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Read our latest features and articles on leadership, personal development and HR
Lack of social mobility could be costing billions
Greater social mobility in the workplace could unlock billions in GDP growth every year, so why isn’t it integral to every business in the UK? On this Social Mobility day, it’s time to challenge outdated perspectives.
CPD courses, events, and programmes
We offer training and qualifications to a broad range of professionals, helping to foster the leadership, commercial, finance and technical capabilities that are fundamental to driving careers forward and supporting the long-term success of a business.
ICAEW Academy
As a global leader of the finance profession, ICAEW Academy offers a comprehensive range of learning solutions, designed to help finance teams and leaders at every stage of their professional development.
A-Z of CPD courses by topic
Unlock your potential and keep up with your CPD requirements with our comprehensive range of courses. Choose from a variety of formats, including virtual classrooms and in-person classes.
ICAEW Essentials CPD
This year’s enhanced fully-virtual programme focusses key technical updates, across core topics, and is designed for advisors and industry teams alike.
ICAEW flagship events
ICAEW boasts an extensive portfolio of industry-leading conferences. These flagship events offer the opportunity to hear from and interact with all the key players in the industry. Find out what's coming up.
eBooks
The ICAEW Library & Information Service provides full text access to a selection of key business and reference eBooks from leading publishers. eBooks are available to logged-in ICAEW members, ACA students and other entitled users. If you are unable to access an eBook, please see our Help and support advice or contact library@icaew.com.
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Work revolution: performance and leadership in the modern world
Designed to allow you to become more effective and more human at work, in both team and leadership positions.
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Executive guide to integrated talent management
Nineteen experts examine research-based theopries and current practices in highly successful enterprises, and explain how you can adopt effective, state-of-the-art methods to integrate your talent management functions.
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To the top: how women in corporate leadership are rewriting the rules for success
Outlines how we can build a more inclusive way of working into corporate culture to launch more women into the higher echelons of business.
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Practice of corporate governance
Every corporate entity has a governing body, whether it is called a board of directors, a committee, a council, or anything else. Many people, when appointed to the governing body of an organisation, have little idea of what to expect and what is expected of them. Even those with some experience find that the culture and leadership style of other governing bodies differ. The aim of this book is to help them understand and improve their controbution to the organisation and governing body they serve. It is a simple guide to the work of every board member.
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Get that job: interviews - how to keep your head and get your ideal job
A guide to preparing for the interview process, maintaining focus, handling difficult questions, and maximising your chances of landing that dream job. Includes sections on psychometric tests and negotiating a salary package.
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Master your next move: the essential companion to the first 90 days
Designed to be used in tandem with The First 90 Days. This book will help you gain insight into how to apply the principles and tools laid out in The First 90 Days in the specific types of transitions you are facing. Contains advice about how to succeed when you are moving to a higher level, leading former peer, joining a new organisation or dealing with a new type of business situation.
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Talent management handbook: making culture a competitive advantage by acquiring, identifying, developing and promoting the best people
A guide to finding, developing and keeping the best talent. Contains material for identifying, recruiting, positioning, and developing highly qualified, motivated people to meet current and future business requirements.
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Employer's handbook 2017-18
The Employer's Handbook gives guidance for all small- to medium-sized employers in the UK, clearly identifying the legal essentials and best-practice guidelines for effective people management.
Business press
The ICAEW Library & Information Service provides access to leading business, finance and management journals. These journals are available to logged-in ICAEW members, ACA students and other entitled users subject to suppliers'
terms of use.
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Flexible work systems: preparing employees for the new normal
This paper offers practical suggestions on how best to manage employees in the context of flexible working arrangements. It includes some tips on the socialisation of new hires in the age of remote work.
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Hybrid work for small businesses: strategies for reaping benefits
This article provides practical insights to help small businesses to develop their hybrid management capabilities, and thus enhance employee satisfaction and improve their competitiveness. Through a case study of a consulting firm, it offers a framework and actionable solutions to address hybrid work challenges.
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The leopard’s spots: changing change management
A study into the tension between ongoing change management initiatives, the speed of C Suite transitions and the shrinking of middle management. The author's review of industry data suggests that the increase in change management initiatives set against senior management instability and a loss of middle management is leading to diminishing returns. They suggest that increasing stability and consistency in core areas is becoming more important to corporate financial success.
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Interpreting the industry 4.0 future: technology, business, society and people
A fourth industrial revolution, called Industry 4.0 or I4.0, has been envisioned: the merging of the physical and digital worlds by means of cyber-physical systems and autonomous machine-to-machine communication.
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Overcoming stakeholder social media fatigue: a trialogue approach
This paper aims to address stakeholders’ social media fatigue, which leads to online disengagement and social media strategy ineffectiveness.
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Strategy renewal: breaking the mould with new business models
Repeatedly engaging in strategic exercises may lead to a certain weariness, as the same strategic processes are used over and over again. The authors advocate looking at business model as a new concept to challenge existing beliefs and what is taken for granted.
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Walmart’s international expansion: successes and miscalculations
While most of Walmart¹s international expansion efforts have been successful, the retailer has experienced some challenges. Walmart's experiences highlight the importance of understanding cultural differences in the way people shop, in addition to understanding the market, economy and laws of various regions around the world.
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The robot in the window seat
The purpose of this paper is to point to some emerging workplace issues relating to the increasing collaboration between human and robot workers.
Articles and books in the ICAEW Library collection
The collection of the ICAEW
Library & Information Service includes a range of articles, books and reports on leadership, personal development and HR. Use the links below to see what we have available to request in our Library catalogue (Libcat).
Tolley's company secretary's handbook, 2024-25
An annual guide to all the basic duties of the company secretary. Serves as a working manual to the legal and procedural aspects of company administration, covering issues such as statutory accounts, company membership, corporate governance, employment law, health and safety, pensions, insurance and taxation.
Employment status: a tax guide, 5th ed.
This book guides the reader through the extensive and apparently contradictory case law on employment status. The special cases section includes information on the entertainment, sport and media sector, the farming sector, the legal sector, and healthcare professionals.
Tolley's employment handbook, 2024
This annual handbook provides practitioners with expert and up-to-date guidance on employment legislation and case decisions. The 2024 edition covers important recent developments such as the changes to the Working Time Regulations made in January 2024, and new legislation including the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act 2023.
Finance aspects for medical doctors: a practical approach
Intended for use by GPs, practice managers and accountants, this book covers topics including employment and self-employment, tax saving measures, consultants earnings from private practice, pension contributions, IR35 and types of contracts.
The good governance guide to boardroom dynamics
This book looks in detail at issues that affect the board both on an individual and group level. Key topics such as board diversity, technical competence and personal characteristics are addressed, as is the concept of emotional intelligence (EQ), which is crucial to successfully working in a boardroom setting. As well as offering practical direction on how best to work with others and manage talent, it provides guidance on how to maintain personal resilience and develop behavioural agility.
To find out how you can borrow books from the Library please see our guide to borrowing books.
You can obtain copies of articles or extracts of books and reports through our document supply service.
External resources - Leadership
Acas guide on leadership
Guide from Acas designed to support people with leadership responsibilities at all levels of an organisation. Outlines the essential qualities, actions, considerations and implications associated with leadership using the Acas framework for effective leadership.
Investors in People leadership articles
Knowledge base of articles on leadership from Investors in People, covering topics such as motivating and empowering your team, democratic leadership and improving team wellbeing.
Leadership in the workplace
This factsheet investigates the concept of leadership and how it differs from management, the factors that can influence leadership development, and briefly examines how a principles-based approach to practice can support the development of leadership skills in people professionals.
The Gender, Leadership and Inclusion Centre (GLIC)
The GLIC is a research community which collaborates with industry and produces high quality research in the areas of gender, leadership and inclusion at work. The centre, which is part of Cranfield University's School of Management, is responsible for an annual benchmarking report,
The Female FTSE Board Report which has been published since 1999 and includes details of the number of female directors on FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 boards. The website provides information on the work of the centre, its research projects and published research papers.
