Understanding employees and what drives them to be productive is a difficult challenge most businesses today are faced with. According to research reports, millennials are increasingly ambitious but lack the motivation to progress in a employed career.
As leaders we all know that feeling of not wanting to go to a difficult meeting and that we’d rather be anywhere else! It’s par for the job, so we must model calm, high standards and belief in the organisation’s purpose to keep the team on track and inspire them to greater things!
By Louisa Rochford The tech industry and Silicon Valley have had their fair share of ups and downs in a matter of years – in the last year alone, data breaches have felt like a daily occurrence. From Facebook to Quora to British Airways, security has become of major concern, with 945 worldwide breaches […]
When you find yourself in a new city for business, deciding on the best place to hold a meeting can often feel overwhelming. With seemingly endless possibilities, but often limited time and limited knowledge of the area, it can be difficult trying to find an appropriate place to meet potential stakeholders, business partners or clients. […]
Gillian Murray has been Chief Executive of Pilotlight since 2013. Her previous roles include managing a language teaching and training business in Italy, and acting as country director for Voluntary Service Overseas in Laos PDR. In this article, Gillian discusses how uniting leadership development and corporate responsibility strategies makes good business sense. Arguably, the […]
Rob Orr is Executive Director at Virgin Media Business, one of the UK’s leading communications providers, responsible for leading the enterprise, public sector, wholesale, SME and SI Channel businesses. He has over 20 years of experience in the technology sector, including past experience at Samsung Electronics, BT and Vodafone. Rob explores the practical questions that […]
Who is the leader who has had the greatest (positive) impact on you? What did they do, how did they behave to have an impact on you? What made the difference?
It goes without saying that an employee should do their job; after all, that is what you are paying them for. But the difference between just ‘doing their job’ and truly caring about their work comes down to how the employee feels about the company.
Just like a ship has a radar to detect what’s going on around it, as a leader you need to have your radar out to notice what’s happening in your inner world, within yourself, and the outer world of people and environments.
Daniel and Andreas Sennheiser are the Co-CEOs of Sennheiser, a German-based company that produces premium audio equipment for personal, professional and business applications with a rich history in the industry. We were honoured to speak with the Co-CEO brothers about what it’s like to run the company side by side, a look into the inner […]
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