Business leaders need to focus on “directing innovation” in their organisations and creating a culture where thinking innovatively is “business as usual” for everyone, not just ‘creatives’, according...
Leadership is usually thought about in the context of elected politics or big business and so the idea becomes a rather distant one, practised by people we read about or see on television. Leadership...
In order to be resilient to change, companies must innovate and interact with their employees. They cannot ignore the social wealth and knowledge that staff bring to the workplace.
Business leaders love spouting the old cliché ‘our people are our greatest asset’. Although it may ring true in many organisations, why is it that the greatest asset is also one of the hardest to...
Nesta's latest research shows there are five main categories to describe approaches to innovation. Futurists, romantics and creatives embrace innovation, while realists and sceptics are less...
Leaders benefit from experiencing stressful situations on a regular basis, according to research by Ashridge Business School.
It's been a busy year for Amey's HR department. The infrastructure support service provider bought Enterprise, which meant the HR team has been busy trying to integrate the two workforces.
Trust – or lack of it – is going to be a big issue this year. The solution for organisations is to pick the right leaders, ensure they walk the talk, and make them open to feedback from employees and...
A leading professor on leadership has questioned whether the appointment of former Marks & Spencer (M&S) chair Stuart Rose to review NHS leadership is a “publicity stunt”.
Sceptics of the Government appointment of former Marks and Spencer (M&S) executive chairman to review leadership at the NHS should not let their pride get in the way of improvement, NHS Employers CEO...
CEOs must articulate personal reasons for backing gender parity in the workplace if they really want to encourage more women in to top roles, research has suggested.
Amazon boss Jeff Bezos has been named the leading global CEO in Xinfu’s inaugural Top 100 CEO ranking. Tencent China’s Pony Ma and Priceline.com’s Jeffery Boyd rounded up the top three.
