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Mining for hidden human potential
Doug WilliamsonThe article aims to advance the view that, in order for organizations to win in the marketplace, they will have to shift their focus to “identifying potential” rather than solely…
Marriott targets millennials through social‐media game: Potential employees experience the thrills and spills of kitchen work
The aim is to describe an employee‐engagement social‐media game that is helping to make Marriott Group a less forbidding place for local people from developing countries to apply…
Bite‐size training boosts customer service at food and beverage retailer: Fun and easy‐to‐use activities target multi‐cultural teams at SSP (UK)
The article's aim is to describe award‐winning training that helped to transform customer service at food and beverage retailer SSP (UK).
Top‐to‐bottom training fuels growth at Commercial Utility Brokers: More qualified employees transform micro‐business into a major player
The article aims to describe how award‐winning training for all levels of staff fuelled significant growth at Commercial Utility Brokers (UK) Ltd, which offers a brokerage and…
Modern marketing skills on the menu at DTW's digital breakfasts: In‐house training transforms an agency
The purpose of this article is to describe award‐winning in‐house training that boosted the digital‐marketing skills of employees at UK public‐relations and marketing agency DTW.
Training unlocks management potential at Paddock: … and opens the door to an organizational culture of learning
The article aims to describe an award‐winning management‐training program at UK lock‐maker Paddock Fabrications.
Recruitment reforms put talent on stream at River Island: Technology transforms the hiring process
Demonstrates how technology can improve the recruitment process in a large organization.
Informal communication styles benefit McDonald's and Ford: The way ahead in an era of social networking
Anas Khan, Riad KhanThe article's aim is to outline the importance of fluid communication patterns that develop certain employee attributes and improve organizational performance. It seeks to focus…
Morrisons trains the butchers and bakers of tomorrow: Company provides employees with the skills they need to progress
This article seeks to describe apprenticeship training for butchers and bakers at UK supermarket Morrisons, and a skill‐improvement program for 500 recruits at the supermarket's…
Gateway puts Greg on the fast‐track to success: Leadership program plays key role in career progression
This article seeks to describe the atypical route to a senior role in the National Health Service of Greg Allen, director of human resources and workforce development for NHS…
The principles of successful project management: It takes careful planning, skilful leadership … and a little bit of luck
Bob LittleThe aim of this article is to describe how to manage a project successfully.
Transformational public leadership is collaborative: Governments and public services have to change
Su MaddockThis article seeks to advance the view that collaborative leadership can generate the relationships necessary to resolve the tensions between rising expectations, smaller budgets…
Interview with Pat Wellington
Interview by Juliet HarrisonThe aim is to provide an interview with Pat Wellington, an internationally recognized management consultant who specializes in leadership, team building, business development…
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