Chinese whispers

How is coaching growing in China? Slowly, says Dinah Gardener, of a culture that views the Western concept with suspicion. But a combination of best practice and Chinese wisdom could be about to change all that Coaching in China is beginning to take off. Twenty per...

Age old divides

Most employers are not geared up to manage an ageing workforce, despite the impending abolition of the Default Retirement Age (DRA) and the fact that a third of UK workers will be aged over 50 by 2020. The failure of UK business leaders to adapt to an ageing workforce...

A fair cop

With 60 per cent of its short-term offenders returning to jail, Hull had a huge and costly problem. That is, until ex-chief inspector, Russ Waterman, came up with a liberating solution. Liz Hall investigates Russ Waterman used to be a “typical cop”. He went to work,...