Management

Benefits to last a life time

Employee benefits aren’t merely add-on fairy dust. Margrit Schmid Head of Swiss Life Network and CEO of Corporate Solutions at Swiss Life argues a good benefits package is a huge incentive to attract the brightest and the best – especially in an uncertain market

Spotify the difference

Daniel Ek, CEO and founder of a downloadable P2P-based music-streaming-on-demand application, has a userbase of over one million. For someone who started their first company at 14, it’s no surprise how quickly Spotify has revamped our consumption of music

Seeing is believing

Deploying a visual communications solution could be the most significant business decision you make this decade By Russell Bolan, CEO, Dimension Data Europe

Realising your potential

A global opportunity to advance your business: the Modular Executive MBA

Management development

The Management Development Centre (MDC) at Durham Business School has helped many companies to get the best out of their business. By developing close relationships with our clients and focusing on organisational requirements, the MDC is able to develop a programme that matches your needs

C-level executive – business continuity imperative

Despite a series of recent highly publicised, wide-scale disasters and disruptions that include 9/11, the H1N1 pandemic, the Madrid and London train bombings, Tsunamis, the Northeastern US blackout, European floodings, and Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, most large firms are not prepared for a disaster

Bringing it together

Marsh Risk Consulting argues that integrating risk management and business continuity boosts resilience. It’s a potent argument for change say Martin Caddick and Eddie McLaughlin

Communicate anywhere

Out of office doesn’t have to mean out of touch

Making conferences a global experience

A flatter world means more opportunities, says Bruce MacMillan, CA, President and CEO of Meeting Professionals International

There’s a lot to learn from Steve Jobs

Apple’s legendary CEO, Steve Jobs, was top of Fortune’s list of most powerful people in business in 2007. What goes into making a business leader so creatively effective and universally admired?

Gadgets: Into the white

There is something about pristine, white gadgets that combine exemplary design with extreme levels of quality which can bring the grasping materialist out in all of us. Here are some of the best

Power at your finger tips

With hundreds of laptop computer models ranging from ‘desktop replacements’ to super ultra-lights – choosing a laptop today can be a daunting task. Often, more choice comes with increased confusion. In order to simplify the process Andrian Adams puts himself in the shoes of a busy travelling executive; and establishes which features are the most […]

Seeing the business benefits of video communication

Video communication can lead to greater creativity and faster decision making – you just need to know how to work with it, says Nick Earle, senior vice president of services, Cisco Europe

Sustainability at the top

Neela Bettridge, executive coach and co-founder of Article 13 investigates the issue of sustainabilty

Born to command: why less is more

Old-style imperial leadership is unlikely to deliver the best financial results or get the best out of the people who work for you, argues Williams Johnston, commercial director of the Great Place to Work Institute in the UK

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