The impact of the coronavirus crisis on most businesses and their leadership has been profound. Unsurprisingly, CEOs have been focused on solving the ‘now’ problems. It has been a huge sprint, but you can’t sprint forever.
The period we’re in right now is one of relentless change. For leaders across industries, it’s a high-pressure environment, with the need to constantly evaluate, shift and pivot to keep on top of new challenges and adapt to changing demands.
Heads of multinational corporations must be more than shrewd businesspeople. To raise their company's profile, they must let the public know their personality.
The combination of regulatory impetus, consumer sentiment and investor pressure has driven ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) to the top of the corporate agenda. While companies large and small are increasingly thinking about their ESG stance, the matter is especially pressing for large multinationals and global brands.
It all started in 2012 when the Founder of sportswear brand Gymshark, Ben Francis, asked his mother to teach him how to use a sewing machine, so he could make vests and t-shirts him and his friends could wear to the gym. Fast forward eight years, and today, Ben’s company Gymshark has joined the list […]
To hear about integrity in our new business environment, we reached out to Rodney Peyton OBE MD – an accomplished trauma surgeon, who has been at the vanguard of initiatives to promote integrity in surgical practice throughout the ‘troubles’ in Northern Ireland, and also as an international tutor for the College of Surgeons of England, […]
The crisis has placed a huge financial burden on companies threatening to undo the good investment of recent years. The economic hit to the UK so far has been estimated at £192 billion by the OBR, with the figure reaching £7.7tn globally (Asian Development Bank). This huge downturn in the economy has hammered the budgets […]
It is never bad to admit when you don’t know something. Holding your hands up to say “I am not best suited to advise on this,” or “I need more information before I can take a view,” is far better than trying to fashion something quickly, and then failing people in the process or worse, accidentally causing offence to many.
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