Industry restructuring has tremendous impact on people made redundant, and companies rightly offer outplacement and other support services to those unfortunate enough to lose their jobs.
Three quarters (75%) ranked having a "strategic vision" as the single most important skill in running a business, with building a strong team the second most important attribute and sustaining focus...
More than four out of five chief executive officers and senior executives say they are not adequately supported during periods of leadership transition and find themselves in the position whereby they...
There has been much talk about the ‘new normal’ for business in 2012. We are getting used to a tougher market and moving from a survival frame of mind to ‘practical growth’.
In The Book of Yo! (Capstone), Simon Woodroffe, founder of Yo! Sushi and ‘dragon’ on the first series of the BBC’s Dragons’ Den, writes about the mindset he adopted when facing the challenge of...
For many business leaders, the boundaries between manipulation and influencing are often clouded.
In my first year at university, we were set an essay to discuss that ‘the business of business is business’. Former GM CEO Alfred P Sloan was the originator of this quotation, embellished in 1970 –...
Employee confidence in management is falling with almost half of employees believing themselves to be better people managers than their own boss.
The Bristol outlet of home products multinational Ikea has sent several teams of staff from different departments to strengthen and transform their team skills and attitudes with the help of a flock...
Since current BBC director general Mark Thompson announced his resignation in March, there has been a great deal of speculation about who his successor might be. There has also been widespread debate...
Almost half of UK companies have experienced an unexpected change in leadership in the last 12 months with some stating a detrimental effect on business, but according to talent management consultancy...
A study into management by the CIPD has found that three quarters of employers report a lack of leadership and management skills and too many managers have an inflated opinion of their ability to...
