This is the news. See beneath for all the L&D news and opinion from the last seven days.

3 Key HR Trends in the Next 5 Years - OnRec

Leadership: Can You Learn to Communicate and Embody It? - Entrepreneur

Contractors call for £500m training cash boost - Construction Enquirer

More than 12 million fall into UK digital skills gap - BBC News

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt on leadership and success - Fortune

6 Reasons Why Your Coaching Business Isn't Taking Off - Huffington Post

Yes, Colleges Do Teach Critical-Thinking Skills, Study Finds - The Chronicle of Higher Education

What's disrupting HR Tech in 2015? - HRE Daily

Marissa Mayer fires back at departing execs - Business Insider