With International Women’s Day taking place on 8th March, much discussion and focus are turning to the progress (or otherwise) towards equity of opportunity and achievement for women working in the finance, technology and the corporate world more broadly. Of course, international celebrations and awareness-raising events such as International Women’s Day are important – shining […]
The concept originated from a study by Carl Von Clausewitz into Napoleon’s defeat of the Prussian Army early in the 19th Century. The defeated Prussian Army was highly controlled, bureaucratic and status conscious. There was very tight discipline and officers were expected to follow orders. On the other hand, Napoleon focussed on inspiring his soldiers […]
Last year will go down as one of the most tumultuous in recent times. Numerous events, largely outside of businesses control, have fundamentally disrupted and changed how we need to operate in the years to come. This has piled on the pressure to the C-suite to ensure continued business success in an uncertain economic environment.
Reducing the amount of time spent in unproductive work meetings is a goal almost every employee, manager and leadership team strives for – particularly as the average staff member spends upwards of 35% of their working time in meetings.
However, in the past eighteen months, the pendulum has swung. Sustainable investment funds - in part due to surging energy prices – underperformed, and sustainability became an unlikely political football. Meanwhile, some US Republican lawmakers criticised woke ideology and sustainable investing. With increasingly vocal activists at the other extreme, the debate has appeared to become […]
In times of economic uncertainty, many aspects of our lives that previously felt calm and secure can suddenly become sources of stress and concern. One such aspect is our income stream, which can increasingly be at the forefront of our minds, leading to unwanted feelings of worry.
Today’s world teaches us that in order to be happy, we need to work hard and be successful. In the Western part of the world, we dedicate most of our time on Earth to work, hoping that the more successful we are in the office, the happier we will feel. But as Thomas Merton puts it: “People may spend their whole lives climbing the ladder of success, only to find, once they reach the top, that the ladder is leaning against the wrong wall.”
We speak with Mike Nagel, President and CEO of Vomaris Innovations, Inc., about his company and how it revolutionises infection control and wound healing.
Using Elon Musk as a textbook, we discuss why celebrity CEOs exhibit terrible governance policies. The key to corporate success is good corporate governance. Any CEO worth their salt is a humble leader with eager, engaged, and educated critics at board level to keep decisions in check. Inversely, ego, inexperience and unwavering control are red […]
The leadership challenges that arrived with 2022 were profound, highlighting several trends and bringing with it several vital lessons. From eye-watering inflation and interest rates to intense recruitment and supply chain problems, disasters induced by climate change, political instability, economic recession and war, there’s no denying that 2022 has been a year like no other. Taken together with the transformational experience of COVID, these issues have started searing themselves into the psyche, mindset and behaviour of customers, employees, stakeholders and societies more widely – with major implications for organisations and leaders.
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