In a remarkable bit of succession planning, Prince William is to attend a bespoke agriculture course at the University of Cambridge to prepare him for his inheritance of the Duchy of Cornwall when his father, Price Charles succeeds to the… Continue reading
This is Anti-Bullying Week. Although I often encounter it, this probably wouldn’t have hit my radar if it wasn’t because I’m teaching some relatively young students at The Oxfordshire Business and Enterprise School (TOBES) right now. There’s a very thought… Continue reading
Sometimes, I get a little worried by the language used to describe the processes we use as managers and leaders. The concept of an organisation having a “management control system” is largely on its way out. Although there remain many… Continue reading
A while back I started collecting examples of business-speak that I found alarming. Some simply seemed to set out to confuse. Others were intended to make the speaker seem clever – usually for their own benefit. But the worst examples… Continue reading
In an article in the Riviera Times, New jet for Prince Albert II, written by Nancy Jane Carragher, it is explained that Prince Albert II has just ‘secured’ his latest private jet, a Dassault Aviation Falcon, worth up to 50… Continue reading
Many of you will know Alex Goodall, one of the regular participants at the informal drink in Oxford. Alex is speaking at the Hub in Turl Street, Oxford, this Monday evening (the 21st January) at 7:30pm. His subject is something… Continue reading
After my previous article on how to use an elevator pitch to engage others, one of my networking colleagues, Phillip Khan-Panni, raised a couple of interesting points about the elevator pitch and I thought I’d address these separately. He was… Continue reading
NB This paper was presented at the 12th International Conference on Corporate Governance held in London from the 10-13th October 2012. Leadership as an essential human quality In a paper presented at the World Conference for Corporate Governance and Sustainability held in Dubai… Continue reading
The latest spin from the Technology Strategy Board reveals that a paltry £7M is going to be spread thinly across 17 projects – shared by 70 institutions, with a direct benefit to a clutch of very well known global companies… Continue reading
The other week, I was at a meeting of a century old institution. The incoming President presented the results of a review that he’d been engaged in, that had impacts on the organisational structure, especially that affecting a number of… Continue reading
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