ONE TEAM – ONE P&L – that’s the way to do it by Angela Podmore

A masterclass lives up to its billing It’s not often a masterclass in leadership lives up to its name but Bob Duff did this week at an Aston University event. Bob is VP for UK and Ireland at Jacobs - a global engineering enterprise. He introduces himself professionally (joined in 2004 through acquisition) but then adds, [...]

Just keep going by Angela Podmore

Doug Scott – what a man. Such a powerful reputation in the best way – quietly so. This is the man who has climbed all seven summits – the highest point on each continent. When he started with the Atlas, his entire six-week trip cost only £21 per expedition member. We saw him at Malvern [...]

A glimpse of business in the future by Angela Podmore

Beacon brands are ‘always on’ brands which not only meet expectations and go beyond and enable deeper relationships. That calls for transparency. You can only have that if you’re the real deal. That was the topline at a fascinating www.bcu.ac.uk presentation by Britain’s most admired companies (as featured in http://www.managementtoday.co.uk/) where Amanda Sourry, chairman of [...]

There’s no I in team by Jade Mansell

One of the most overused clichés in history? Possibly. One of the most pertinent and underestimated values in business? Almost definitely. Teamwork is just one value which should help to make up a code of conduct in the workplace, and this is the key ingredient for the maintenance of reputation: a clear, enforced, and well-thought [...]