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Older applicants provide experience, adaptability, and emotional stability, yet are being overlooked for roles. As retirement becomes less of an obvious goal, a new question arises: how can work change so people can keep contributing in ways that are sustainable? Designing a portfolio career may provide an answer.
Explore how 360-degree feedback can support leadership development, succession planning and team effectiveness. Learn how tailored feedback tools, personalised coaching and data-driven insights can help individuals and organisations identify strengths, address development areas and create lasting positive change.
The portfolio career provides a multidimensional model for experienced professionals to balance paid work, contribution, and personal fulfilment, whilst also providing both excitement and control over the shape of working life. This article provides examples from multiple industries to display how creating a portfolio career is not just semi-retirement, but a strategic reinvention.
External mentoring gives women independent, personalised support through key career transitions, from returning after maternity leave to stepping into leadership. Drawing on research from McKinsey, LeanIn.Org, Catalyst and the UK Government, this article explores how mentoring strengthens confidence, builds influence, supports career progression and helps organisations create a more inclusive leadership pipeline.
For many employees, the days leading up to a holiday are filled with longer hours, mounting deadlines and the pressure to leave everything in order. Yet genuine recovery requires more than time away—it depends on clear boundaries, supportive leadership and a workplace culture that values rest as a key driver of sustainable performance. Explore why switching off matters for wellbeing and how organisations can help employees return refreshed and ready to perform.
As competition for talent intensifies, organisations need to invest in more than recruitment. External mentoring provides employees with independent guidance, builds confidence, strengthens leadership capability, and supports long-term retention. Discover why mentoring is becoming a key part of successful talent and succession strategies.
Only eight countries have ever won the FIFA World Cup, despite more than 80 nations competing since 1930. While resources and talent matter, lasting success comes from something deeper: strong systems, inclusive cultures, effective development pathways, and the resilience to keep improving over time. Here’s what organisations can learn from football’s most consistently successful teams.
Do organisations really need a Gen Z strategy, or is the bigger challenge helping different generations work well together? Drawing on research from King’s College London, the London School of Economics and insights from 10Eighty’s six-generation workforce, this article explores how shared values, purpose and belonging can turn generational differences into a source of stronger collaboration, innovation and performance.
The interview starts long before the first question. Discover the psychology behind first impressions, body language, workplace behaviour, and the subtle signals that can influence interview success.
Why are women still underrepresented in leadership despite the proven business benefits of diversity? Explore the unseen workplace barriers shaping gender equity, from leadership stereotypes to unequal care expectations.
Discover how portfolio careers are transforming HR, as automation, flexibility, and demand for specialist expertise reshape the future of the HR profession.
Traditional linear careers are being replaced by flexible, portfolio-based paths. As job security declines and technology reshapes work, professionals are shifting towards careers built on adaptability, multiple income streams, and continuous skill development.
