Misunderstood, sometimes peripheral, always underrated: Procurement executives are the business world’s very own goth music scene. And just like the great goth bands, they had their heyday when things were tough. After the 2008 crash, when CFOs were busy turning budgets into confetti, it was frequently their counterparts in procurement that delivered huge cost […]
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Leading bid expert, Andrew Morison examines how successful bidders will have to navigate their way through big issues such as Brexit, Grenfell and GDPR. Whilst 2017 has seen some changes in what is important to buyers, 2018 looks like a period of greater flux. Successful bidders will have to navigate their way through some
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Risk management is sometimes considered the step child of personal finance because it often takes a back seat to Investments. Proper Insurance should be equally weighted with Asset Management practices. Executives crazed by today’s madness of complexity and confusion in their business lives should not take their eyes off the ball with their personal
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It’s the investment that everyone is talking about. Bitcoin, the gift that seems to keep on giving. Predicted to be a passing fad by many, myself included, staying in the realm of digital geeks, using it as another way of differentiating themselves from the masses. Or to be another investment bubble waiting to burst like
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Wendy Merry, People & Organisation Development Director at Civica explores what’s needed to be a truly modern leader. It’s fair to say that in today’s evolving landscape, leading isn’t an easy task. However, strong leadership is the backbone of solid governance and is increasingly important for organisations to navigate their way through the most
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You may not know it and you may not want it, but there are people out there copying you. As soon as you become a CEO, people start treating you as a role model. It happens whether you’re a flamboyant Branson or Dyson, a shy, retiring Gates or Zuckerberg or something in between. And if
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Mergim Butaja from BBC’s The Apprentice talks exclusively to The Executive Magazine, on being a casualty of the ruthless Lord Sugar, and life after the show. “Prior to appearing on the apprentice, I was a young adult with very little experience in the business world. One thing for sure, I was an opportunist. Whilst working on
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It’s not only elephants. How often do we let the important questions go unasked? Or awkwardly or politely talk around the real-issues? How often do we feel unable to challenge behaviour, performance or opinions? It is difficult enough amongst peers, but what about in the leadership hierarchy or upwardly within the organisational structure of
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GOING THE EXTRA MILE IS KEY TO A SUCCESSFUL CAREER, SAYS OUTGOING BOSS AFTER FOUR DECADES AT PICKERSGILL-KAYE After more than 42 years’ service with Leeds-based lock manufacturer Pickersgill-Kaye, General Manager Peter Murphy has called time on a career which began as a student work placement in the summer of 1974, then progressing from an apprentice
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