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Four out of 10 suffer post-holiday stress23 Jul 2010
If the thought of what's waiting for you at work when you return from your summer holiday is enough to make you wish you hadn't gone away in the first place, then you're not alone.
Outsourcing threatened by poor risk management27 Jul 2010
The global market in outsourcing may be worth thousands of billions of dollars, but as a new study has found, the management of these vital projects often leaves much to be desired.
Recession boosts new ways of working
The recession has boosted the adoption of new ways of working as companies respond to pressure to reduce overheads such as travel and office costs and encourage their staff to work more flexibly.
Upsurge in executive jobs
Despite the continuing downturn, there are executive jobs out there - if you know where to look. One in five companies globally are creating new executive-level jobs while more than half are looking for new hires to fill existing roles.
The price of presenteeism
A new report from the UK-based Work Foundation suggests that the the cost of staff turing up to work when sick - so-called 'presenteeism', could actually exceed the annual bill for sickness absence.
Cautious optimism on US jobs outlook
For all the talk of an economic recovery, has the outlook improved as far as the jobs market is concerned? As far as many of America's CEOs are concerned, it seems that the jury is still out.
The toxic effect of a narcissistic leader
What what effect do narcissistic leaders have on an organisation? Do they have any positive attributes, or d they always do more harm than good?
Companies failing to tackle bribery
The overwhelming majority of global businesses have failed to put in place adequate policies or management systems to tackle bribery and corruption, a new report suggests.
Anger doesn't pay
Individuals who are unable to defuse their emotions and lose their tempers in the workplace are less likely to emerge as successful business leaders, Australian researchers have claimed.
Welcome to the post-recession reality
Forget career progression and job satisfaction. For a workforce battered by recession, the new reality is one of reduced expectations, increased anxiety and a desire for job security and stability above all else.
No progress for women in UK boardrooms
Efforts to increase the number of women in the boardrooms of Britain's largest companies have failed, according to new research, with almost no change in the number of female directors over the past year.
US companies plan to rebuild their workforces
More than half of the large American companies that reduced their staffing levels over the past year plan to rebuild their workforces to pre-recession levels by the middle of 2012.
US companies ignoring whistle-blowers
As far as most US public companies are concerned, their response to anonymous allegations is simply to ignore them - even when these allegations involve very serious accounting breaches.
Learning from disaster
The catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico is a reminder that just because a manager is effective in routine situations, he or she cannot necessarily handle a crisis. So how can organizations ensure they employ people able to manage emergencies?
Half of Americans hit by the recession
More than half of Americans have experienced some sort of work-related fallout as a result of the recession, a far greater proportion than those who appear in official statistics as out of work or under-employed.
Soft skills boost the bottom line
Far from improving financial performance, hard-driving, "results-at-all-costs" executives actually damage the bottom line because they lack strategic insight or the ability to work with and inspire others.
Dealing with the complexity gap
The world is becoming more volatile, more uncertain and more complicated. That makes life tough for CEOs trying to navigate this complexity, many of whom don't believe that either they or their organisations are equipped to deal with it.
Environmental and sustainability claims are just so much hot air
Beware of corporations keen to trumpet their sustainability and environmental credentials. Because as a new report spells out, most of what companies claim isn't backed up by any independent oversight.
Increasing confidence as more staff jump ship
In a sign of returning confidence, more Americans quit their jobs in the past three months than were laid off. So could employers soon see a stampede for the exit as their top performers quit for better opportunities elsewhere?
Not measuring up
Implementing and measuring effective human capital initiatives is a hallmark of top-performing organisations. But only a quarter of companies have such initiatives in place and many more simply don't collect reliable information on crucial workforce issues.
Flexible working tops benefits wish-list
Flexible working is the most valued benefit for employees, proving far more popular than material perks such as bonuses, according to a new survey carried out in the UK by PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Do group dynamics stifle innovation?
Far from encouraging creative thinking, group dynamics, group brainstorms and traditional corporate structures are the enemy of businesses trying to encourage innovation, new research suggests.
Business leaders focus on risk
Given the fragile economy and continuing turbulence in the financial markets, it is no surprise that business leaders are more focused today than ever before on managing risk and uncertainty.
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