Impact's Senior Consultant, Richard Little, shares his six top tips on how to choose the right leadership development degree. As global leadership development experts we meet managers at every career point, from entry-level to the board. Increasingly we are tasked with helping them excel at adaptability in a turbulent organisational context. At Impact, our approach has never been to pump people full of models and theories, but to create experiences that help people find out for themselves how best to collaborate...

By Joe Mellor, Deputy Editor Labour MP Andy Burnham, a Liverpool man to his core, gave a speech in the Commons about the 27 year wait for justice for the 96 people who died at Hillsborough. MPs broke convention when they applauded his speech, when he spoke with power and passion from deep inside and out of respect for every victim and their families. Burnham demanded prosecutions and changes in the law after Britain's longest ever inquest found 96 Liverpool...

By Jonathan Hatchman, Food Editor, @TLE_Food Strength: 7% Brewed: Kounoso, Japan First established in 1823, it wasn’t until 1996 that the Kiuchi Brewery started to produce Hitachino Nest beer, formerly better known for its sake production. Located in the small Japanese village of Kounosu, the beer’s name is inspired by the Kounosu’s literal meaning – “nest” – and has become hugely acclaimed over the past 20 years for both its beer and the quirky owl logo that adorns every bottle. Taken from their core...

Wasting time is one of life’s most dangerous distractions – whether it’s slacking off on schoolwork as a child or being unproductive at work, time wastage is a threat to businesses whether you’re an employer or employee. For entrepreneurs, business owners and managers alike, time-wastage is an expense that needs to be streamlined. Employees cannot always be working, but minimising downtime and boosting productivity is a must. 1. Rethink social media Social media is practically essential for businesses in this...

By Ross Macintyre Digital freelancing sounds pretty glamorous. The general consensus is that you charge more, work fewer hours and never miss a Jeremy Kyle. ‘You’re living the dream’ is the chorus from envious people who complain about their own working situation, then shrug their shoulders as they accept their fate in the career rat race (guys, do something you enjoy…). Digital marketing isn’t something that should be isolated from other activities, it just needs to be treated as another...

Choosing whether to buy a new car or a used version is a big decision, but a very exciting one. There are many factors to take into decision, such as cost, safety, efficiency, availability, boot space and many more. Those, of course, are practical issues, but sometimes emotion takes over, and excitement can rule your head when making such a big decision. With the new car market booming, there are more and more good quality second hand cars on the market....

By Jonathan Hatchman, Food Editor, @TLE_Food Islington’s dining scene is booming at the moment. An extension of two of the city’s biggest gentrification victims - Shoreditch and Camden –  Islington, although expensive, has remarkably avoided being forced into pretending to be anything that it is not. Instead, the borough has made quite a name for itself as a relatively central part of North London inhabited by a harmoniously dwelling blend of overpaid hipsters and ‘young professional’ couples with small children...

By Ollie McAninch If you ever needed proof that Britain is broken, no longer can people even politely ask others to clear up their mess without being abused. This week a do-gooder and his young family have been targeted by yobs after helping to improve their local area in Minehead. It's no wonder that we are becoming a nation of cowards who turn the other cheek and quietly mutter under our breath. Disabled father of four, Steven Heard, who is profoundly deaf, diabetic,...

They have often been thought of as one of the smartest creatures on the planet. Experiments dating back thousands of years explain how crows would put stones into containers in order to raise the water level and get a drink that would be otherwise unreachable. More recent studies at Cambridge University support this behaviour. They have been observed using sticks as tools for various practices. They are ten a penny in almost every corner of the UK, but do we...