What are the characteristics of a good leader? Being assertive and powerful, or empathetic and ethical? Canvas8 spoke with Danielle Harlan, CEO of the Center for Advancing Leadership and Human Potential and author ofThe New Alpha, to learn what effective leadership looks like in 2017 and beyond.

As the traditional nine-to-five becomes less relevant for present and future workers, Britons are expecting their employers to offer more to help make them happy, healthy and successful. With the costs of low productivity mounting, how can businesses boost wellbeing in the workplace?

Technical skills have long been a priority within Indian education, but as technology threatens to replace much of the workforce, emotional intelligence and people skills are becoming more valuable. Unfortunately, the majority of Indian Gen Y workers feel as though they lack these soft skills.

Due to long hours at the office and time-consuming commutes, employees in India have a poor work-life balance compared to the rest of the world. And as they face talent shortages, some companies are introducing policies to tackle this, and attract potential employees to boot.