The Klopp effect: What can business leaders learn from Liverpool’s ...
“I had fourth-division feet and a first-division head”, said a younger Jurgen Klopp in the days when he was managing Borussia Dortmund FC. And since his managerial career began in 2001, he’s shown jus...
How to make better decisions - Sam Reese, Vistage CEO
Leadership is about decisions - so much so that a Chief Executive Officer may as well be called a Chief Decision Maker. Yet 60% of executives surveyed by McKinsey think their companies make bad strate...
Are you a Ma or a Musk? Macro vs. Micromanagement in modern business
Elon Musk and Jack Ma are two very successful business magnates who have changed the game when it comes to putting a public face to their respective companies and utilising modern tactics and ideas to...
Assessing Santa's performance as a business leader
It’s the most wonderful time of the year (ding dong). Lights are twinkling, Slade’s playing on every radio channel and all eyes turn towards the Chief Exec of Christmas, the main man, the one and only...
It’s lonely at the top: Emma Stroud talks about the challenges female ...
Leadership and the journey to becoming a leader are not for the faint-hearted. From personal development to managing a team to business operations, the challenges are endless. If you’re a woman, the r...
What does 2019's business leader look like?
There’s a constant challenge involved in creating, leading and growing a business. Success takes time, money and energy away from one’s own self, one’s personal wellbeing. It’s the classic work-life b...
Hot or not for 2019? The top trends every business leader needs to be ...
Business trends come and go. Just when you think you’ve got to grips with the latest one, five new ones pop up and make you re-evaluate everything. Some make good business sense and are built to last,...
Don't be a hero: How the 'superleader' hinders rather than helps ...
We live in a hero-worshipping culture; one in which individual strength, success and achievement are held up as ideals to emulate and deify. From film stars and singers to sporting champions and polit...
The introverted leader: Being a leader when it doesn't come naturally
What does the word ‘leader’ make you think of? A powerful army general? An eloquent politician? A confident, charismatic CEO? We tend to associate strong leadership with certain alpha-type characteris...
10 books on business leadership everyone should read
With Christmas approaching, it’s time to give some thought to your wishlist or risk unwrapping yet another copy of Superfreakonomics (to add to the ones you received last year). But where do you beg...
