Are you making the most of your employee training and development spending?

Christopher Felgate is a wellness officer whose job is to take care of the health of employees at BSG. He tells Margaret Harris that wellness initiatives with incentives are the most effective.

In a complex, uncertain world, the hiring and promotion of talent and leadership development decisions that rely on candidates' past performance are of limited use.

To Jody Foster, disruptive people in any type of organisation – from a big corporation to a major health center – can poison the atmosphere for everyone with whom they interact.

In South Africa, the war on talent rages on, with a particular hunger for top black professionals.

Larry Claasen spoke to Cell C chairman Simon Duffy about the sudden departure of CEO Lars Reichelt and other issues facing the company.

In recent years, GE has faced severe business challenges – the company's $200 billion market cap is half of what it used to be. Still, an area of enormous strength is the way the company identifies and builds leaders.

The appointment of Jimmy Manyi as director-general of the Department of Labour is a clear signal from government that it intends taking a stronger line on employment equity.

Boris Groysberg, an associate professor of business administration at Harvard Business School, has researched how firms hire and develop top talent. He took the time to speak with us about why star workers don't always succeed when they go to new organisations.

Korea-based LG Electronics is recognised today as a market leader in India, but getting there has required a "will to succeed", according to Yasho V. Verma, who has been director of human resources and management support for the company's India division since 1997.