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What Bad Hiring Really Costs and What Good Hiring Is Worth

What Bad Hiring Really Costs and What Good Hiring Is Worth

May 24, 2026

A bad hire costs between 50% and 200% of that person’s annual salary, depending on how senior the role is. The more responsibility the position carries, the higher the cost when it goes wrong. Make five poor hiring decisions in a year, which is not unusual, and...
We Don’t Run HR. We Run at the Smoke.

We Don’t Run HR. We Run at the Smoke.

Jul 20, 2026

You know the feeling. You arrive in the morning with a plan. By 9:15, that plan is gone. Someone’s reported the fish being microwaved in the shared kitchen. Someone else has quit by text. A manager restructured their team over the weekend and forgot to tell you,...
The True Cost of Employee Turnover (and How to Calculate It)

The True Cost of Employee Turnover (and How to Calculate It)

Mar 30, 2026

The Quiet Line Item That Is Costing You Millions There are costs in your business that are visible; often scrutinised, debated, and subsequently optimised. Then there are costs that sit quietly beneath the surface. Rarely challenged or quantified properly. Yet they...
The Confidence Equation: Rethinking Learning Impact

The Confidence Equation: Rethinking Learning Impact

Feb 11, 2026

Most learning programs are judged by one question: Did people learn the content?But what if that’s the wrong question? In her latest article for Training & Development Magazine, Alicia Lykos challenges a long-standing assumption in L&D: that...