TAQA is a prime example of a high-performing multinational organisation that values, thrives on and actively promotes cultural diversity. To improve cross-cultural communication and teamwork TAQA engaged Pearn Kandola to run a ‘Cultural Intelligence’ workshop for its senior management. The initiative comes at a time of rapid expansion for TAQA. It currently operates in nine […]
An individually-tailored version of Pearn Kandola’s ‘Mirror’ Workshop is helping The Department for Transport (DfT) to fulfil a key commitment to train senior staff in diversity. Early indications are that the workshop is successfully challenging and changing people’s behaviour. The workshop, which is essential training for 200 of the DfT’s top tier staff, reflects typical […]
Ability, not background, is what really counts at the law firm Wragge & Co. Changes to its trainee selection process are ensuring that, in tune with its diversity-minded approach it recruits only top-quality candidates, and in a way that takes less management time. Each year the international law firm, Wragge & Co recruits around twenty-five […]
FTSE 100 financial services company Hargreaves Lansdown appointed Pearn Kandola to work with a cohort of its future leaders to evaluate their strengths and encourage their development as they embarked on a six-month leadership development programme. Pearn Kandola partner Stuart Duff says: “Our role was to provide the participants with greater levels of self-understanding and […]
Big ticket clients and high-profile matters are all part of the mix at Herbert Smith Freehills Freehills, which is the leading litigation firm in Europe and Asia and has one of the world’s pre-eminent corporate practices. The firm also aims to be a great place to work and places a premium on training and developing […]
Cisco, the global networking and communications technology company, generated extensive international media coverage for its communication and collaboration solutions as a result of research by Pearn Kandola. Two studies on how technology can enhance collaboration in virtual teams and improve the productivity of mobile workers were commissioned to support the marketing of Cisco’s Unified Communications […]
Ranked in The Times’ Top 50 Employers for Women, international law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is working hard to build a more inclusive and open culture. A key step is ensuring all its partners recognise their unconscious bias that could affect how they recruit, employ and promote people. The firm chose Pearn Kandola to design […]
Changes to the way the NHS assesses applicants for its Graduate Management Training Scheme are making the process fairer and more effective at identifying future leaders. The use of technology is also saving hours of senior managers’ time. Previously assessment relied on paper-based application forms, interviews, and group exercises, in addition to verbal and numerical […]
With a strong coaching culture, people and companies aim higher and achieve more. Managers at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) are getting more out of coaching and being coached thanks to a development module developed by Pearn Kandola. The ‘Coaching and Performance Management’ module is a core element of PwC’s Business Diploma, a broad-based development programme run in […]
Organisations go forward more confidently when their strategy and leadership style are in perfect step. Working with Pearn Kandola, the Youth Sport Trust (YST) has introduced a management development initiative, ‘Setting the Pace’ to make sure the charity is in great shape to meet the challenges of 2012 and beyond. The Trust builds a brighter […]
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