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What makes an effective leader? This month we are considering four guiding principles for leading change and this week we’re discussing the second principle; supporting people through the Change…

Over the last year, organisations have faced enormous challenges, and the UK is now on course for a double-dip recession for the first time since 1975. The challenge for business leaders therefore at…

When it comes to viewing your business from a ‘helicopter’ perspective, taking a world view may seem a little extreme. But that’s what Professor Steve Kempster, Professor of Leadership Learning and…

Now, arguably more than at any time since the Second World War, leadership is needed, at all levels in businesses, in organisations of all types and across society as a whole.   As we stand at the…

A Gallup poll of more than 1 million employees confirmed that the number one reason people why people quit their jobs is a bad boss or immediate supervisor.  This is a costly problem; costly in…

Some time ago, I was presented with the ultimate hospital pass in being challenged to create one successful Business Link out of five failing ones in the NW of England. Fortunately for me as Chair of…

This week's blog is from our expert Masterclass speaker, Graham Clark, who shares his views on Transactional Analysis and how it can help us with our personal development.…

This week's blog is an article by George Barbee on leadership and vision for Strategy+Business magazine that fits well with our theme for the week on Vision and Purpose. When it comes to making…

One of the first nursery rhymes we learn is Old McDonald which has the catchy line E-I-E-I- O. In this posting we take EI and bring it into a leadership and business context with an approach that can…