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Leaders and Line Managers Aren’t Aligned: What This Means for Change Management in 2025

Between 2022 and 2024, leaders’ trust in their line managers took a dramatic nosedive, plummeting from 46% to just 29%. Discover how organisations can bridge the misalignment gap amongst their leadership tiers.

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Leadership and Management
The Pace of Change Is Accelerating: How to Help Your Leaders Keep Up

Read our exploration into the internal barriers facing today’s leaders as they attempt to navigate uncertainty, and science-back tips for leaders to effectively steer their organisations through transformation

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Leadership and Management
25+ Need-To-Know Leadership Statistics, Trends and Data: 2025

Read our roundup of essential and up-to-date leadership statistics, trends, and insights for 2025, shedding light on the current challenges shaping the future of leadership over the coming year

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Data
Early Talent
Strategy
Trends
Why 74% of Organisations Are Struggling to Demonstrate Early Careers ROI

As the economy tightens, organisations are facing growing pressure to deliver measurable outcomes across all aspects of their talent strategies, and Early Careers programmes are no exception. However, a troubling gap is emerging between ambition and execution in this critical area. 

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Data
Early Talent
Induction & Onboarding
Strategy
Trends
One-Third of Early Careers Hires Are Leaving: What This Means for Organisations in 2025

New research from ECO and The Smarty Train has identified a concerning trend: nearly one-third of Early Careers hires are leaving their organisations within three years of joining.

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Data
Diversity & Inclusion
Early Talent
Trends
Why the Fight for DE&I in Recruitment Is About to Get Harder

As organisations grapple with meeting their commitments to reduce bias in Early Careers recruitment, Labour's manifesto and US affirmative action rulings could be about to usher in a new era of additional DE&I recruitment challenges.

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