The problem with Women on Boards is that there is not enough of them, (only 12.5{2d8ca8a57a2be9c4e7c5f608c633b8d2972cbc20ea13f00e48eca0a2f3e4a9f8} for FTSE100 Boards by December 2010), despite the strong business case and evidence to demonstrate that companies perform better with a diverse board in place, as highlighted earlier this year by Lord Davies in his “Women on Boards” report. […]
Recently my mother had the pleasure of being a NHS customer twice in the space of 4 weeks at different hospitals for different operations. Both hospitals had similar targets to meet. The care received at the first hospital was excellent. The staff was diligent and conscientious, responding politely and respectfully to patients and their visitors […]
We all recognise good leaders, but have you ever stopped to think what are the essential qualities and skills that are common to all good leaders? In fact, these qualities which we admire so much in others are also inside of all of us and the real question is how much time and effort do […]
This is a brilliant book, which applies Systems Thinking to boss behaviour, written by Chetan Dhruve. I found this book an excellent read explaining how bosses do not set out to be dictators. The author is certainly not analysing bosses’ behaviours, instead he explores how the systems in place influence bosses to behave in the […]
