We all just want to be appreciated February 20, 2017 | City Talk I have a confession to make: I am a people pleaser. Despite my analytical bent and time spent with other data-driven CFA charterholders, even a small compliment can do wonders to fuel my enthusiasm to accomplish a goal. It turns out that in this competitive industry, I am not alone, at least according to the [...]
Government mulls handing watchdog more powers over struggling pension schemes, but experts warn suggestions not enough to prevent another BHS-style fiasco February 20, 2017 The government is considering handing the pensions watchdog more powers to regulate struggling or badly governed pension schemes. The Department for Work and Pensions' green paper on 'Security and Sustainability in Defined Benefit Pension Schemes', which was published today, is asking for feedback on a variety of pension issues. These include whether to extend the Pension [...]
Stressed out? You might be suffering from hurry sickness February 20, 2017 In my work as an organisational consultant, I have met many highly successful executives. They have achieved all those things they thought would make them happy when they first ventured out into their careers – money, status, power. But, far too frequently, they are still not happy. There is one major problem stopping us from [...]
Meet the man making 10,000 luxury watches a year in Britain February 20, 2017 It takes two years to make a Bremont watch. It takes seven years to train the person who makes it. “We tend to mop up the area when we hire,” says Giles English, one half of the fraternal founders of Bremont, the luxury watch company. “We can’t just rock up and ask for a watchmaker [...]
Fewer than 1 in 10 UK employees would discuss mental health with a manager February 20, 2017 Less than 10 per cent of employees who have experienced mental health issues feel able to talk to their manager or supervisor about it, according to research released today by Legal and General. The survey of 2,000 full-time employees and 200 managing directors or HR managers found that 40 per cent of employees had experienced [...]
BMW bosses meet union reps for crunch talks to avoid strike chaos at Mini and Rolls-Royce February 20, 2017 BMW bosses meet with union representatives today in a bid to avoid industrial action in a row over what Unite has described as "pensions robbery". Unite has warned BMW to brace itself for "serious industrial action" involving some 7,000 car workers should the car company "continue to ignore their concerns". Strikes are on the horizon at BMW [...]
How Blockchain technology will change the financial services industry February 20, 2017 | City Talk Blockchain technology has been hailed as a potential “second generation of the Internet.” A whole vocabulary has sprung up around it, with an emphasis on key words like distributed ledger, cryptography, and trust. But what is blockchain, exactly? It’s basically a database where recorded transactions are copied to a participating network of computers. Since the [...]
Three tips to help women start investing February 20, 2017 | City Talk Some women never start investing. My research uncovered three main reasons why many women “sit on the fence” when it comes to investing: Some women aren’t interested in investing and don’t understand why it is important. Some are perfectionists and feel they do not know enough to begin. They think the world of investing is [...]
We all just want to be appreciated February 20, 2017 | City Talk I have a confession to make: I am a people pleaser. Despite my analytical bent and time spent with other data-driven CFA charterholders, even a small compliment can do wonders to fuel my enthusiasm to accomplish a goal. It turns out that in this competitive industry, I am not alone, at least according to the [...]
Five rules for interviews in a new media era February 20, 2017 | City Talk President Donald Trump’s precedent-shattering approach to press relations has set a new tone in the media. Executives and business leaders from all industry sectors who sit for interviews should know that they will now face a more aggressive — and defensive — media. Trump has changed the communications landscape by redefining the role of the [...]
