Business leaders

Entrepreneurship is big in the US, with more and more Americans aspiring to follow their passions and explore the startup domain.

“I wish I had been more thoughtful about our company’s impact on its communities” was a comment I didn’t expect to hear from CEOs I’ve interviewed.

In some instances, we’ve come to realise that the customer experience helps create brand loyalty, which helps to create engagement with clients who are willing to associate with the services and products a business has to offer.  In the…

The ability to negotiate, influence and resolve disagreements are all key skills for today’s business leaders – particularly in today’s turbulent times when they are faced with a never-ending stream of highly complex, multi-faceted…

One result of the pandemic is that CEOs, business founders and owners in their 50s and 60s are having their own 'great resignation' moment. However, unlike those in the early or mid-point of their careers, the 'what next' question isn't so…

We all know that the world of business has never been so fast-paced and uncertain, and it means that CEOs around the world are facing ever-increasing pressures on both a personal and professional level. Leading a business is no longer…

Confidence among UK business leaders collapsed in March as Russia’s attack on Ukraine continued and rising costs and soaring inflation weighed heavily. This is according to a survey conducted by the Institute of Directors (IoD).  The IoD…

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”…

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.…

One of the main messages from COP26 was that governments and businesses need to be more generous to avert further catastrophes on this planet. The lack of generosity the West shows the rest of the world is shocking – for example, if we…

And so, naturally, newspaper coverage tends to focus on headline-grabbing stories – Insulate Rebellion’s latest superglue stunt, Greta Thunberg’s football chant or the hypocrisy of private jet-hopping premiers. But the untold story is not…

Fiona Logan, Chief Executive of Insights, explores how leaders can help their businesses maintain the valuable intimacy generated over the past couple of years as businesses look ahead to 2022. Go back two years and intimacy wasn’t…