by Dawna MacLean | Feb 5, 2013 | Archive, Change, Leadership
“Rudeness at work is rampant, and it’s on the rise.” And apparently 98% of people have reported experiencing rude behavior at work…. 50% said they encountered rudeness at least once a week. In an HBR article this month, The Price of Incivility, the authors make...
by Dean van Leeuwen | Jan 30, 2013 | Archive, Change, Future Trends, Leadership
Richard Branson recently said “there is no real difference between work and play – it’s all living” How profoundly true this statement is. I spent yesterday speaking at the excellent Business Leaders Group and the concept of where we work and how we work...
by Keith Coats | Jan 29, 2013 | Leadership
A somewhat unusual question I know but an important one nonetheless. Leadership comes with various pros and cons and the responsibilities associated with leadership can cast a long shadow and present a heavy load. Some talk about leadership as being lonely and most...
by Keith Coats | Jan 23, 2013 | Archive, Change, Leadership
Two headlines in the Business Report caught my eye this morning. The first had to do with China’s economic performance. Later today I am flying to Guangzhou, China for a day’s work with London Business School on the Nestle Leadership Programme. Given TomorrowToday’s...
by Graeme Codrington | Jan 22, 2013 | Archive, Change, Future Trends, Leadership
It was the early 1990s, and a new generation had started entering the world of work at just the time that personal computers were creating opportunities for significant change to the way the workplace functioned. Within just a few years, fax machines were released...
by Keith Coats | Jan 22, 2013 | Leadership
It was 16 February 1600 and a crowd had gathered to watch Italian friar, philosopher, mathematician and astronomer Giordano Bruno being burnt at the stake having been condemned as a heretic. To go against the ‘truth’ as the church defined it was to run the risk of...
