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Deloitte's 2015 Human Capital Trends report highlights 10 trends that are shaping the nature of work and the ways organisations approach talent management, which reflect four major themes for the year: leading, engaging, reinventing, and reimagining. The research highlights that as the economy grows and skills become more specialised, the competition for talent has increased. This has driven culture and engagement, leadership, and development to the top of the human capital agenda. These challenges consistently ranked as the top three most important issues across regions and industries. The report also presents the capability gaps associated with each of these trends, and offers practical insights to help organisations address each of these challenges.   

Deloitte's 2015 Millennial survey reveals that millennials overwhelmingly believe that business needs a reset in terms of paying as much attention to people and purpose as it does products and profit, and finds that 75% of millennials believe businesses are too fixated on their own agendas and not focused enough on helping to improve society. The survey asked tomorrow's leaders what they think of leadership today, how businesses operate and impact wider society, and which individual characteristics define effective leaders. It uncovers several noteworthy gaps: between the ambitions of young professionals in emerging markets and developed markets; and between millennial men's and women's attitudes and aspirations toward business and leadership; and between millennials making the most and least of us social media.   

This Deloitte report reveals that although the replacement of people by machines is well understood, the scale and scope of changes yet to come may not be. To understand the potential impact of computers and robots on jobs in the UK, Deloitte has partnered with Carl Benedikt Frey and Michael A Osborne to estimate the types and number of jobs at risk from automation. The research finds that a lower proportion of jobs are at risk in London than in the  rest of the UK, but even here the risks are significant and substantial changes are inevitable. Of particular concern is the assessment that London jobs paying less than £30,000 a year are over eight times more likely to disappear than jobs paying over £100,000. The report emphasises that to develop and maintain the talent pool that London needs, forward planning and successful policy implementation are essential, and sets out an agenda for action for businesses and policy makers as they develop strategies for the future.    

The third edition of Deloitte's Women in the Boardroom report represents one of the most comprehensive and far-reaching surveys of recent efforts - legislative and otherwise - to increase participation of women in boardrooms across the globe. 

This report by Deloitte includes updates from 72 countries on gender diversity in the boardroom, exploring insights on the political, social, and legislative trends behind these numbers. The research reveals a disconnect between women holding roles on boards and in the executive, finding that only 6.7% of board chairs are women, and even fewer CEOs - 5% - are women.