The Great Resignation has made it clear that employees at all levels are reevaluating their lives and their priorities – and are willing to walk out the door if necessary. What’s an organisation that’s looking to retain its valuable professionals to do? The solution for organisations is leading with heart. So, how can an organisation […]
Retail giant B&M Bargains has promoted its chief financial officer Alex Russo to the role of chief executive following Simon Arora’s decision to step down. Russo, who joined B&M in October 2020, has previously held senior leadership positions at supermarkets Asda and Tesco. Russo’s appointment to CEO follows a thorough assessment and external benchmarking process […]
Evolution is the long game. If the universe has been in existence for approximately 13.8 billion years, our modern ancestors developed about 200,000 years ago. And yet in that tiny speck of time, we have become the dominant species on earth and are the most complex species known. From our physical capabilities to our mental […]
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 […]
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, […]
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. […]
“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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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