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This blog first appeared on the Bradford University School of Management blog. Next week, I am hosting the MBA Preview event at our Bradford campus, on Wednesday 10 July (there is still time to sign up if you are interested – see below for more information). We are looking at how an MBA gives you

This blog appeared first on the Bradford University School of Management blog. When should business leaders step down? I discussed this very topic recently in an interview with Chris Bond for the Yorkshire Post, following Chris Hoy’s announcement of his decision to retire from cycling. Six-time Olympic Gold medallist and general all-round cycling legend, Sir

This blog first appeared on the Bradford University School of Management blog. Amazon has been one of the stratospheric success stories of the last century, never mind decade.   Can you believe it only started in 1993?  But with every revolution there are casualties.   And last week in the UK we saw one of these, with

This blog first appeared on the Bradford University School of Management blog. As the hurricane starts to batter the East Coast of America, I was this evening asked by BBC Radio Leeds to talk about the impact of shutting down a city like New York. 1. People will be most affected The immediate impact has

This post first appeared on the Bradford University School of Management blog, about whether SMEs could learn from their big business brothers.  I think they can – and here are the key themes for this. Theme 1 – I’m simply too busy to think about strategic planning Why? Because SMEs are more likely to be

This blog first appeared on the Bradford University School of Management blog. What are the key challenges for business in this economy? And what does that mean for managers and the skills they need to acquire and focus on? This was the topic at an event that Bradford University School of Management held recently to

This blog first appeared on the Bradford University School of Management blog. Standing in a queue for tickets at the Edinburgh Festival last week, my mobile kept on ringing.  Waiting to go in to see Jonathan Agnew at the Edinburgh Book Festival, the same happened.  What were both journalists and our PR agency continually calling

This post also appeared as a guest article on the Chartered Management Institute’s blog and on the Bradford University School of Management blog. A  potential client asked me to provide some recommendations for the performance measurement by main board members of a newly appointed operating unit managing director.  It would be fairly simple, one would

This post also appeared as a guest article on the Chartered Management Institute’s blog and on the Bradford School of Management blog Research by the Forum of Private Business has found that most of their members are not investing in management skills, preferring to “teach themselves” or take informal advice or training. This is largely

This blog first appeared on the Bradford University School of Management blog. I am sitting in a restaurant working my way through a hearty bowl of spaghetti Bolognaise.  Through the window I can see the temperature gauge recording a frosty minus 4.  Kids are playing in the snow and adults are going up high on

This blog first appeared on the Bradford University School of Management blog. Well we knew it was going to be tough but the Comprehensive Spending Review has probably presented those of us working in the public sector with challenges even greater than expected. 1. Public sector cuts are long term – and permanent Cuts in

This blog first appeared as a guest blog for the Forum of Private Business and on the Bradford University School of Management blog. How will the Comprehensive Spending Review affect the Private Sector? Soon after the election, the government announced the bonfire of quangos – and scrapping 192 public bodies.  This week we wait to