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Burnout: The enemy of a productive CEO; warning signs of CEO burnout and eight ways to overcome it.

Burnout: The enemy of a productive CEO; warning signs of CEO burnout and eight ways to overcome it.

 By Ruth Cornish, co-founder and director of HRi, UK body for independent HR and people professionals.  The role of a CEO is as tough ..

Cyber risk: managing an escalating threat

Cyber risk: managing an escalating threat

Michael Whitfield: Managing Director of CPP Group UK  Look up “cyber risk” online and you’ll struggle to find an authoritative defini..

Advertising in Digital Magazines

Advertising in Digital Magazines

Advertising in digital magazines is one of the most diverse and lucrative venues for businesses of all sizes. From digital editions to..

Novade Launches Digital Solutions to Mitigate On-site COVID-19 risks

Novade Launches Digital Solutions to Mitigate On-site COVID-19 risks

Ensure safety and productivity with COVID-Safe Site Novade, a leading smart field management software developer for the building and c..

How independent workers will help the UK to get back on its feet

How independent workers will help the UK to get back on its feet

By Julia Kermode , CEO and founder of IWORK Dolly Parton’s 1980’s hit 9-5 rang true for many workers and commuters over the years but ..

Marketing just got sweeter with Padua Communications’ Dolce Vita range of services

Marketing just got sweeter with Padua Communications’ Dolce Vita range of services

Content marketing and PR agency Padua Communications has launched a new range of marketing support services. The Dolce Vita suite of s..

Top tips for keeping up business momentum during a global pandemic

Top tips for keeping up business momentum during a global pandemic

By Mark Wilkinson, The Health and Happiness Coach.  2020 has been a rollercoaster of a year for many businesses worldwide, but that do..

The impact of Covid-19: how we survived through another lockdown

The impact of Covid-19: how we survived through another lockdown

By  Phil Ivers – Head of UK Operations & Independent Suppliers, Gazprom Energy The impact of Covid-19 has left almost every ..

Cautious businesses holding back on making transformational real estate decisions

Cautious businesses holding back on making transformational real estate decisions

LMG research reveals that although 60% of business leaders are reassessing their workspace strategies, only 14% said they would be mak..

Common Barriers to Business Growth Today and How to Overcome Them

Common Barriers to Business Growth Today and How to Overcome Them

Stefano Maifreni, founder of Eggcelerate  What is standing in the way of your business growth? No matter how passionate you are about ..

Eight tips for avoiding anger in the workplace

Eight tips for avoiding anger in the workplace

 By Ruth Cornish, co-founder and director of HRi This week marks the start of Anger Awareness Week and this year the spotlight is on p..

UK employees waste over 40 working days a year each on tasks that could be automated by robots

UK employees waste over 40 working days a year each on tasks that could be automated by robots

A quarter wanted to quit their job during the pandemic due to frustrating processes Fewer than 2/3 of businesses started using new te..

Market Research for Effective Marketing Strategies

Market Research for Effective Marketing Strategies

The most important marketing function is the development of an effective marketing process. No matter what your product or service is,..

How can leaders speak to others so they listen

How can leaders speak to others so they listen

NICHOLAS BRICE Value-driven organisations where leaders communicate persuasively, both online and offline are in a stronger position ..

Why Mentoring is Vital to Organisational Inclusivity

Why Mentoring is Vital to Organisational Inclusivity

By  Ed Johnson Co-Founder & CEO of PushFar  Diversity and inclusion continue to be important topics of focus for organisations and..

New business school partnership to guide future leaders towards building a more responsible society

New business school partnership to guide future leaders towards building a more responsible society

MIP, the Business School of Politecnico di Milano, has launched a pioneering partnership with independent consultancy, The Mind at Wor..

HOW TO LEAD CHANGE EFFECTIVELY

HOW TO LEAD CHANGE EFFECTIVELY

By Gary Knight, CEO of WOLF If 2020 has taught us anything, it’s that businesses should always be ready for change. Planned or unplann..

Executive Leadership Versus Organizational Leadership

Executive Leadership Versus Organizational Leadership

Leadership is a term used by a variety of people to describe different types of leadership styles, including leadership styles that ar..

Securing liquidity in a downturn by assessing cloud and legacy IT spend

Securing liquidity in a downturn by assessing cloud and legacy IT spend

Tom Schröder, Director International Partners and Strategic Alliances, Serviceware It has been a turbulent year for all – and with Eng..

Homeworking here to stay for four in five UK SMEs as social restrictions tighten

Homeworking here to stay for four in five UK SMEs as social restrictions tighten

Four in five (80%) SMEs surveyed plan to offer more remote working options to their employees The pandemic has accelerated this trend..

Research shows old-fashioned, ‘manly’ bosses are failing workers during pandemic

Research shows old-fashioned, ‘manly’ bosses are failing workers during pandemic

97% of employees say showing you’re emotionally vulnerable at work isn’t valued, yet half (53%) see vulnerability as a key leadership..

Five Reasons to Love your legacy systems

Five Reasons to Love your legacy systems

By Nick Denning is CEO of Diegesis Limited, a business technology and IT systems integration company and Nick is an acknowledged relat..

88% of financial services firms in the UK are under pressure to make decisions faster

88% of financial services firms in the UK are under pressure to make decisions faster

79% of these organisations are not confident in their data literacy levels 72% of FSI firms agree shorter decision making cycles will ..

Transformation a priority for majority of financial services leaders in 2021

Transformation a priority for majority of financial services leaders in 2021

84% of financial services executives are planning transformation projects in the next year New technology, customer experience and ex..

Research Reveals Permanent Shift Towards Ecommerce As Over Half Of Consumers (55%) Plan To Use Online Channels During 2020 Holiday Shopping Season – Luminati Networks

Research Reveals Permanent Shift Towards Ecommerce As Over Half Of Consumers (55%) Plan To Use Online Channels During 2020 Holiday Shopping Season – Luminati Networks

Ecommerce To Continue Expansion As 61% Of Consumers Plan To Stick With Online Retail After The Pandemic Luminati Networks, a leading o..

SCREENWORKS TRANSFORMS TO REBOUND FROM LOCKDOWN LOSSES AND GENERATES NEW GROWTH

SCREENWORKS TRANSFORMS TO REBOUND FROM LOCKDOWN LOSSES AND GENERATES NEW GROWTH

Duncan Gilmour, managing director at Screenworks explains his Covid-19 journey and the focus ahead About Screenworks Screenworks is on..

The price of poor payroll: new research reveals the impact poor payroll management is having on UK SME growth, operations and employee engagement

The price of poor payroll: new research reveals the impact poor payroll management is having on UK SME growth, operations and employee engagement

The YouGov study reveals how a quarter of businesses believe managing payroll requires too much of their time and affects their overa..

3 LEARNING METRICS BUSINESS LEADERS NEED TO DRIVE PERFORMANCE

3 LEARNING METRICS BUSINESS LEADERS NEED TO DRIVE PERFORMANCE

By Duncan Barrett is Head of Product Development at  5App An organisation’s ability to learn – marked by a culture that supports high ..

Re-inventing our dated education systems to support the future economy

Re-inventing our dated education systems to support the future economy

By Christopher Pommerening, Learnlife  Back in 2004, the British government’s Department for Education and Skills (as it was then know..

Third of workers say COVID-19 has set back their professional development

Third of workers say COVID-19 has set back their professional development

A new survey of 2,000 UK adults has revealed the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on people’s professional development. It found: 3..

Empowering employees with positive working experiences

Empowering employees with positive working experiences

By Ryan Demaray, Managing Director SMB EMEA Employees are the lifeblood of every business, but they can’t do their best work if they d..

Home is where the heart is

Home is where the heart is

By Rick Hughes, author or ‘Get a Life! Creating a Successful Work-Life Balance’ and Head of Service for the University of Aberdeen Cou..

Ready to Go Back to Work? Not Quite

Ready to Go Back to Work? Not Quite

By David Laws, partner at Matthews & Goodman Now we have a vaccine will it be business as usual, or has the work paradigm changed ..

Flexible working – the solution to poor work-life balance

Flexible working – the solution to poor work-life balance

By Jessica Heagren, CEO of That Works For Me  Work-life balance is often misunderstood. It’s about more than just being with lov..

Peak performance: why your B Team needs to be on your A Team

Peak performance: why your B Team needs to be on your A Team

By Liam O’Meara, VP of Europe for Axonify Some grocery retailers faced recent criticism that they had unfairly benefited from rates re..

What makes an entrepreneurial mindset?

What makes an entrepreneurial mindset?

By Nick Gold, MD of Speakers Corner Labelling mindsets and behaviours as ‘entrepreneurial’ is an interesting notion as it suggests tha..

Leadership and Managing People

Leadership and Managing People

Chris McDermott, Managing Director of The 1:1 Diet by Cambridge Weight Plan and Chair of the Employee Ownership Association, shares hi..