The five pillars of truly exceptional leadership June 28, 2016 There are lots of theories about how best to be a leader, many telling us that we need particular styles, qualities or personalities to be truly effective. But exceptional leaders are not all alike. They each have very different strengths, skills and vulnerabilities. We have identified five pillars of exceptional leadership to help you to achieve [...]
Seven ways to make sure your business gets through Brexit June 28, 2016 As the Brexit analysis continues, business leaders across the country will be wonder how quickly things will get back to normal. Some may even be wondering if they ever will. Here’s a seven-point guide to help businesses get through Brexit unscathed: Read more: Brexit: Load the fiscal bazookas to put a floor under business confidence 1. [...]
Bounceback-ability: How to build personal resilience in a time of change June 27, 2016 With millions of working days lost every year due to illness and injury, it pays as a manager to do what you can to ensure that you and your people are mentally and physically well. It’s the right foundation for making sure that you and your team are well-placed to deal with the set-backs that [...]
Daphne Koller on Coursera in refugee camps, and why our education systems won’t help us in the future June 27, 2016 If you've never done a MOOC – a massive open online course – you likely know someone who has. Coursera is the biggest provider in the world. Launched just four years ago, it now has almost 20m learners worldwide, in 140 institutions across 28 countries. In the UK, there are over 600,000 users. Co-founder Daphne Koller was [...]
Why we need to get used to having 70 year-old colleagues June 27, 2016 Take a look around most workplaces and you will see clear signs of “age segmentation” – people within the same age group spend most of their working day with each other. In part this is because, traditionally, many people’s working lives could be described as the “three-stage life” – full-time education, followed by full-time working and [...]
Tips to make sure you’re prepared for the crowds and disruption June 24, 2016 Business travel can be both inspirational and a chore. With Euro 2016 now well underway, those lucky (or unlucky) enough to be sent across the English Channel on business may be in store for some disruption. Companies must ensure a seamless travel experience if they want their staff to be on the ball in early [...]
Pensions minister Ros Altmann is to meet with campaigners seeking to soften changes to women’s state pensions June 23, 2016 Pensions minister Baroness Ros Altmann will meet with campaigners next week as she seeks to convince colleagues of the case for reform on women's state pensions. Altmann will meet the Women Against State Pension Inequality (Waspi) group on 29 June to hear complaints over the rising state pension age. Speaking to City A.M., Altmann said she had [...]
Is it acceptable to kiss your colleagues? If you’re in doubt, play things safe and go for the handshake June 23, 2016 After a divisive referendum campaign, now is the time to kiss and make up. So it is fitting that polling day coincides with National Kissing Day. The referendum calls for the UK to define our identity as a nation. And if Britishness conjures up images of extreme politeness and reservedness, the etiquette of our European counterparts [...]
City A.M. Unregulated podcast: Failing well – or how we learned to stop worrying and love failure June 22, 2016 This week we're talking about when it all goes wrong: how to embrace failure, or at least learn from your mistakes. Emma and Zak are joined by Black Box Thinking author Matthew Syed and Luciana Lixandru from Accel to learn about failing gracefully – and what James Dyson and David Beckham have in common. You [...]
Sir James Dyson on EU referendum: “To remain would be an act of self-harm” – as Tate & Lyle boss Gerald Mason backs Leave June 22, 2016 Hours before the polls open, Sir James Dyson has renewed his support for a Brexit, saying remaining in the EU would be an "act of self-harm". In a column for The Times, Dyson – who has already been a vocal supporter of the Leave camp – said tomorrow's vote was "about control of our future". "As the [...]