Reaching for Stars: What You Need to Know about Exceptional Talent | Talent Strategy Group (2025)
Discover how rare "star" performers can deliver 5 to 50 times more value, transforming organisational potential through extraordinary output and unique capabilities.
The Top 20 Leadership Challenges | Center for Creative Leadership (2024)
Research from over 48,000 leaders identifies the exact challenges preventing leadership success at every organisational level, revealing dramatic post-pandemic shifts and providing targeted strategies to unlock leadership potential.
A New Operating Model for People Management: More Personal, More Tech, More Human | McKinsey & Company (2025)
Research reveals how organisations can transform HR into a strategic, data-driven function that personalises experiences while enhancing human connection.
The Impossible Role: Rethinking Leadership Amidst Rising Expectations | DDI Global Leadership Forecast (2025)
Leadership has never been more critical yet challenging in today's complex business landscape. DDI's eleventh Global Leadership Forecast reveals how organisations with strong leadership development strategies can transform current leadership struggles into strategic advantages, directly impacting organisational resilience, talent retention, and financial performance.
Global Skills Taxonomy Adoption Toolkit: Defining a Common Skills Language for a Future-Ready Workforce | World Economic Forum (2025)
A groundbreaking toolkit offering practical guidance for businesses, governments, and education providers to establish a common skills language and create a workforce prepared for future challenges.
Returning to the office? Focus more on practices and less on the policy | McKinsey Quarterly (2025)
New research reveals that the return-to-office policy matters far less than the work environment organisations create. A study of thousands of US employees shows that five core practices—collaboration, connectivity, innovation, mentorship, and skill development—drive performance regardless of whether teams work in person, hybrid, or remote.
When Boredom Drives Turnover on Your Team | Harvard Business Review (2025) |
A groundbreaking study of UN peacekeepers reveals that workplace boredom isn't just an inconvenience—it's a significant driver of turnover. The research shows how helping employees pivot from abstract, lofty goals to more minor, achievable wins can dramatically improve engagement and retention.
2025 Edelman Trust Barometer: Trust and the Crisis of Grievance | Edelman Trust Institute (2025)
What happens when 6 in 10 people feel the system is rigged? The 2025 Edelman Trust Barometer reveals a global trust crisis, with 61% feeling left behind by institutions. Business remains the most trusted—and most accountable—actor. This article explores how leaders can rebuild trust at work through fairness, inclusion, and ethical performance. This article unpacks the roots of grievance, the implications for workforce sentiment, and the strategic levers businesses must pull to rebuild trust and drive societal progress.
World Happiness Report 2025 | University of Oxford & Gallup (2025)
“Caring, sharing, and supporting behaviours at work are now stronger predictors of happiness than income.” The World Happiness Report 2025 reveals how human connection fuels performance and resilience — and offers a blueprint for designing thriving workplaces. If you're shaping the future of work, this report provides data-backed strategies to humanise it.
