To secure sustained growth an organisation must have the ability to jump S-curves at the right time, doing this effectively separates an organisation from the pack and puts them in the star player category. The ability to climb and jump S-curves distinguishes star players from those who never manage to transform brief periods of accomplishment and single wins into an ongoing series of successes.

The DWP has recently released an updated Work Programme prospectus giving more details of contractual arrangements with providers, but what does this mean to employers?

To summarise, the Work Programme is central to the Government’s plan to reform welfare-to-work provision within the United Kingdom. The programme will replace a large portion of the numerous existing programmes that support unemployed people and will be designed to assist a range of people back into sustained work. Providers will be given the flexibility to design support during the bidding process based on specific customer needs.

The business case study is a much vaunted business development weapon, but what is your experience? For me, a case study is not something that, once completed, should be filed away somewhere as an example of good practice and never used.

With the long awaited emergency budget announcement tomorrow and the last two years of recession, my mind has turned to thinking about what the Government needs to do to encourage and help SMEs through the recovery and into a new period of sustainable growth.