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By: Chris Hirst

Chris Hirst is a chief executive and author of No Bullsh*t Leadership

All 5 Articles
  • A-level results do matter, but City firms shouldn’t put all their stock in top students

    Chris Hirst

    Today, students up and down the country receive their A-levels results. But as important as they are, these shouldn't be the key deciding factor for future employers, writes Chris Hirst

  • Water bosses’ pay should be decided based on how much sewage they clean up

    chris hirst

    Chief executives follow the money and until we link water bosses's pay with the amount of sewage being cleaned up from our rivers, we'll be stuck with the faeces, writes Chris Hirst.

  • A Covid-19 inquiry longer than the pandemic is almost certain to teach us little

    Chris hirst

    A parliamentary inquiry into the pandemic is set to look at everything from the policy of austerity to Boris Johnson’s WhatsApps, but it is possible to be too thorough and entirely miss the point, writes Chris Hirst.

  • For all the awards, consumers rarely care about the gold standard City exec

    June 22, 2023

    We've got so obsessed with award ceremonies that they've ceased to be a reliable guide for customer choice and become more of a game of winners, writes Chris Hirst

  • The only way to get staff back to the office? Tell them to turn up and do it yourself

    May 25, 2023

    Culture is not pilates at lunch or free fruit in the office; is the way bosses and employees come together, share ideas and create things. Sharing the same space is important for that culture, writes Chris Hirst

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