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Youth Sports Trust gets fit for the future

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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WorleyParsons’ global leaders embrace inclusive leadership and bias awareness

In 2013 WorleyParsons, a leading provider of engineering, procurement and construction management services to the resources and energy sectors, asked Pearn Kandola to deliver a leadership and unconscious bias programme for their most senior leaders. The result was a one day bias awareness and inclusive leadership training workshop delivered by Binna Kandola between March 2013 […]

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Culture of leadership drives progress at Hays

Any company going places needs skilful, effective leaders and a results-orientated attitude. Hays’ global management team is working with Pearn Kandola to ensure it’s ready and able to capitalise on the huge business opportunities ahead. This is an exciting time for Hays, the world’s sixth-largest recruitment business. It is well-established in the UK and has […]

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Surfacing attitudes to agile working at Coventry City Council

Earlier this year, Pearn Kandola worked with Coventry City Council to support them in rolling out their strategy for increasing agile working. There were a number of important drivers for creating a more agile and flexible working environment, not least of which was the desire to improve efficiencies and capitalise on a move to new […]

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Arup moves forward through better bias awareness

Engineering and consultancy services firm, Arup is improving career opportunities for women through a development initiative designed and run by Pearn Kandola. Linked in to Arup’s inclusive leadership development programme, it encourages senior staff to recognise their own unconscious biases and teaches techniques to counteract them. Arup introduced the unconscious bias and one-to-one inclusive leadership […]

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New talent strategy to deliver AXA’s vision

Working with Pearn Kandola, AXA UK has introduced a talent management strategy aimed squarely at driving future competitiveness and performance. As a result, the company has a clear idea of its current leadership strengths and any action needed to plug gaps. Potential leaders are also more self-aware, motivated and better equipped to develop themselves. A […]

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Untapped potential: Empowering new talent at the top of the Cabinet Office

The Challenge:  The levels of diversity at the junior and mid-management levels of the Cabinet Office were not being mirrored in the senior grades. The Solution: 41 people went through a Pearn Kandola development centre, gaining detailed personal feedback as well as a clear action plan for progression The Results: All participants experienced a significant […]

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BBA Aviation makes bias a leadership issue

BBA Aviation’s diversity strategy gained fresh momentum after its top team took part in Pearn Kandola’s Mirror programme. The experience broadened their thinking about what diversity means within the business. It also encouraged them to move their approach forward by focusing on team dynamics and leadership. BBA Aviation employs 10,000 people across 11 countries, including […]

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