Purpose – Highlights the importance of looking at both the near and distant future. Design/methodology/approach – Observes that different kinds of people treat and use the future differently and considers how to use the more useful elements of the future. Findings – Charts the approaches...

Purpose – Describes how Airbus has joined the Global Engineering Deans’ Council (GEDC), a worldwide forum for excellence in engineering education, to run the GEDC Airbus award. Design/methodology/approach – Details the background to the award, the form it takes and the initiatives of some...

Purpose – Considers the new Trailblazer apprenticeships being offered by Barclays and Santander. Design/methodology/approach – Examines the reasons for the programs and the results they are expected to achieve. Findings – Explains that the three-year Trailblazer qualification enables young...

Purpose – Sets out ways in which a pharmaceutical company embedded a strengths-based approach to the assessment and development of field-based staff during a period of structural and cultural change. Provides an overview of how strengths-based methods were implemented and embedded....

Purpose – Demonstrates how to build commitment and retain employees through a career-development strategy. Design/methodology/approach – Shows how organizations often mismanage career development and how they could do better. Findings – Describes the five “Ps” of poor career...

Purpose – Describes how a home-improvement company that seeks to “rewrite the rule book in its sector” has opened a dedicated training center whose design replicates customers’ homes where most of its sales take place. Design/methodology/approach – Explains the reasons for the Everest...

Purpose – Lays emphasis on the importance of presenting a positive attitude to grab an offer of employment. Design/methodology/approach – Stresses the significance of transferable skills to ensure a successful career shift from one industry to another. Findings – Argues that the judicious...

Purpose – Demonstrates how to acquire right perspective to enhance leadership excellence. Design/methodology/approach – Considers 14 myths about coaching and puts forward an alternative viewpoint. Findings – Defines coaching as a process of hand-holding, questioning, listening, guiding and...

Purpose – Examines how travel retailer Nuance keeps its employees up to date in terms of specialized sales techniques that are appropriate for its sector. Design/methodology/approach – Describes some of the challenges of travel retailing and explains that Nuance’s human resources...

Purpose – Explains how gamification can help to motivate employees and boost individual and organizational performance. Design/methodology/approach – Defines gamification and provides some examples of how it can work in practice. Findings – Charts how gamification helps to engage employees...