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VW Crisis – what price for a Leader’s Integrity?
Volkswagen is the latest and possibly the highest profile in a long line of self-destructive corporate disasters deriving from lack of integrity at the top. As announced by VW last week, the current provision set aside to deal with the issue is a huge €6.5bn, meaning...
Coaches: good enough for Olympians, but not for you?
With just one year to go until the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, we look at the importance of a coach on the performance of an Olympic athlete and how a valuable a coach can be in the professional arena. An athlete's sheer determination undoubtedly contributes...
What’s the $2.5 billion dollar secret of his success?
It was announced recently that Google‘s Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt is set to sell a sizable portion of his Google holdings. On Friday February 8th 2013 it was revealed that he is to sell up to 3.2 million shares of the 7.6 million shares that he owns. On current...
Leadership Lessons from Lincoln
Regularly topping historian’s lists as one of America’s most important presidents, Abraham Lincoln is regarded as one of the greatest leaders of all time and now that he is back on our screens in the new Steven Spielberg film, we decided to take a look at how we can...
What makes a leader charismatic?
Not all leaders are charismatic but a great leader needs to have a powerful presence and having charisma certainly helps. Alan Denton is a business coach, working with executives in all fields to help them findi their inner leader; here are his tips to become a more...
What do you want to get out of 2013 for your business and your personal life?
What New Year Resolutions are you making for your Business Life or Personal Life this year? And should you even distinguish between the two aspects of your life? How many of us have stood in a slightly drunken state at a New Year Party and declared X or Y as a New...
Overseas operations can lead to problems that many have not foreseen
Just because a company has ambitions to build up global operations, it does not automatically follow that it has a global outlook. How can your company prepare for shifting mindsets to work better overseas? Here are a few thoughts: Appreciate and reconcile the...
Leaders – are they born or are they made?
In my job I am privileged to work with some of the UK’s great leaders. However, even people operating at the top of their industry are rarely operating at the top of their PERSONAL game. Having spent time working with some extraordinary people over the years, I have...