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NEWS: ICF ANNOUNCES COACHING IMPACT AWARD FINALISTS
The International Coaching Federation (ICF) has announced the finalists for the 2026 ICF Coaching Impact Awards. Selected through a rigorous global evaluation process, these individuals and organisations have advanced to the finalist round of this year’s awards...
NEWS: OVER A THIRD OF WORKERS AREN’T SET GOALS OR REVIEWS
Many managers are failing to provide employees with regular goals and career progression reviews, finds research. Thirty-eight per cent of employees say their manager doesn’t regularly set targets, 36% of employees say their line manager fails to recognise them for...
NEWS: L&D IN 2026 – WHY AI FOCUS IS SHIFTING FROM ADOPTION TO IMPACT
The real AI problem for the learning and development (L&D) profession is no longer adoption of AI but knowing how to use it for maximum impact, according to the Future of L&D Report 2026. For L&D teams, 2025 was defined by one question: how to adopt AI...
AMA STUDY SHOWS MAJOR TALENT DEVELOPMENT GAP
Employees remain optimistic and eager to build new skills, but many organisations may be missing a major opportunity to turn that ambition into employee development, leadership development and workforce performance, according to research from the American Management...
NEWS: PERSONALITY TESTS MAY CANCEL SKILLS-BASED HIRING
While most employers have moved to skills-based hiring, many are undermining the process by still using personality tests, finds a study. Some 82% of talent acquisition managers use job-relevant skills or real work-sample assessments, the format both employers and...
NEWS: HULT – MENTORING IMPROVES LEADERSHIP DIVERSITY
Diversity in leadership isn’t a pipeline problem but a progression problem which can be tackled through mentoring, suggests research by Hult International Business School’s Prof Aidan McKearney. Prof McKearney’s research identifies 10 barriers to diverse...