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What impact could Brexit have on business - and what impact is it having already? Dr Stefan Schepers discusses in our latest European Perspectives.

In my previous articles, I have discussed approaches to, and positioning of, strategic workforce planning (SWP). Of the three main barriers to driving business value through SWP, these are the…

Continuing my series of articles relating to Strategic Workforce Planning (SWP) application and practice, I want to discuss in this article the inseparable relationship between SWP and Employer Value Proposition…

Decarbonising the power generation system across the EU is proving highly contentious. The whole debate came to the boil in December 2020 as scientists across Europe attacked the European Commission…

In this article, I want to focus on the fundamental question of positioning strategic workforce planning (SWP). Getting this wrong can make the difference between generating engagement and support for…

How do you get started with SWP?  My own view is that 80% of the success or failure of strategic workforce planning (SWP) is decided in the first 10% of…

The culture of a nation shapes not only its identity but the modes of thinking of its citizens. Yet, what determines country credibility and capacity to influence in European and global affairs are the very principles and values underlining that culture.

Strategic workforce planning (SWP) remains a largely under-exploited opportunity for both the enabling and de-risking of business strategy execution and the establishment of HR as a key strategic partner. I…

As organisations of all kinds all around the globe are pulling out all the stops to manage through the current crisis, there is a wholly understandable focus on short term business continuity...

Dr Naeema Pasha looks at the challenges a “robot revolution” could pose for organisations after a World Economic Forum report forecast that by 2025, half of all work tasks will…

Team coaching, despite the absence of an agreed theory, continues to grow. Practitioner-led publications and an increased interest from both the professional coaching bodies and academic...

It has been suggested that coaching is fundamentally about unlocking a person’s potential to maximise their own performance (Whitmore, 1995); it is about helping them to learn, rather than teaching them. Yet one of the...