Well, a very "Happy New Year" to you all! Actually, I spent my New Year's Eve slaving over a hot keyboard. Yes, I was working while the world was out playing. BUT, I am extremely happy to announce that all 120,000 words of my new (third) book called "Growing your Read More
Succession is one of those persistent and serious problems in the professions but, with the inevitable staff cuts that are taking place as a result of the economic turmoil, is one that has temporarily been forgotten. But it is sure to emerge again in an even bigger and uglier version Read More
During the management education course I was running today at the fabulous training centre at the Institute of Director hub at Old Broad Street House, we spent some time contemplating good management (which is not the same as good leadership) and considered a number of interesting issues. Amongst them was Read More
Last night I joined one of my long standing accountancy clients – haysmacintyre – when they hosted an informal dinner at the Institute of Directors for managing partners of small and medium sized law firms with speaker Phil Gott (www.philgott.com) talking on the subject of partner appraisals. It was a Read More