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Leadership & Management - Analysis
From director to CEO
Steering a business can be a stressful experience, especially when you're doing it for the first time.
Ten ways to retain customers
Here are ten ways to hang on to existing customers in the downturn without having to slash your prices.
Think twice before scrapping overseas operations
Shutting down offices abroad may not necessarily be the best course of action when looking to cut costs, writes Simon Cook, CEO of venture capital firm DFJ Esprit.
Reinventing the media
These are testing times for media businesses. GrowthBusiness catches up with the winners of the Canaccord Adams Media Magnate Awards to find out how they are handling the various challenges they face.
Save the world, quit your job
The global economy needs people like you to lead it out of recession, writes Simon Cook, CEO of venture firm DFJ Esprit.
The alpha leader in turbulent times
Forceful ‘alpha’ types are good at overcoming obstacles to get things done: perfect in a recession, you would have thought. But tough times can also bring out the ugly side of their dominant personalities.
CEOs who saved their companies
The turnaround industry is booming as more companies get into financial trouble. But it doesn’t always take an army of advisers to make a business strong again.
Michael Grade: Road to recovery?
Michael Grade announced a five-year turnaround plan in 2007 for ITV. Now the recession has hit, Andrew MacLeod asks whether the business tycoon can still help the ailing channel to make the grade.
Survival strategies in a depression
Times of economic turmoil require businesses to adapt quickly. Sometimes that requires radical, even painful action.
The cleantech challenge
As the economic downturn deepens and spreads across the world, GrowthBusiness looks at how cleantech companies are reconciling the need for short-term survival with their long-term aims.
Less lonely at the top
No one wants to see ignorance or indecision in their CEO, but leaders are human too. Here's how executive coaching can help.
Know your strengths
It’s assumed that entrepreneurs make good leaders, but I’m not so sure, writes Michael Jackson.
Qualities of great leaders
Effective business leadership doesn’t just happen – it’s the result of careful work and learned skills, writes Tony Price, interim CEO of chief executives' organisation Vistage International. Some MDs and CEOs adopt a controlling style, others prefer a “hands-off” approach, and most of us fall somewhere between the two.
Can schools teach leadership?
Never has there been so much time and space devoted to entrepreneurs, from The Apprentice and Dragons' Den to dedicated courses in top business schools. Even secondary schools are now getting in on the act, writes Chris Ingram.
Research
- From video games developers to firms of architects, creative businesses of all kinds struggle to get adequate financing due to a misconception that they cannot be analysed systematically, claims a new report. The study comes from the Centre for Creative Business (CCB), a joint venture between London Business School and University of the Arts London.
Directors' Pay AIM 2009
What should an AIM company pay its CEO or FD?
What should a non-executive director or chairman expect to be paid?
What benchmarks should AIM remuneration committee members be using when
setting pay?
VCT Special Report 2009
This reports principle aim is to provide business owners seeking funding with information about the amount of funds that VCTs have to invest.
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AIM Guide 2009/2010
The 2009/2010 AIM Guide contains essential information for anyone interested in the Alternative Investment Market.
Business XL
Business XL is written by leaders for leaders. The magazine is a fountain of inside information and knowledge, which can only be delivered by people who have started, bought and grown their own business.
M&A Magazine
M&A Magazine is the leading mid-market monthly corporate finance publication in the UK.
Videos
Punch above your weight
Jos White, who sold his company MessageLabs for $695 million, on why it's so important to act like a bigger business than you really are.
Meeting menaces: The Waffler
More tips from John Cleese, who reveals how to stop a waffler in full flow.
Reducing energy usage
Ian Cheshire, chairman of B&Q, explains how the store has saved 10,000 tonnes of carbon emissions.
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Enterprise-class e-commerce for mid-sized businesses
Online shopping has become ubiquitous and has changed customers' expectations. But how can mid-sized companies tackle e-commerce?
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Leaders and Successful Managers
This section covers various aspects of leadership and management issues in business. There are interviews with successful entrepreneurs and CEO profiles, analysis from business leaders and top management schools, plus special features on subjects like talent spotting and guides to MBAs.
