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Why Global Leaders Succeed and Fail

When Right Management and Chally Group surveyed business leaders for Why Global Leaders Succeed and Fail, they looked at a number of aspects of the development and survival of CEOs in a variety of businesses worldwide. An early discovery was that most CEOs come from operational or financial backgrounds. It is only partially clear why […]

Building a High Performance Organisation to Withstand Turbulent Times – by Richard Barrett

Gone are the days of stability when you could develop a strategy and confidently plan the growth of your business over a five-year period. We are now living through a different period of history–a period that is marked by unanticipated events with regional and global impacts on business. Events such as the economic crash of […]

Newsnight appearance proves the value of thought leadership by Jonathan Hemus, founder, Insignia Communications

Little did I imagine when I set up Insignia Communications, a reputation management consultancy, that two years later I would be sitting in the BBC Newsnight studio, face to face with Jeremy Paxman commenting on Rolls Royce’s communication response following the failure of one of its engines on a Qantas Airbus A380. But of course, […]

Banks won’t lend, have you tried your pension? by Michael Wiggins

Since the onset of the credit crunch in 2008 and the subsequent economic malaise, many business owners across the UK have found banks becoming less willing to provide the loan facilities which they need. In some cases the terms of future loans become restrictive or expensive whilst in others, simply unavailable. Clearly, the inability to […]

To Become a Thought-Leader, You Need to Stop Thinking! By Jayne Storey

The practice of meditation is a necessary skill for those who wish to enhance their baseline creativity and develop the intelligence, insight and intuition necessary to become a Thought-Leader. After all, outstanding minds in all fields – from the arts, to business and indeed sport – have one thing in common, and that is the […]

Taking Action on Thought Leadership by Brian Chernett

For the past four weeks, we have been looking at Thought Leadership from a number of angles. Thought Leadership reinforces your strategic direction and enables you to stand out from the crowd. As I discussed last week, delivery is still an important element to being selected. The best strategy in the world is useless unless […]

Thought Leadership or Thought Followership? by Phil Shipperlee

Is it real or is it just another bit of jargon or management speak? I think the answer is both and I have explored this below. It is very important to be able to identify what is real in this context as true thought leadership is at the root of all the progress made by […]

Thought Leadership – And Not Just Yours! By Jeremy Thorn

Of course, all Owner Managers and business leaders need to be ‘Thought Leaders’. But don’t forget, others in your team will have their own ideas too. In setting up and establishing your own business at the start, you probably had to do everything yourself – from establishing a corporate vision and determining your business model, […]

Who Needs to Be a Thought Leader? (Part 1) by Rob Brown

“Leadership is action, not position.” Donald H McGannon, former CEO of Westinghouse Broadcasting Corporation When you ‘lead the field’ and have the reputation as the number one, ‘go to’ choice for what you do, you create a competitive edge. In my bestselling book ‘How to Build Your Reputation’ I identified 12 groups of people who […]

Being Chosen from the Crowd by Brian Chernett

I was at Fresh Business Thinking Live recently in Old Billingsgate in London. The event was well attended and most of the people I saw there seemed to be optimistic and positive about their future. There were five streams running and only an Agenda listing to choose from. It was not always easy to choose […]