While he was flying over New York City in a helicopter one winter’s day in 1987, Jack Welch had a lightbulb moment. The charismatic chairman and CEO of the General Electric Company (GE) was frustrated with his organisation’s silo mentality and its detrimental effect on decision-making. As he sped past the skyscrapers of Manhattan, he came up with a solution that would become known as the GE work-out programme.

This took the form of large meetings designed to optimise communication and accelerat

The seeds of employee wellbeing first sprouted in the mind of George Pullman. The US engineer and industrialist was the owner of the Pullman Company, which manufactured luxury railway coaches. In 1880, he built a housing estate for employees on the southern outskirts of Chicago, with the aim of creating a superior working-class community that would attract skilled employees and make them even more productive. His so-called company town – Pullman, Illinois – would go on to inspire the likes of Bo

Men have traditionally been at the forefront of some of the world's biggest businesses but a special project is hoping to change that by helping women to start and grow their own brands. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development's Women in Business program provides funding and coaching for small and medium sized businesses that are owned by or led by women. Since 2014, the EBRD has provided $654 million of funding in 23 different countries and reached 35,000 women in nations where cul

Low mileage and cross-training has helped Stephanie Davis make the transition from club runner to Team GB Olympian. Here she reveals her training secrets.

Jessie Knight is a Team GB athlete specialising in the 400 metre hurdles. She explains why she’s made protein a priority and the products that are helping her.

Tall, short, stocky. Rugby players come in all sorts of shapes, sizes and weights, with their physiques often tailored to the demands of their individual positions.

Millions of people have returned to gyms, swimming pools and sports clubs in recent weeks in search of their fitness fix – but training alone isn’t enough for you to reach peak physical health.

A balanced diet, quality sleep and hydration are vital to prepare and recover from sporting performance, but even then you may still need a little help to keep your body in tip top shape.

Hard bouts of training and competition can compromise your immune system and make it difficult to replenish your bod

Businesses are feeling the pinch. The cost-of-living crisis, supply chain problems and the long hangover from the pandemic have prompted leaders to slash spending. Marketers are balancing caution with innovation amid uncertain times.

This is bad news for marketing leaders, who still need to boost brand awareness, nurture customers down the funnel, and drive ROI – with reduced budgets. Leaders want accountability for marketing spend but attribution remains an enduring, complex challenge.

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In Nottinghamshire, a photography business is advertising for new staff, having generated a ten-fold increase in new customers in the space of just six months. In Kent, an IT support and cybersecurity company has more than doubled the size of its workforce since posting a 31% increase in turnover in less than a year. And, on the other side of the Atlantic, a US-based ecommerce firm selling premium dietary supplements is toasting a 40% increase in operational efficiency and a 15% reduction in ope

England Women’s win over Germany in the 2022 UEFA European Championships was watched by a peak TV audience of 17.4 million people and turned the squad into household names. Now, with the Women’s Super League attracting record crowds, brands have a new world of marketing opportunities to explore from advertising to multimillion-pound sponsorship deals.

Luca Russo, brother and agent of Lioness star Alessia, whose back-heel finish in the semi-final turned her into a viral star, says his phone hasn

Iryna’s body told her it was time to leave. “I started to have panic attacks,” she says. When Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, she remained in Kyiv for the first year of the war to support her family financially. But the terror of Russian bombs and air raid sirens pushed her to breaking point. “My mental health was struggling and my parents advised me to leave.”

During her journey to the UK, she was overwhelmed with feelings of fear and guilt. Her elderly parents were reliant on a small

Inside the walls of his bedroom and the prison of his mind, Andy Ryley couldn’t see a way out. “Everything became too much and I decided it’d be easier to take my own life,” he says. Thankfully his family and emergency services came to his rescue before it was too late. “I’m so lucky they got to me in time,” he says. “I’m devastated that my family had to go through that, but it was then that I was able to start turning my life around.”

At 26 Andy was one of millions of young people whose educat

Jason Evans was just four-years-old when his father, Jonathan, passed away in October 1993, after being infected with HIV and hepatitis C during a routine blood transfusion.