Annemie Ress talks about business leaders conforming to quickly and taking less risks in business. Failure is not something to be feared but taking the risks is something businesses should be open to. Business leaders need to be more willing to try new things and experimenting.
A study reveals that the elements of successful business entrepreneurs are learnt rather than being innate with understanding market strategy being key.
With a third of all workers in the UK looking to move jobs, how can you keep your talent committed?
“I know what you’re thinking. ‘Did he fire six shots or only five?’ Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement I kind of lost track myself. But being as this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off, you’ve got to ask…
The media focus on Microsoft of late has certainly got business and HR figures talking. With a CEO set to leave and a decision yet to be made on his successor, it’s certainly fair to say that the company is facing a long period of change. However, one element of this saga concerns me that…
Business leaders last night called for the UK to adopt a ‘back to basics’ approach to management, as they awarded entrepreneur, Richard Newton, top prize at the national final of the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) Management Book of the Year competition for his book: The Management Book: How to Manage Your Team to Deliver Outstanding…
Senior HR and wider business leaders are both clearly focused on the short-term business priority of cost management. The challenge for HR is to balance the tension between responding to short-term cost imperatives and keeping longer-term people issues firmly on the agenda, as these are what will really make the difference to sustainable performance. That’s…
In November the REC took three experts or ‘business brains’ on the road to Birmingham, Manchester and London. These ‘brains’ shared their thinking with packed audiences of recruiters all keen to learn how to grow their recruitment business in the current market. We captured the key messages to act as a refresher to those that…
Armed Forces leaders the best bosses of any UK profession at managing change 49% of Armed Forces personnel understand why change is positive for their career – the highest of any UK profession Civil service leaders the poorest in Britain at managing change Just 23% of civil servants understand why changes to civil service are…
In a challenging global economic climate, CEOs increasingly believe in the value of learning, with 93 per cent of business leaders in the UK telling global e-learning provider Skillsoft that they will either maintain or increase their training budget over the next 12 months. The reality of everyday business pressures in a competitive, 24/7 marketplace…
A number of businesses and organisations have signed a letter urging ministers to set a specific target for restricting carbon emissions from power generation. The plea which was published in an open letter and addressed to Chancellor George Osborne, states that it wants a target for how emissions should be curbed by 2030 because a…
Business leaders believe they are overpaid and shareholders should have a greater say in setting executive pay levels, a new report has found. Two-thirds of bosses surveyed by the accounting firm Grant Thornton said that senior executives were paid too much, with the proportion in agreement rising to 77 per cent in Britain. The report…
The Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has called for more employee owned businesses. He was speaking as figures from Co-operatives UK showed that the growth rate of employee owned businesses was 50 per cent higher than the UK economy (at a rate of 1.1 per cent compared to 0.7 per cent). Speaking at a government…
Human resource professionals are making slow strides in becoming strategic business partners within their organizations, according to new research Next generation HR from Hay Group, the global management consultancy. Only 34 per cent of those surveyed believe HR is making a significant strategic contribution to their organization; most (60 per cent) positioned themselves somewhere in…