Despite failing to qualify for Euro 2008, the Scottish football team gave some of its best performances in years during the qualifying games. Alan Pattullo, sports correspondent for The Scotsman, argues that losing Sky’s money in 2001 was a blessing in disguise – it allowed Scottish football to refocus on talent at home

Here we continue our series of workshops about the employee talent lifecycle. The first workshop focused on building the business case for talent management, while the second looked at how to use assessment to select the best people. In this third and final workshop Ali Gill of Getfeedback explores the final piece of the talent lifecycle jigsaw – employee development and engagement

Transforming the talent processes from a telecommunications organisation to that of a services business was an ambitious project. But one that has meant there is now a measurable talent pool, explains Mark McAleer, former head of talent and leadership development for BT Global Services

Evidence is that, despite the 2006 age legislation, there is still a long way to go before organisations truly value older talent as an important resource. The results of recent research should make us all feel very uncomfortable, says John Neugebauer, a lecturer in HR management and director of Peoplevalued Partnership Limited