Common Purpose research
Too timid to take a lead
Over half of UK leaders won’t work with people they don’t already trust. However, they recognise that they need to extend their circles of trust well beyond the confines of their own organisations or departments if they want to succeed in the future. Even so, research shows UK leaders are too timid to take the plunge into the unknown, according to a new report by Common Purpose, "Trusting times".
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Managers scared to manage
Each week contestants on The Apprentice have to summon the courage to lead their team on a challenge that they have little or no skills. To be successful in the modern world of management this kind of dogged determination is essential. So why then do the majority of the UK’s managers admit to regularly dodging daunting challenges?
These are the main findings of "Courage at work: Causes and cures for timid management", a report published by Common Purpose.
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Quarter-life crisis hits UK plc
Young people between the ages of 25-35 are in danger of being caught in a career trap and are leaving their jobs in pursuit of more fulfilling work. Debt, difficulties in combining work with their wider life ambitions and employers who fail to listen are cited as key reasons, according to research by Common Purpose. The report, "Searching for Something", shows that the danger age when employers can lose their most talented young employees is 30.
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The impact and development of Common Purpose in South Africa
Since 2001 Common Purpose South Africa has piloted and run programmes in Johannesburg with the aim of leadership, partnership and community development. It realises this aim by exposing a diverse group of current and emerging leaders, and Grade 9 learners, to challenging debate and hands-on experience of the issues with which their city grapples.
Angela Bull, for the Department of International Development, evaluated the success of these programmes in a series of in-depth interviews with a variety of the project's stakeholders and the results are presented in this report.
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