Brompton Bikes boss: long-term thinking is needed after coronavirus March 25, 2020 Coronavirus may have stopped everyday life in its tracks, but the boss of one of London’s manufacturing success stories says employers must adopt long-term strategies now for when the wheels start turning again. Will Butler-Adams, the boss of Brompton Bikes, says this applies to macro: the future of transport, as well as the micro: the [...]
Bring the actor’s craft to the boardroom March 25, 2020 The ability to think clearly under pressure and remain calm in stressful situations is a skill that many of us wish we could master. Business leaders are expected to give their best performance consistently, while leading in fast-paced environments with time pressures, and adapting their strategy to suit a continuously changing world. Such expectations and [...]
Debate: Does the home-working trend caused by coronavirus herald the death of the office? March 24, 2020 As the world gets used to home-working, City A.M. asks whether this means the end for traditional office spaces. Yes – Andrew Johnson, managing director at PowWowNow With millions of people having to work from home worldwide, the future of the office as we know it will be transformed. Companies will have the technology, policies [...]
Listen up: Six ways to use your voice more effectively in the workplace March 24, 2020 A voice that is easy to listen to makes a talk so much more enjoyable, but it may not be obvious how to achieve that. Surely we just speak the way we speak? Not so — there are simple techniques that can help enhance how you speak and increase your impact. If your voice is [...]
GBP / EUR update March 20, 2020 | City Talk As everywhere across the world, everything in the UK has been accelerating at pace and the pound has paid the price. Whilst not always at the bottom of the pile, sterling has been struggling and hit a 35-year low against the US dollar. Measures to address all aspects of the crisis were well-received by investors [...]
Workplace: a key driver of business growth March 20, 2020 | Sponsored For organisations that dream of emulating Silicon Valley’s success stories, growth is the main goal. However, many senior managers underestimate the importance of bringing an organisation’s strategy into the physical realm of the workplace. Theoretically, it is well known that an organisation’s people – both its employees and clients – technology and operations are key [...]
Female entrepreneurs are breaking down doors and lighting a path March 18, 2020 International Women’s Day, which took place less than two weeks ago, always provides an opportunity to reflect on the progress that business has made towards gender equality. Over the last decade, I have seen an increase in opportunities through a tidal wave of new businesses led by women, driven by a growing trend towards people [...]
How important is work-life balance to employees? March 16, 2020 | Sponsored Employers who want to attract more job applicants – particularly younger ones – should talk about their work-life balance policies when recruiting, suggests research by Shainaz Firfiray. Dr Firfiray’s experimental study involving 189 MBA students aged between 26 and 40 found that people were more likely to apply for a job that promised flexibility than [...]
The sleep conundrum: The UK’s other health crisis March 16, 2020 The UK population is facing a new sort of crisis — and no, this is not Covid-19, but the sleep conundrum. With two thirds of the UK working population struggling with poor sleep, research from Rand reveals that UK employers are losing up to £40bn and over 200,000 working days per year. While this is no [...]
How to lead your business through a crisis like coronavirus March 13, 2020 Leadership, at every level, is about to be tested in a way in which it has never been tested before. We’re now in uncharted territory in the spread of Covid-19. The first thing to accept is that leading in a crisis is very different from leading in normal times. I learned that the hard way [...]