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Tag: skills

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    Blogs

    Universities and businesses must collaborate more closely

    greater co-operation is urgently needed between higher education and the private sector, according to former Home Secretary Charles Clarke

    Charles Clarke
    8 April, 2020
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    National Apprenticeship Week – the business case for nurturing young trainees

    Virgin, BT and SME business Playdale celebrate the success of their apprenticeship schemes

    Sam Forsdick
    3 February, 2020
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    8 ways to become a great coach

    Use these eight tips to develop your coaching skills and become a better leader

    Liz Hall
    20 January, 2020
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    The business benefits of hiring ex-offenders

    Only a quarter of UK employers would hire someone with a conviction, yet 92 per cent of these believe that doing so has benefited their business

    Ryan Herman
    27 February, 2019
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    Gap analysis: the UK skills crisis

    How can employers protect themselves against a deepening skills shortage and develop a workforce fit for the future?

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    18 September, 2018
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    6 March, 2017
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    How to improve UK productivity

    To boost productivity we need to focus on skills, stress and sleep

    Norman Blissett
    14 February, 2017
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    Skills are a sound investment for uncertain times

    Britain needs to invest in training if it’s to avoid a skills shortage after Brexit

    Chris Jones
    2 February, 2017
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    Business leaders: if you could learn a new skill, what would it be – and why?

    We asked six contributors to Director. This is what they said…

    Richard Dunnett
    1 October, 2016
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    Leadership

    How to… Retain and retrain an ageing workforce

    There are better options than retiring people off, argues Susan Jordan, CEO, St Leger Homes

    Richard Dunnett
    8 September, 2016
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    Only 30 per cent of FTSE 100 board posts are held by women

    Lysanne Currie
    2 September, 2016
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    New Director Competency Framework is now available

    The IoD launches a new guide to standards of professionalism for directors.

    Christian Koch
    28 July, 2016
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