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Original insight to the leadership debate

Original insight to the leadership debate

Leadership is one of the most discussed and debated issues of our age. From Tony Blair to Max Weber, Rob Goffee and his co-author, Gareth Jones, provide a unique view of the state of our understanding of leadership.

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What a day looks like

A day with the Chief Executive Officer of Indus Towers, the world’s largest tower company serving telecom operators.

BS Shantharaju

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Leaders Direct: The Leadership Gene

For an engineering company in a rapidly changing world, innovation is central, and in this interview with Richard Brass, Jürg Oleas talks about how to make innovating a habit, what makes a leader and how, when it comes to leadership, charisma just...

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What it takes: Richard Downs

Richard Downs is founder and chief executive of the ski, cruise and family holiday company, Iglu.com. He graduated from London Business School in 1998.

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As much as I can

Frank McCosker leads one of the most creative and influential teams in Microsoft — the team that serves the UN, the EU, the World Bank and other global public institutions with whom he has pioneered a new class of private-public partnership.

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Leading the way: Ursula Burns

The ability to persevere in the face of what may seem impossible odds is the story of Ursula Burns, who began her career as an engineering intern at Xerox and rose to become CEO of the company in 2009.

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Handy Essentials

Charles Handy, who has labelled himself a social philosopher, is arguably the first and most insightful commentator on the modern company's role in today's rapidly changing society. eBSR presents the distilled and essential Handy.

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Where business and politics meet

Strategy is an essential ingredient of business success. In this interview, David Bach tells Tom Brown how he came to believe that nonmarket strategy is just as important for future corporate success.

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Branching out

What happens when a company transforms its technological capabilities by entering a "new to the firm" niche?

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Keeping score

The dilemma of what to measure is as old as business itself. From Frederick Taylor's scientific management at the turn of the twentieth century to contemporary notions of shareholder value, managers have soughts reassurance and motivation in measurement.

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Driving force: Sir Martin Sorrell

In a wide ranging interview with Des Dearlove, Sir Martin Sorrell talks of the importance of his MBA, his post-Blackberry reading habits, Bill Shankly, leadership and how he allocates his time.

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