Becoming a new leader – the first 100 days (written pre-covid but still relevant!)
May 3, 2020re Reading Time: 3 minutesTelling leaders how to manage their first hundred days has become an industry. It’s an industry fuelled by investors and... View Article
Six things you need to do to create a mature management team
October 15, 2019re Reading Time: 2 minutesThere’s a quote from Sir Francis Drake that rings very true for organisational life today “There must be a beginning of any great... View Article
How to become a great leader
June 1, 2016re Reading Time: 4 minutesI loved an observation by Manfred Kets de Vries, Professor of Leadership Development at INSEAD who said: “When we talk... View Article
The five characteristics of a great leader
May 26, 2016re Reading Time: 4 minutesIn my last blog I asked whether in the new circumstances of the Fourth Industrial Revolution we still needed leaders... View Article
The old model of leadership is dead – but the new is not what you think
May 19, 2016re Reading Time: 4 minutesI spoke last week at the IACCM conference in Rome about leadership and what skills would be necessary for leadership... View Article
As part of a technology university, Bradford School of Management can be a global leader
May 3, 2016re Reading Time: < 1 minuteI was delighted when I heard that Bradford has become a technology university. As the world’s leaders are struggling to... View Article
Looking up information has never been simpler – so why is it so difficult?
April 22, 2016re Reading Time: 3 minutesFor the first time since the Great Library at Alexandria burnt down, all human knowledge is now available in one... View Article
Can our legal system cope with the next drone?
April 15, 2016re Reading Time: 3 minutesI am giving a talk at a compliance conference next month and looking at whether our legal system can cope... View Article
We’re predicting job losses – now it’s my turn
March 29, 2016re Reading Time: 3 minutesHave you ever had that moment when suddenly the things that you write, talk and worry about are happening to... View Article
The 21st century business school
March 18, 2016re Reading Time: 2 minutesRecently I wrote a short article in the Financial Times which said that Business Schools needed to change radically if... View Article