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an employer of choice for talent](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/aon-employer-of-choice) ###### Lauren Pulsford, Culture & Change Partner at global professional services firm [Aon](https://www.aon.com/unitedkingdom/default.jsp) joined us on our recent webinar [*Retention...*](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6niPIOvAa00&t=3688s) *( read )* Tags: [leadership](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/leadership), [talent](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/talent), [apprenticeship](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/apprenticeship), ![Apprenticeship Levy readiness checklist](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/ED%20Blog/cranfield-levy--swoosh%20%28002%29%20copy.jpg) ![](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/ED%20Blog/IEDP%20logo.png) By [IEDP Developing Leaders](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/author/iedp-developing-leaders) ## [Apprenticeship Levy readiness checklist](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/apprenticeship-levy-readiness-checklist) ###### Is your organisation ready to build an Apprenticeship Levy leadership pathway? *( read )* Tags: [leadership](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/leadership), [talent](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/talent), [apprenticeship](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/apprenticeship), ![High Performance Leadership: promoting executive leadership](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/EDM_LiLHPL.jpg) ![](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/CGMD%20Blog/Images/CGMD%20Images/Logos/Marques-SoM.png) By [Cranfield School of Management](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/author/cranfield-school-of-management) ## [High Performance Leadership: promoting executive leadership](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/high-performance-leadership-promoting-executive-leadership) #### For almost two decades, Cranfield’s High Performance Leadership programme has revolutionised the way leaders achieve results... *( read )* Tags: [leadership](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/leadership), [talent](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/talent), [career](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/career) ![Inclusive Talent Management: Learning from HSBC](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/samuel-zeller-4138-unsplash.jpg) ![](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/KimTJ400x400.jpg) By [Professor Kim Turnbull James](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/author/professor-kim-turnbull-james) ## [Inclusive Talent Management: Learning from HSBC](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/inc-talent-learning-from-hsbc) #### In a [recent article in Developing Leaders](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/DL-Cranfield-Moving-On-Up-final-digital.pdf), my colleagues Susan Vinnicombe, Hilary Harris and I discuss how organisations can... *( read )* Tags: [talent](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/talent), [reflections](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/reflections) ![First impressions of Cranfield's refreshed General Management portfolio](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/LiL%20Network/General%20Management%20Launch%20Event.jpg) ![](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/CGMD%20Blog/Images/CGMD%20Images/Logos/Marques-SoM.png) By [Cranfield School of Management](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/author/cranfield-school-of-management) ## [First impressions of Cranfield's refreshed General Management portfolio](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/general-management-launch-event-video) #### February 2019 saw the launch event of Cranfield's refreshed [General Management portfolio](https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/som/open-executive-programmes/general-management) at Chelsea Football Club. 50 HR and L&D... *( read )* Tags: [talent](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/talent), [management](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/management), [career](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/career) ![Why business must act now to prevent a worsening global talent crisis](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/artem-gavrysh-1020525-unsplash.jpg) ![](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/EmmaParry.png) By [Professor Emma Parry](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/author/professor-emma-parry) ## [Why business must act now to prevent a worsening global talent crisis](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/prevent-global-talent-crisis) #### In workplaces around the world, great talent is getting harder and harder to find. The latest statistics show that, as technology... *( read )* Tags: [leadership](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/leadership), [talent](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/talent), [management](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/management) ![](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/astrology-astronomy-dark-577584-1.jpg) ![](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/CGMD%20Blog/Images/CGMD%20Images/Logos/Marques-SoM.png) By [Cranfield School of Management](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/author/cranfield-school-of-management) ## ["It gave me the space to stop and think"](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/stop-and-think) #### In September 2018, we ran our first ever [People Strategy Workshop](https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/som/open-executive-programmes/strategy-and-business-performance/people-strategy-workshop). This three-day residential course is aimed at HR leaders and... *( read )* Tags: [talent](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/talent), [reflections](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/reflections) ![Executive education refreshed](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/ED%20Blog/ED%20Articles/Refreshed%20programmes.jpg) ![](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/chadwickp.jfif) By [Peter Chadwick - CEO, IEDP Developing Leaders](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/author/peter-chadwick-ceo-iedp-developing-leaders) ## [Executive education refreshed](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/executive-education-refreshed) #### Cranfield School of Management, a pioneer in executive education for over 40 years, has recently refreshed its popular portfolio... *( read )* Tags: [leadership](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/leadership), [talent](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/talent), [management](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/management), ![Cranfield FTSE report highlights female under representation in executive ranks](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/dane-deaner-272368-unsplash-crop.jpg) ![](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/CGMD%20Blog/Images/CGMD%20Images/Logos/Marques-SoM.png) By [Cranfield School of Management](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/author/cranfield-school-of-management) ## [Cranfield FTSE report highlights female under representation in executive ranks](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/ftse-female-report-2018) [A report](file:///C:/Users/e102031/Downloads/CranfieldFemale%20FTSE%20Board%20ReportFV1.pdf) by Cranfield School of Management has criticised the lack of progress in improving gender diversity at the highest... *( read )* Tags: [Cranfield School of Management](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/cranfield-school-of-management), [all](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/all), [leadership](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/leadership), ![In defence of the Levy](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/adult-education-3258944_1920.jpg) ![](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/Lynette%20Ryals.jpg) By [Professor Lynette Ryals](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/author/professor-lynette-ryals) ## [In defence of the Levy](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/in-defence-of-the-levy) The Reform think-tank[report](http://www.reform.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/The-great-training-robbery-assessing-the-first-year-of-the-apprenticeship-levy-final.pdf)– claiming the use of the Apprenticeship Levy for higher qualifications is a “mislabelling” of... *( read )* Tags: [featured](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/featured), [all](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/all), [leadership](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/leadership), [VIEW MORE](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/talent/page/2) ## Talk to us about your world Call us on [+44 (0)1234 754500](tel:+441234754500) [Talk to us ↗](https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/som/executive-development/contact-us) [![cranfieldexecutivedevelopmentlogo](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/cranfieldexecutivedevelopmentlogo.png?width=300&name=cranfieldexecutivedevelopmentlogo.png)](https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/som/executive-development)   - - - - - - © Cranfield Management Development Ltd - **[execdev@cranfield.ac.uk](mailto:execdev@cranfield.ac.uk)  ·  [+44 (0)1234 754500](tel:+44%20(0)%201234%20754500)**  ·  [Privacy Policy](https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/som/privacy-policy) ```json { "@context" : "https://schema.org", "@type" : "VideoObject", "contentUrl" : "https://417879.fs1.hubspotusercontent-eu1.net/hubfs/417879/Knowledge%20Hub%20%2B%20Blog/CED_KH_v6.mp4", "dateModified" : "2023-05-12T11:14:23.676Z", "description" : "", "duration" : "PT1M13S", "height" : 1080, "name" : "CED_KH_v6", "thumbnailUrl" : "https://api-eu1.hubspot.com/filemanager/api/v3/files/thumbnail-redirect/50394867274?portalId=417879&size=medium", "uploadDate" : "2021-07-08T10:07:25.171Z", "width" : 1920 } ```