Maximise your next job interview
In the current economic climate, it’s not easy — even with the best of qualifications — to receive a job offer. Often, your interview with a prospective employer is critical in increasing your chances of being hired.
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The best presentation is you
Whatever we do for a living, it nearly always involves selling our ideas, our organisations and ourselves. Roly Grimshaw and Bakhtiyar Pataudi offer three ways to make presentations that end with new and strong relationships.
Honesty is the best policy
True or false? After completing the interviews of candidates to fill an open position on your staff, you should first rule out applicants who disclosed any shortcomings. The answer: probably false.
How passive face time could make or break your career
Dan Cable, Visiting Professor of Organisational Behaviour at London Business School, has been studying ‘passive face time’ and drawing some fascinating conclusions.
More power to your presentation
You might wonder what similarities there can be between a Russian oligarch and an entrepreneur. When it comes to persuading people to invest, there are plenty, according to Roly Grimshaw.
Leading in tough times
A difficult business climate calls for different leadership skills, says Nigel Nicholson. He offers techniques for helping people to cope with stress and uncertainty and, at the same time, to focus their attention positively on the future.
Successful leadership - how would you know?
Boardrooms and business school classrooms are equally preoccupied with leadership, and success is often assumed to be about profit or Total Shareholder Return. It’s neither.
Managing consultants
As the consulting industry matures, its future is being shaped by concerns about standards of professionalism. Mark Law challenges clients, consultants and management scholars to work together to strengthen it.
Self-help for CEOs
Is it really lonely at the top? Alexander Gutzmer reports on a survey of CEOs that shows why leaders become insulated – and how they combat destructive isolation.
Leading fast turnarounds
How do you turn a laggard into a leader in just a few years? Mark Gottfredson and Steve Schaubert join forces with Alan Hirzel to reveal the key steps.
The heart of leadership
The most important skill of a leader is too often overlooked, according to Stuart Crainer and Des Dearlove. The best leaders, they have found, practise the eight key disciplines for communicating clearly.
Branding from the inside out
One seldom thinks of the human resource function as a base for marketing, but Nader Tavassoli makes a persuasive case for starting your branding strategy with your own employees.
Empires of the Mind
Can individuals or organizations increase their creativity and achieve greater success?
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