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Retraining workers for the AI world
- 10 Jul 2024
The skills required to stay ahead of technological change go beyond the purely technical. It seems human workers won't be replaced by AI but by new hires trained in AI use as major organizations seek to upskill workers.
Professional make-up artists help executives keep up appearances
- 3 Jul 2024
Online scrutiny and ‘Zoom dysmorphia’ are prompting some bosses to look to the experts
Fewer Meetings, more memos: the future of asynchronous work
- 26 Jun 2024
“This meeting could have been an email” is a common workplace complaint. For some companies, it is now a guiding principle.
CEO Priorities: Where to focus as the year unfolds
- 19 Jun 2024
Leaders today confront a raft of complexities. Here’s what will matter most as 2024 evolves—and how CEOs can reckon with ongoing disruption successfully.
John Lewis seeks to ease job interview nerves by revealing questions online
- 12 Jun 2024
Ever fretted about what you might be asked in a job interview? Scoured the internet for possible answers to tricky questions? John Lewis understands.
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US Executive pay jumps 9 percent, widening transatlantic gap
- 5 Jun 2024
A soaring stock market is adding to the fortunes of American bosses compared with counterparts in the UK
Five Secrets of Workplace Success
- 29 May 2024
What is the secret of a happy and fulfilled working life? For most of us muddling through corporate careers as best we can, the answer remains elusive.
Can AI make CEOs more relatable?
- 22 May 2024
AI tools can help produce speeches quickly — churning out thousands of words in a matter of minutes — and aid executives seeking to engage with staff or stakeholders more effectively. But there are clear downsides: their content can lack character and authenticity and potentially be packed with errors.
The Rise of the Super-Commuter
- 15 May 2024
Commuting Is Back: After lockdowns put the brakes on normal routines, workers are now back at their desks and need to travel to get there. But commuting has changed in unexpected ways.
New Workers Rights incoming
- 8 May 2024
It can be hard to keep up with all the changes to employment rights but, handily, April 6 marked the introduction of a few that are important to note. Gerard O’Hare, legal director for WorkNest Scotland, an HR services provider with many SME clients, gives an overview of what’s coming.
Why more CFOs are becoming CEOs
- 1 May 2024
Over the past decade in particular, the role of the traditional bean counter has expanded to take in more responsibilities in everything from corporate strategy and deal activity to sustainability and data analytics. “They are the architects of business resilience and growth."
Superfluous people vs AI: what the jobs revolution might look like
- 24 Apr 2024
“There will be only two types of jobs in the future: those that tell machines what to do and those that are told by machines what to do." This reductionist talk has become louder as the AI hype has grown. Smart machines will automate brain power in the same way that dumb machines automated brawn power during the industrial revolution. Once again, the recurrent spectre of technological unemployment has emerged.
Why businesses are raising their relocation game
- 17 Apr 2024
If businesses want to attract the best talent, they must keep finding ways to improve that support. Governments, too, need to get involved and make it easier to transfer skills across jurisdictional lines to prevent relocation from becoming a permanent drag on the trailing spouse’s career.
The transatlantic gulf in executive pay
- 10 Apr 2024
Should UK company bosses be paid more like their US counterparts? Concerned about their ability to attract and retain talent and Britain’s corporate competitiveness, many boards and investors are now increasingly willing to benchmark executive pay against their higher-earning transatlantic peers. After years of sidestepping this prickly issue, this is a marked shift in approach.
'Why are women still being cast off the glass cliff?
- 3 Apr 2024
The glass cliff describes the way women are deemed more likely to break through the glass ceiling and rise to a top job when things are dire, the risk of failure is high and men are less interested in the gig. Nearly 20 years after the so-called glass cliff was first identified, is the problem just as bad as ever?
‘Employers hold the cards now’ as power shifts in US jobs market
- 27 Mar 2024
Headline figures pointing to a booming US job market are masking a shift in the balance of power from employee to employer, with companies becoming more demanding of their staff as they find it easier to replace them.
‘Expectations will shift dramatically’: tech jobs move from science fiction to fact
- 20 Mar 2024
Jobseekers often look to roles in science, technology, engineering and mathematics as safe bets. Roles in cutting-edge science and AI will grow in demand, but tech will continue to transform existing roles as well.
Quiet hiring: why managers are recruiting from their own ranks
- 13 Mar 2024
As a tight labour market makes finding outside expertise harder, managers identify who on payroll has nascent or existing skills, give them training, and reallocate their responsibilities to meet fresh needs.
'What the voices of female executives reveal on investor calls
- 6 Mar 2024
Scrutiny of women at the top of companies can be brutal and unsparing. Nowhere more so than in the Wall Street ritual of the earnings call where executives face questions from financial analysts and investors over the latest set of results.
CEO turnover: Cross-country effects
- 28 Feb 2024
Chief executive officers (CEOs) are considered critically important to the functioning of a corporation, providing the key leadership role for the company's operations. Just as important is the corporate board that determines whether to keep or dismiss the CEO. The authors sought to understand important aspects of the board's contracting and monitoring processes, through which culture may affect CEO turnover.
