Leadership
Updated with current approaches to measuring the impact of leadership development programmes, such as the transfer and application of behaviours in the workplace and the impact on organisation culture, psychological safety and employee wellbeing.
Updated with information on how neuroscience can help organisations design programmes that support leaders to think clearly, regulate emotions and sustain performance. The guide has also been enhanced with up-to-date learning strategies and techniques, such as spaced practice and structured problem solving.
Updated to reflect that current day leadership development programmes have expanded beyond traditional management skills to place a greater emphasis on adaptability, resilience, authentic communication and inclusive leadership skills. Leaders are expected to be good communicators, empathetic, emotionally intelligent and supportive of their team’s wellbeing.
Reviewed to reflect the continued importance of developing effective leaders in today’s uncertain and complex business environments, including a new section on how to increase the return on leadership development.
Mentorship and sponsorship are often treated as interchangeable, but they play very different roles in career progression - particularly for women. Vernujaa Nagandiram explains why a system of formal, evenly distributed sponsorship is key to achieving more equitable professional outcomes.
All along the leadership pipeline, unconscious gender bias can quietly narrow women's progression - even when decisions look neutral and intentions are fair. Here are three mechanisms that explain how seemingly neutral decisions can compound into unequal leadership outcomes - and where employers can intervene to reduce bias at the source.
The people profession is operating in a "VUCA world on steroids" (VUCA = volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity). So said CEO Peter Cheese as he welcomed around 1,300 delegates to the 2023 CIPD conference in Manchester.
Practical guidance on creating a culture that provides psychological safety for employees, including by promoting constructive dialogue and destigmatising failure.
Kate Pritchard, head of engagement and leadership at Tivian, joins us to talk about employee engagement in the new world of work.
St John Ambulance talks to XpertHR about its programme to develop future managers and how this has increased self-awareness and improved practical skills, as well as leading to better relationships between units.
HR and legal information and guidance relating to leadership.