&D costs without reducing headcount

Reduction concept is to reduce unnecessary usage for the organization in order to reduce cost and increase profits for the company, such as reducing electric consumption and water

If budget costs are looking imminent, rather than draw up a list of redundancies, Ryan Austin suggests looking to see where other costs can be improved. Explore three overlooked operational levers that can absorb a mandated cost-reduction target before headcount…

Read MoreHow to cut L&D costs without reducing headcount

Coaching’s identity crisis

A person holding a large white question mark over their face against a vibrant yellow background illustrating curiosity and mystery

The coaching industry may look fragmented and fiercely competitive, but Angela Cox feels it is better understood as a profession still evolving. As models multiply and practitioners adapt what they were taught, the deeper shift is towards more human-centred coaching…

Read MoreCoaching’s identity crisis

Why leadership development doesn’t stop at a one-off workshop

Leadership Development

As AI reshapes work, Shannon Alter writes that L&D teams must stop treating leadership confidence, presence and emotional intelligence as optional. Future-ready organisations will be those that build adaptable, human-centred leaders through deliberate practice, feedback and support before the highest-stakes…

Read MoreWhy leadership development doesn’t stop at a one-off workshop

AI is exposing L&D’s value problem

Person touch virtual screen of progress bar with the word VALUE for growth value, increase value, value added and business growth concept.

Generative AI is accelerating content creation, but Dr Ravinder Tulsiani argues that speed and volume are not the same as value. For L&D, the real opportunity is to move beyond mere output and focus on capability, judgement and measurable performance…

Read MoreAI is exposing L&D’s value problem

Good leaders don’t avoid office politics

Appointment of a new head from middle managers. A coup of power within a government structure or business company. Leadership transitions, and unexpected career changes in business or politics.

Leaders who want to drive effective change cannot afford to ignore office politics, much as they might want to. Far from being manipulative, political skill helps people build trust, read situations, and influence organisational outcomes constructively. Steve Macaulay and David…

Read MoreGood leaders don’t avoid office politics