Common Purpose Blog

On 21 September Common Purpose hosted an Exploring Leadership Masterclass in Birmingham. The day was full of intense conversation, questions, challenges, learning and a bit of inspiration. During the day we asked people four questions and below are some of the responses we received: Why is it key to connect with other leaders? It’s not [...]

New research from workplace think-tank Tomorrow’s Company argues that the old approach to developing talent is no longer working. The report, Tomorrow’s Global Talent – How will leading global companies create value through people?, goes as far as to suggest that the word ‘talent’ needs to be redefined. To explore this further, Personnel Today are running a series [...]

The new CIPD Learning & Development Survey paints a bleak picture for talent management as the proportion of respondents who undertake talent management activities falls to 36%. This is a sharp decline from 2006 when over half of those surveyed said they engaged in talent management. This confirms the predictions of a survey of learning [...]