Leadership

Act Now To Stop The Great Attrition From Damaging Your Profits

May 31, 2022

There’s barely a business sector that isn’t suffering from a shortage of skilled people. Attracting and retaining staff has become a major boardroom issue. Many employers have seen a high turnover in staff during the Covid-19 pandemic. The UK along with countries overseas have witnessed the Great Resignation, with people in a post-pandemic environment choosing […]

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P&O Ferries Loses UK Border Force Contract Following Firing Scandal

May 31, 2022

The Home Office announced that the Border Force agency’s agreement with P&O would now be terminated. “In response to P&O Ferries’ unacceptable behaviour, Border Force has terminated its agreement with P&O to provide contingency travel services to juxtaposed ports with immediate effect,” a Home Office spokesperson said. Transport secretary Grant Shapps said in a tweet, […]

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What The Queen Can Teach Us about Modern Leadership

May 31, 2022

What is leadership? Zoom on values In the 17th century, Descartes, the French philosopher and mathematician, said that “it is not enough to have a good mind. The main thing is to use it well”. In the context of leadership, what does “using it well” mean? Leadership involves building a sustainable vision to generate value. […]

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Elon Musk & Twitter: Can a CEO Retain Confidence and Control During a Takeover?

May 31, 2022

“What’s next?” tends to be the question on everyone’s lips during a company takeover. New ownership often brings new promises, new ideas and new ways of doing things. All of this has the potential to deliver momentous change, creating excitement and trepidation in equal measure, and fuelling second-guesses about what the future might hold. Attention […]

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Team Chemistry - The Key to a Positive Work Culture

May 31, 2022

The pandemic didn’t help. It forced us to interact solely through a screen and impacted upon key work relationships we’d developed over the years. It also may have stunted some new working relationships in terms of new hires who joined during periods of remote working. What we have learnt from recent years is that the […]

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4 Steps to Develop Mental Agility & Thrive in Uncertainty

May 31, 2022

Most of us aren't comfortable with uncertainty - we're hardwired to dislike it. According to research, people experience more feelings of stress when faced with an uncertain outcome than they do when they're confident of a negative outcome. As soon as we're unsure what comes next, our instinct is to restore a feeling of certainty as […]

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Simplifying & Redefining Logistics

May 31, 2022

What makes Delta Global Solutions stand out? Our work requires commitment, organisation skills and a lot of stamina as we work under enormous pressure most of the time to move goods, manage information and allocate financial resources globally, when and where our customers need them. Today’s customers increasingly demand not just off-the-shelf services but out-of-box […]

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Pay For Female CEOs Rose 26% In 2021

May 26, 2022

Median pay for top female business leaders rose to almost $16 million, according to Equilar’s annual survey for The Associated Press. Out of the 340 CEOs in Equilar’s most recent survey of S&P 500 companies, 18 were women, an increase of 2 since 2020. Median pay for these women was up 26.4% in 2021, reaching […]

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Why Businesses Invest Billions In Customer Experience But Fail To Make Progress

May 25, 2022

The need to adapt to constant change is perhaps the only certainty in today’s business climate. Black swan events such as the 2008 financial crisis or the global Covid-19 pandemic, have meant that the past is no longer a safe basis for predicting the future. During the pandemic, we saw fast, radical change in action […]

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5 Things Leaders Do That Cause Digital Transformation Projects To Fail

May 25, 2022

Your business is likely to be going through continuous change as companies grapple with shifting consumer habits, new technologies and digital disruption. As a CEO, you are likely to have to lead your team through digital transformation. You may need to transform one or more departments. Perhaps you have to change business operations at a […]

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Writing A Letter To Your CEO: 9 Professional Tips

May 25, 2022

In some cases, you may need to write a letter directly to your CEO. Most companies have an open-door policy that allows employees to ask questions and receive necessary assistance from upper management. At the same time, it is often more useful and convenient to contact your supervisor or another person who appears to manage […]

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The Journey To Becoming A Social Enterprise

May 25, 2022

For many companies, the challenge of becoming a social enterprise would be a distant dream and something of a long-term strategy – no matter how passionate they may be about it. It comes as a surprise to many when I say I am CEO of the oldest security company in the world, and that we […]

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