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Your decisions over next two years will define the decade30 Jun 2009
The decisions managers make over the next two years will govern both how quickly their organisations recover and how they perform over the next decade.
Upturn leading to rise in corporate predators30 Jun 2009
It may not be the most welcome indicator of returning economic health, but unsolicited takeover attempts are rising sharply - and executives need to ensure their company is not caught napping.
No sign of austerity in British boardrooms
Amid all the talk of austerity, there has been precious little evidence of belt-tightening among Britain's top bosses over the past year, despite the value of their companies falling by a third.
Managers feeling pay squeeze
More and more managers are seeing their wages being squeezed as firms direct scarce resources to rewarding sales staff or others who bring in revenue.
How to keep the people who matter
The traditional slash and hack approach to surviving a recession is the perfect way to lose those talented employees who will be key to giving you a competitive edge when the upturn comes.
Diversity needs to be about men, too
Unless they involve men in their gender equality efforts, organisations will never reap the full benefits of having workplaces that are truly diverse.
Graduate jobs market worst for a decade
Final year students and graduates should enjoy their last few weeks of college life while they can. Because finding a job this summer is going to be very, very hard.
Thinking outside the performance management box
If you want your organisation to succeed over the long term, performance management needs to be much more than simply ensuring your team is ticking the boxes to meet targets.
Businesses still botching the people side of M&As
There are signs that M&A activity may soon start to pick up again in Europe, which makes it even more worrying that eight out of 10 companies still fail to grasp the importance of managing the people side of mergers, acquisitions and integrations.
Employee engagement on a budget
Employers are still in a tight financial corner when it comes to offering pay rises or bonuses, meaning managers are having to think more creatively about how they keep their employees engaged and happy.
Why the recession will last into retirement
The legacy of the current recession will be felt for years to come in the pensions' crisis it is storing up, leaving many of us with a far less comfortable retirement than we had hoped for.
Performance-related pay doesn't encourage performance
Rather than encouraging executives to work harder, performance-related pay may actually have the opposite effect. So isn't it time for a wholesale rethink?
How to avoid being pulled down by your suppliers
It's not just your own organisation's survival you need to be worried about. With the recession stress-testing everyone, the risk is that if a supplier or partner fails, you could be brought down with it.
Can adversity build workplace engagement?
Far from creating resentment as jobs are cut and pay is slashed, the recession appears to creating greater workplace engagement as employees and managers pull together. At least that's what employers are saying.
Generation Y let down by schools and managers
The demands of Generation Y are the stuff of workplace legend. But in reality, younger workers are as much let down by the education system and negative stereotyping as they are by their own failings.
Redundant workers have a six-month shelf-life
If you are unfortunate enough to have lost your job recently, take heed of new research that warns you've got six months at most before the stigma of being branded long-term unemployed starts to kick in.
Most companies still focused on survival, not recovery
The number of organisations with their backs to the wall and fighting for survival seems to be on the decrease. But to describe this as an economic recovery is probably still premature.
Understanding whistle-blowers
Whistle-blowers don't do what they do to cause trouble, but because they have tried to raise their concerns internally and have been blocked by their managers.
Companies in denial about ageing workforce
It may be a buyer's market now when it comes to hiring new talent, but the twin challenges of the ageing workforce and falling birth rates haven't gone away.
Failing to build trust in business
Winning public trust is a vitally important ingredient for success in business. So why do so few business leaders appear to make building and maintaining trust a priority?
A creative approach to executive pay
Companies need to get more imaginative if they are going to take the poison out of the debate over executive pay, perhaps by putting bonuses into locked accounts that only pay out if long-term targets are met.
Executive pay and excessive risk
Executive pay and remuneration programmes have been slammed for encouraging the excessive risk-taking that brought the world economy to its knees
European managers frozen in recessionary headlights
Half of managers expect the global economy to recover next year. Yet a lack of foresight by European businesses means they risk being left behind by better-prepared Asia-Pacific economies.
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