A good future focused leader has to have a ‘futurist mindset’. This means being able to look over the horizon on a continuous basis and constantly adjusting our present-day actions in response to what…
Business and finance journalist, Matt Packer discusses key news stories with the Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM) head of research, policy & standards, Kate Cooper. When it comes to appointing leaders in a…
The top 10 industries that suffer the highest business ‘death rates’ have been revealed by Turnerlittle.com. Death rate definition: Businesses that have ceased to trade are referred to as business deaths. The death rate…
In a range of situations, if you extend your comfort zone you extend your confidence. This is because you extend your beliefs about what you’re capable of doing. Here are ten top tips to…
The cost of recovering from a data security breach for UK organisations has been estimated at £1.1 million ($1.4m) by NTT Security. The study of business decision makers’ attitudes to risk and the value of…
Businesses could be taking huge risks by not recognising the value of the procurement function, according to research from 1st Executive. The analysis found that, while many firms recognise procurement as a business critical function,…
What’s keeping IT professionals awake at night? Data storage, data access and data sharing. Compliance, regulation and the unpredictable behaviour of employees have the biggest impact on data security, according to a new Concensus survey….
Employees who become distracted at work are more likely to be the cause of human error and a potential security risk. This is according to a poll conducted by Centrify into how human error might lead…
Most big advertisers’ idea of best practice for the development of ad campaigns includes a fairly rigorous quantitative test before they put an ad on the air. Often the test results involve prescriptive changes and…
More than 1.4 million jobs are at risk as 363,000 small businesses plan to stop trading in the next five years, according to a survey commissioned by Bizdaq. The research found that more than 363,000…