Now the recession is apparently over, global companies are back to thinking about the future...
Chris Ingram founded media agency CIA in 1976, which grew into Tempus Group and was sold to WPP for more than £430 million. He now invests in media and sports businesses through Ingram Enterprise
A love of football starts in childhood and, in a sense, never really leaves there. Footie is pure fantasy where club owners, players and fans lose themselves in the pursuit of the next win.
A recent study of employees at an investment management company found that they were interrupted 20 times an hour.
One of the things most frequently overlooked by young entrepreneurs is the scalability of their venture.
Listening will make you a better leader and that’s all the more true when times are hard.
If people think about negotiating at all, they assume you should play it hard and reveal nothing.
I often wonder about how serious companies are about getting the best staff.
I like the optimist who pointed out that, even if 2009 turns out as bad as many predict, it will still be the third best year we’ve ever had.
Last month, I wrote about the recession and said the predicted 2.5 per cent fall in GDP should not necessarily be a cause for widespread doom and gloom.
The gloom and doom is everywhere and I certainly don’t want to add to it, but we’ve been told that the economy is declining at its fastest rate for 60 years.
A lot of people building businesses struggle with the concepts of micromanagement and empowerment.
Big companies usually have a hierarchy with layers of execs between the boardroom and the customer.
Hubris in business takes many forms. There’s the small stuff we can all have a chuckle about.
If you want to flourish, it’s vital you understand what makes people tick.
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