Virgin mentor? Seven tips to ensure you deliver October 13, 2016 As a mentor, your role is to pass on the knowledge and expertise that you have gained throughout your career. As you watch your mentee develop under your guidance, this can, of course, be extremely fulfilling. Moreover, mentoring can also facilitate your own professional growth, allowing you to strengthen your leadership skills and ability to [...]
Navigating uncertainty: The future of accountancy October 12, 2016 The discovery that a computer error may have caused the sterling “flash crash” last week probably raised wry smiles in board-rooms around the world. The flurry of panicked headlines caused by Theresa May implying that Britain was heading towards hard Brexit apparently tricked trading algorithms into rapid selling of the currency. A meltdown triggered by [...]
How small businesses can overcome the challenges of financing growth October 12, 2016 If a business has the right product or idea, whatever the uncertainties resulting from the Brexit vote, it’s as good a time to grow as any. But there are some very significant challenges that come with hiring more staff, entering new markets, taking on new customers, or launching a new product or service – not least in [...]
City A.M. Unregulated podcast: Got fomo? Juggling a job and running a business October 12, 2016 Running a business is hard enough, without juggling a full-time job as well. This week the team is joined by Patrick McGinnis, the man who invented "fomo" (that's fear of missing out), and Terri Sjodin, author of "Scrappy: A Little Book About Choosing to Play Big". They discuss how be an entrepreneur at the same [...]
How to bounce back like a Russian ballet dancer October 12, 2016 St Petersburg, Russia is home to the world famous Kirov Ballet company. Over 270 years since its foundation, the existence of the Kirov has been repeatedly threatened, by – among other things – the Russian Revolution, the Second World War and the collapse of the Soviet Empire. Each time its survival has been called into question, [...]
How founders can navigate the challenges of stepping back October 11, 2016 Entrepreneurs are control freaks; that’s what makes them successful. Their business wouldn’t exist without their vision and determination to create it. But though a business demands this drive at the outset, as it grows this can become a limiting factor. To continue to thrive, the founders sometimes need to let go – either with a [...]
How The Clean Space’s Charlie Mowat controlled his inner control freak October 11, 2016 "I’m Charlie Mowat and I’m a control freak.” Those opening words launched a recent Leap 100 roundtable. But the founder of The Clean Space wasn’t alone. The room was full of entrepreneurs; each of whom struggle with the same problem. Success – while preferable to the alternative – brings its own challenges. After Oxford University and [...]
How your business can produce the next Ada Lovelace October 11, 2016 Ever wondered why you struggle to hire women? This is a question often thrown in our direction at GeekGirl Meetup UK. It’s still not good enough that, according to Deloitte, women make up 18 per cent of the UK’s tech industry. There are numerous reasons why you may struggle to hire women in tech and why [...]
Bob Diamond takes interim chairman role at Africa-focused banking firm Atlas Mara October 11, 2016 Former Barclays boss Bob Diamond has been appointed interim chairman of African banking firm Atlas Mara. He will step in to the role when current chairman Arnold Ekpe stands down on 1 December. "It has been a privilege to serve as chairman of Atlas Mara," Ekpe said. "What the team has achieved in establishing and [...]
Q&A with Andrew Kerr: how you can help shape Edinburgh’s future October 11, 2016 | City Talk Edinburgh’s residents, businesses and partners are being invited to help shape the capital’s future under the 2050 Edinburgh City Vision project. We spoke to City of Edinburgh Council chief executive Andrew Kerr to discover more. What is the 2050 Edinburgh City Vision? Edinburgh has always been known as a city of innovation and change. The last 30 [...]