There have always been leaders who get people to follow them – presumably through sheer force of personality rather than by inclusive behaviour. That can be evidenced in a number of ways. However I was reflecting the other day on one in particular who demonstrated the latter approach. General Sir Martin Farndale KCB was a […]
LEAVE are offering a very selfish view. REMAIN are trying to scare the daylights out of everyone. Where is the CIVILISED DEBATE? It seems as though the two sides of the Referendum argument are of the opinion that the British people are entirely selfish and will only respond on the basis of What’s in it […]
I muse upon this in the aftermath of the recent election and installation of Pope Francis I. Now what, I hear you ask, has this got to do with Leadership and Management or Intelligence? Why is Leadership seemingly so unintelligent? Consider the following: We know (as modern science has explained) the origins of the universe […]
It appears that everyone is running around shouting about the latest financial services scandals (Libor/Euribor, Interest Rate Swaps). Heads are being demanded on the proverbial platters but that seems to me to miss the underlying issue – banking culture. Questioning Bob Diamond (late CEO of Barclays) in front of the Treasury Select Committee, Mark […]
There has been plenty splashed all over the media in the last weeks about sleaze and lack of integrity in general. Whether that has been the expenses issue in Parliament, the treatment of retired Gurkhas or the contempt for shareholders in setting the remuneration of senior execs at Royal Dutch Shell and elsewhere. What much […]
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