While family owned businesses are especially vulnerable to problems of succession, their longer-term outlook generally leads to greater stability, finds Taron Wade, Associate Director at Standard & Poor’s
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Sulking, shouting or sharing – what’s your company’s culture?
Emotional resilience and conflict management expert Julian Hall of Calm People explores the cultures that leaders accidentally create and the effects they have. From sulking to shouting and sharing to shrinking violets, why a company’s culture is what a manager makes it.
Lack Of Support For Managers Leads To Leadership Problems And Crisis Of Organisational Culture
New research released from the CIPD, the professional body for HR and people development, reveals that 36 per cent of line managers have not received any training for their role, and that time for effective line management is too often squeezed or lost in favour of more immediate task oriented priorities.
Coffee bean innovator grinds out a win at Pitch 2013
An entrepreneur who turns used coffee beans into fuel has been crowned the champion in one of the UK’s longest running small business competitions.
Ten Surprising Secrets for Success
Shed Simove is an inventor, business maverick and the author of ‘Success Or Your Money Back’. Here Shed reveals his ten surprising secrets for success.
Do you want to get engaged?
Clive Leake, leadership and management specialist at Whow! Leadership explains how to get buy-in from your team and engage your workforce to improve your profits…
Do you profit from your employees low self esteem?
Julian Hall, Director of Calm People, the stress, anger and conflict management experts, explains why having employees with low self esteem could add plenty of pounds to your bottom line, but why this might be storing up problems for the future.
Seven tips for delivering cultural change in order for businesses to grow
Lack of employee engagement could be damaging the long term future of many businesses in the UK. Stephen Archer, director of business consultancy Spring Partnerships looks at how this can be turned around and his seven steps for delivering cultural change.
Failing to plan?
As the saying goes from Benjamin Franklin ‘If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail!”
Should you buy Twitter shares?
Twitter announced recently that it intended to float on the stock market, a debut expected later this year or early next. But should you consider buying the shares? Investors who previously bought into high-technology firms at the first opportunity have enjoyed mixed fortunes.
Top 5 Ways to Tell if you are in a Dead-End Job
Unless you are one of the few lucky people who are currently doing their dream job, you are probably looking for ways to improve your career prospects. That is why it is good to ask yourself whether you are working in an environment that allows you to do that.
How to choose the right office space for your business
Whether it’s a move to your very first office or to your twentieth there are essential questions you need to ask yourself.
Why off-site meetings work
Gary Devlin, Events Manager, Radisson Blu Hotel London Stansted Airport, explains why holding meetings outside the office in professional meeting spaces can be a boon to both workforces and managers.
Seven Top Tips for Leading through Uncertainty
Many leaders are currently facing the challenge of leading in conditions of great uncertainty in an unpredictable environment.
How to Pipeline Talent for your Business
As a small business, finding the right talent can be a tricky process. You may not have the time to even squeeze in an interview here and there, let alone vet CVs thoroughly, which is why locating a local source and using it for specific talent pipelining can work so well.
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