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10/05/2012
Did you know that it’s the end of the road for the Alpha male corporate animal like legendary General Electric CEO Jack Welch?
There’s no place for a Caesar type figure in modern organisations. The manager who runs his department like a king and takes all decisions himself is now dead. Long live Post Heroic Leadership.
04/08/2011
Hello again, I’m going to talk about someone else in business that I admire and the website where he presents his ideas. Marcin Jakubowski may not consider himself a businessman in the usual sense but he’s certainly inspirational and innovative. I first came across him on TED, a brilliant website that is not only educational but can also really help you to improve your English.
07/07/2011
I’m going to be writing a series about people in business that I most admire and potentially some that I don’t! First of all I’m going to start with a British woman, Karren Brady. I’ve chosen her for two reasons; firstly, she champions women in business and always has and secondly, because she has made a highly-successful career in football which is still very much dominated by men.
02/12/2010
I frequently teach business English courses at our Holland Park School and I often show business DVDs in the class room. The two most popular ones are definitely The Apprentice and Dragons’ Den, both currently showing on the BBC. Today I’d like to tell you about The Apprentice as I believe that there are some lessons to be learnt from watching it.
29/09/2010
Hello again, as promised in my last blog about work life balance. I’m going to give you ten tips on time management. Many years ago when I worked for IBM I was sent on a time management course and I was guilty of committing every ‘crime’ that the trainer mentioned! I wish I could say that since that day my time management has been brilliant but that would be a blatant lie…but at least I now realise when I’m getting it wrong!! So here they are, I hope that you find some of them useful.
