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The Spirit of the Game

April 18th, 2012

With the Olympics looming, (the start is exactly 100 days away from today), this book by Mihir Bose caught our eye as it explores how sport has influenced the modern world.

This fascinating book walks us through the history of sport and clarifies how the links to business began when the value of endorsement was seen by Horst Dassler (Adidas) in the 1960’s.

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Quick problem solving technique

April 10th, 2012

We tested out the simple ‘5 whys’ problem solving technique recently to get to the root of a problem quickly and we have to say that it does work.

This technique became popular in the 1970’s by Toyota. The ‘5 whys’ approach involves looking at any problem or issue and simply asking ‘why?’ or ‘what are the reasons for the problem?’ until the root cause becomes apparent.

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How Managers can stay employable amidst the doom and gloom

March 20th, 2012

The CMI latest research report suggests that while 2011 has been a very difficult year for UK managers, 2012 looks set to be equally challenging.

Nearly half of UK managers are expecting redundancies in 2012, and over a third of managers feel insecure in their jobs.
Managers have grave concerns over their organisations’ people capabilities – 43% do not believe their organisation has the right people to fulfil business objectives in 2012.
Optimism about the UK’s economic performance for 2012 remains low as organisations continue to face the effects of European economic instability, rising energy prices and domestic austerity.

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Innovation versus control & discipline

March 12th, 2012

Leadership development over recent years has traditionally placed great emphasis on the need for leaders to be innovative in order to lead their organisation to greater levels of success.

Controversially, the author of Good to Great, Jim Collins believes that greatness comes from consistency rather than innovation. In his new book, ‘Great by Choice’, he challenges the causes of success and questions whether it derives from luck or talent; genius or hard work or creativity or plain diligence.

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