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3 Ways To Make Change Stick After Your Launch Event

Most change programmes have a launch. Far fewer have a plan for the months that follow. Here's why post-launch is where transformation is truly won or lost… and 3 ways to plan an effective post-launch strategy.

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Change
Skills
How To Design Change Comms That Actually Land

In times of uncertainty, clarity is your most powerful tool. Most organisations undergoing change and transformation know this - yet most change communications still fall into the same traps: too long, too jargon-heavy, too abstract. Here's the framework that fixes it.

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Change
Skills
The Neuroscience Behind Why 70% of Change Programmes Fail

Up to 70% of change initiatives fail. Not because of bad strategy, but because of human biology. We explore the neuroscience behind change resistance, and what forward-thinking organisations do differently to ensure their change sticks.

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Data
Early Talent
Strategy
Trends
“Post-Programme Transition” Cited As the Biggest Retention Challenge by 50% of Early Careers Leaders

New findings show that the strongest predictor of long-term retention is not salary or training budget alone, but the extent to which organisations make their Early Careers hires feel supported, recognised, and part of something bigger.

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Data
Early Talent
Induction & Onboarding
Strategy
Trends
Organisations with the highest three-year retention rates spend nearly four times longer onboarding their new joiners

While many organisations focus on pay, progression, or programme design as key retention levers, new ECO data suggests that one of the most powerful predictors of retention could happen much earlier in the employee lifecycle than expected.

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Data
Early Talent
Leadership and Management
Strategy
Trends
Internal Support for Early Careers Plummeted to 22% in 2025; What Can Early Careers Leaders Do?

New research from ECO and The Smarty Train reveals that the number of Early Careers functions that reported substantial buy-in from Stakeholders for their Early Careers strategy has dropped from 68% to just 22% since the start of 2024, signalling a widening gap of internal backing

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