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What great cultural competency and support looks like…in the workplace

For starters, it’s not just training. Cultural competency is about global communication skills, says influential training consultant Dean Foster.

Sutton Trust: education is the key to boosting social mobility

The Sutton Trust has helped push social mobility to the top of the political agenda. CEO James Turner reveals how the Trust is helping young people to aim high.

Managing workplace mental health: the power of high-quality training

Mental ill-health is responsible for almost 13% of all sickness absence days in the UK, while it has been shown that UK businesses could save up to £8 billion per year through better mental health wellbeing support in the workplace. Lottie Galvin from eLearning platform iHASCO explains how.

The single-mother conundrum: time for businesses to take note

With the number of single mothers in the workforce at its highest level since the initial years of this century, the question experts are asking is whether the trend is due to macroeconomic factors or true cultural change.

Business heavyweight Piers Linney named on EMpower’s Ethnic Minority Role Model List for the second year running

Business guru Piers Linney – who starred on TV’s Dragons’ Den – has been named in a list of high-flying role models from ethnic minority backgrounds.

My Bravest Year: tackling gender inequality in the tech industry

How female leaders in technology are learning to be brave, confident and more assertive to overcome gender inequality.

Lloyd’s of London bans drugs and alcohol with a new code of conduct

Lloyd’s of London takes major steps to curb inappropriate behaviour and sexual harassment in the workplace with a new code of conduct that bans drugs and alcohol from its building.

Job-hopping costs the UK economy more than £71 billion a year

Online employee referral recruitment platform, Real Links, investigates the true cost of job-hopping to UK businesses.

Women in leadership: time to remove the roadblocks

In this guest article, Rosalie Harrison, a partner at executive recruitment firm Borderless, explains why she now has a ‘women in leadership training’ trash bin. It’s time to ditch the baggage.

Targeting ethnic minority talent can help improve boardroom diversity

A meritocratic system is one based on talent, abilities and effort; why then are so few ethnic minorities in senior roles in UK corporates?