Shippers call for EU to focus on single market and to stop interfering with global regulations November 9, 2015 NULL
Och aye: After 44 years, the US may be on the brink of lifting its haggis ban after recipe “tweak” November 9, 2015 NULL
Culture clash: How to avoid a feedback faux pas in the office November 8, 2015 Understatement is a well-known British trait, and often frames the way people give negative feedback. Brits often use what linguists call "downgraders" when delivering criticism – words that soften the blow, such as "kind of", "sort of" and "a little bit". In London, where the workforce is one of the most multicultural in the world, [...]
How you build well-being into an office: Thinking beyond design makes economic sense for businesses November 6, 2015 Simon Stevens, chief executive of NHS England, recently launched an initiative to improve health and well-being among NHS employees – designed to tackle the £2.4bn annual cost of sickness absences among its 1.3m staff in England. Stevens’s plans include giving staff access to Zumba classes, promoting cycling to work, and efforts to improve workers’ stress [...]
Leadership lessons from Machiavelli: The ends only justify the means when the goal is a good one November 5, 2015 Five hundred years after it was written, Machiavelli’s treatise on monarchical rule, The Prince, is still considered essential reading for those who are ambitious and desire power. Written as guidance for Lorenzo de Medici, The Prince famously prized earthly success over moral principles. But its teachings are often misinterpreted as advocating cunning, uncompromising methods to [...]
Historic run-chase bars England’s bid for victory in must-win final Test against Pakistan November 4, 2015 NULL
Word from the wise: Why it pays to listen to your parents November 4, 2015 As businesses across the capital prepare to celebrate Bring In Your Parents Day tomorrow, new research from LinkedIn reveals that parents stop giving career advice too early. Indeed, over a third (37 per cent) of Londoners feel that they’ve been given too little guidance from their parents about how to get on the career ladder [...]