If you're pondering on whether to expand your fine wine collection, now is the perfect time to take the plunge. The fine wine industry had a fantastic year in 2021, outperforming a number of popular luxury investment pieces, including cars, watches, and handbags, and it is expected to maintain this strong performance this year too […]
Even as a child, Karl Lagerfeld, who was born in 1933, reports being told he was unique. With a characteristic lack of humility, he admitted: “And I probably believed it, too.” Lagerfeld shows up at school in tailored jackets, an impeccable shirt with a starched collar and a silk tie. Later, he took up bodybuilding, […]
Ahead of International Women’s Day, Cerys Johnson, CEO of REPL, part of Accenture, discusses the ongoing issue of gender inequality in leadership. Gender discrimination has been a challenge I have faced throughout various points in my career; I would be hugely surprised if there are any women in my generation who would say they haven’t […]
Andrew Black, supply chain expert and Principal at Efficio, shares his advice on how business leaders can navigate supply chain disruption in a high-risk world. Recent months, and even years, have seen the term “supply chain disruption” ring over and over –with port congestion, freight delays, and raw material shortages continuing to dominate the headlines […]
Gren Paull, CEO of Lilli, takes a look at the importance of a team having a shared purpose and values. The interplay between building value and acting on business values has become more acute during the pandemic. Covid has, for instance, placed an enormous magnifying lens on the ethics of pharmaceutical companies and the equity […]
Danni Rush, Chief Operating Officer at Virgin Incentives and Virgin Experience Days and Virgin Experience Gifts, explains why long-service awards are key to keeping your employees happy. Over the last two years, employees have gone above and beyond to deliver outstanding work for their employers. Despite dealing with the biggest societal and economic disruption in […]
According to a recent Deloitte survey, Gen Z employees consider themselves the hardest-working generation in decades, while also demanding more flexibility. Perhaps understandably, some two-thirds also reported that money worries kept them awake at night. The findings come during an era in which much is made about how much time we should be spending at […]
Professor Vlatka Ariaana Hlupic, Professor of Leadership and Management at Hult International Business School (Ashridge), explains how businesses, their leaders, and employees must adapt to changing times. The tsunami of change is coming. The world is changing rapidly, and it is up to us to change with it. Leaders, employees and organisations need to adopt an […]
What is love? Love is the unconditional acceptance of all of who I am as a human being – warts and all – and the unconditional acceptance of all of who you are and who others are as human beings. It is the ability to separate an individual’s behaviour from the very essence of who […]
Organisational culture and humans Just what is an ‘organisational culture’? We can probably name and recognise some of these factors easily – things like attitudes (thoughts and beliefs, feelings, and behaviours) and artefacts, e.g. office space. It's also likely that each organisation has sub-cultures within a larger organisational culture. The desired state or best organisational […]
It’s common for offices to feel energetic and demanding at the same time. Office layout and design, when considering your employees, can be restructured around enhancing productivity and efficiency in the workplace. For that kind of meaningful change, leaders should look no further than their office and consider how its everyday design can promote better […]
Harry Bliss, CEO and co-founder of workplace wellbeing experts Champion Health, explains how business leaders can ensure their employees are thriving rather than surviving. I believe that ‘health and wellbeing’ is everyone’s business. Almost every area of your health influences your performance levels – at work and beyond. The same is true for every single […]
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