The report, When Women Lead, Businesses do Better, identifies business environments, often perceived as hierarchical, transactional and inflexible, as a principal barrier to women’s progression into senior roles in many corporates. It recommends the use of technology to enable women’s…
Andrew Jacobs, talent management and organisational development manager at London Borough of Lewisham, looks at what the terms ‘shopkeepers’ and ‘engineers’ mean in learning and development
Past experiences can block personal development and performance. Jackie Sykes explains how to get past this
Combine your inner wisdom, gut instinct and mental intelligence for effective decision-making, says Victor Marino
The world of computers offers plenty of opportunities to the next generation of hardware and software developers, as long as the children of today are taught the skills they need to become the computer programmers of tomorrow
The benefits of employing apprentices were revealed in a Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr) report released earlier this week. It found 5 million consumers prefer to do business with apprentice employers, whilst the typical apprentice is estimated to…
The announcement comes alongside the news that existing Trailblazer groups have also today been given the green light to develop more apprenticeships including mortgage advisor and software developer
the number of women starting apprenticeships in business, administration and law has almost trebled, with more than 370,000 women beginning apprenticeships in this sector between 2010 to 2011 and 2013 to 2014 compared to just 130,000 between 2005 to 2006…
The apprenticeship will be designed to ensure apprentices can become press officers, communications managers or account managers
As National Apprenticeship Week draws to a close, organisations with outstanding apprenticeship programmes are encouraged to enter this year’s TJ Awards. NAW was established by the National Apprenticeship Service (NAS) to celebrate apprenticeships and the positive impact they have on individuals,…
