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  • Rubicks Cube

    Psychological tests can help firms hire better — but accuracy is not guaranteed

    • 14 Jun 2023
    • Anjli Raval

    It was the closest I’ve come to seeing a therapist. After several hours of personality and aptitude tests for a hypothetical job at AlixPartners, it was time to talk to Jeremy Borys, a partner at the consultancy and an expert in organisational psychology. He wanted to discuss my “hard-wired personality structure”.

  • Tempting back older workers means ditching business as usual

    • 23 Mar 2023
    • Camilla Cavendish

    “Your country needs you” pleads UK chancellor Jeremy Hunt to the over-50s, echoing the concerns of Jay Powell at the Federal Reserve about the “excess retirements” which have drained America of 2mn workers.

  • Job cuts

    Job cuts reveal an unconventional shift in worker power

    • 21 Mar 2023
    • Isabel Berwick and Sophia Smith

    FT reporters often interview great business leaders, but we recently published a piece written by a CEO himself — Barclays’ CS Venkatakrishnan. Venkat, as he is known, has been undergoing treatment for cancer and wanted to share the lessons he’s learned.

  • Indian Business man leading team meeting

    The evolution of the chief diversity officer

    • 10 Nov 2021
    • Emma Jacobs

    It is the newest senior leadership function in many organisations but the role can be hard to navigate.

  • soccer ball

    Ted Lasso’s leadership lessons

    • 10 Nov 2021
    • Pilita Clark

    The sweet-natured comedy shows that it pays to be a kind and decent manager.

  • diverse businesspeople in the meeting

    How to adapt your leadership to a multigenerational workplace

    • 8 Nov 2021
    • Sarah Drinkwater

    Creating a culture that can attract and retain staff of all ages is vital during a time of mass resignations.

  • Take long lunches, go home at four: tips for the modern boss

    • 8 Apr 2020

    Simon Kuper on how a new generation of CEOs has a different approach to life at the top

  • Would making salaries public help end disparities?

    • 8 Apr 2020

    Advocates for pay transparency say it would close the gender pay gap

  • Coronavirus may create lasting workplace change

    • 1 Apr 2020
    • Andrew Hill and Emma Jacobs

    Business leaders are thinking creatively to adapt to the evolving crisis

  • ‘Intrapreneurs’ are the people driving corporate change

    • 12 Feb 2020
    • Elizabeth Uviebinené

    Wise companies are encouraging creative staff to generate new and profitable ideas

  • UK boardroom diversity improves but top jobs remain elusive

    • 8 Nov 2019
    • Cat Rutter Pooley

    With only five female chief executives in the FTSE 100, Britain lags behind France

  • Boss-less business is no workers’ paradise

    • 24 Oct 2019
    • Alicia Clegg

    Greater autonomy is a good thing but how well do truly democratic workplaces function?

  • Can a genderless language change the way we think?

    • 9 Oct 2019
    • Laura Pitel

    Turkish, with its gender neutral pronouns, encourages more inclusive thought.

  • Smart people understand why it pays to swear at work

    • 24 Sep 2019
    • Pilita Clark

    Researchers say people who swear can seem more honest, credible and persuasive

  • The perils and promise of appraisal by smartphone

    • 22 Aug 2019
    • Andrew Hill

    Ways of assessing how we work are still worryingly subjective

  • The consumerisation of recruitment is happening now

    • 7 Jun 2019
    • Resource Solutions

    Latest research from Resource Solutions gives us an idea of how this is evolving.

  • The robot-proof skills that give women an edge in the age of AI

    • 7 May 2019
    • Sarah O’Connor

    Men are in danger of being left behind as future well-paid jobs may involve emotional intelligence

  • How artificial intelligence helps companies recruit talented staff

    • 7 May 2019
    • Emma Jacobs

    Many HR departments deploy new technological tools to locate potential candidates

  • Investing in our Young Will Create a Better Workplace

    • 20 Feb 2019

    Investing in future generations of employees is crucial for the future say employers at the latest ‘The Future of the Workplace’ event held in Peterborough on the 24th January 2019.

  • How to manage the gig economy’s growing global jobs market

    • 21 Jan 2019
    • Sarah O’Connor

    Platforms focus on remote service sector work — think of eBay for human labour