A breakdown of the five things you need to make sure your leadership training works. Leadership is often the difference between success and failure. And yet despite both the prevalence and the importance of leadership, most of us initially learn leadership skills by accident. I started my first company while in high school and quickly […]

As Generation Y enters the workforce, how should you approach their learning and development? An increasing proportion of the workforce is comprised of Gen Y staff: people born between 1980 and 2000. And understanding how to deliver more engaging training for this growing cohort of workers should be front and centre in your planning. That […]

Tapping into technology can be a great way to motivate more workplace learning. Here is a quick guide to using mobile programs, chatbots and more.

Tech companies are clamouring to invest in and launch their own virtual and augmented reality solutions. So, what are the opportunities for VR and AR in the workplace? Facebook has acquired Oculus. Microsoft offers what it terms as a ‘mixed-reality offering’ with HoloLens. And Google has invested heavily into a company called Magic Leap (which […]

What are the things you must do to succeed when recruiting talent across borders? Here, I share the key lessons from my startup’s expansion into international markets and building a global workforce. Hiring and managing talent is a challenge for all companies. As a startup looking to develop a global workforce, you have the added […]

Employee retention and engagement is the #1 problem that companies face. That’s according to a survey of over 3,000 respondents across 100 countries by Deloitte. And while it’s debatable whether employee retention and engagement always rank as the top concern, when I speak to businesses it continually appears in their top five. So what are […]