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The British economy needs to have strong, effective CEOs behind its back in order to grow. That's according to John Cridland, the director-general of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), who spoke in favour of strong CEOs after the former RBS chief executive Fred Goodwin was stripped of his knighthood. "Britain needs successful and growing companies," he claimed. "It ne….
The most recent issue of The CA magazine contains an interesting article on the recent findings of The CA UK Salary Survey. It bases its findings on submissions by ICAS members who are all chartered accountants. As such, the pay scales may have little or nothing to do with many Vistage members but the survey is nonetheless fascinating particularly when it comes to the perks which are use….
Leadership development for senior managers has been named a top priority according to a new survey, HR Magazine writes. The Corporate Learning Priorities Survey 2012, carried out by Henley Business School, revealed that around half of all respondents named this as their first or second concern. Many others stated that they would consider using learning and development to aid gr….
Leading Economist Roger Martin-Fagg provides his latest Economic Update . Vistage members can access the economic update in full via Vistage Village, please find below an excerpt Where are we now in Europe? Europe continues its fudge and bodge, it continues to ignore the core problem which is that the Monetary Union just cannot work under the current framework. The Core Pr….
A new CEO would do well to allow the use of personal mobile devices, such as smartphones and tablets, in the workplace. That's according to network security firm Blue Coat Systems, who believe that employees bringing in their endpoint devices as a tool for work is fast becoming an inevitability, cites managers.org.uk. Nigel Hawthorn, vice president of marketing EMEA at the f….
CEOs looking for behavioural changes at their company will have to lead by example, it has been claimed. Speaking at the CIPD Employee Engagement Conference, Nampak Plastics managing director Eric Collins stated that a CEO who shows the required behavioural changes themselves were much more likely to improve productivity and employee engagement within their firm. Collins, whose….
The "crucial role" middle managers play has been lauded, after a survey revealed that they are the group who feels most disengaged, Fresh Business Thinking reports. According to the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development's (CIPD) latest Employee Outlook survey, middle managers are the group most likely to feel the pressures of the current economic downturn. Nearly half of….
The average British CEO is "more optimistic" than their European equivalents about the future, according to new data. PricewaterhouseCooper's annual global survey has revealed that British CEOs are far more likely to invest into their companies and boost headcount than those in Europe, feeling 79 per cent more upbeat about revenue growth, compared with 64 per cent in the Eurozone. ….
Vistage members don’t need reminding how useful social media can be in building a business. Nonetheless, there is an interesting story out today about the way in which Edinburgh firm Morphsuits have used Facebook to grow a business from scratch to a turnover of more than £10 million in under three years. As Facebook gears up for a rumoured initial public offering later this year,….
Vistage speaker Malcolm Smith held a negotiation workshop in September 2011 with Vistage Group 41 which draws its members from the Sussex and Kent area. Malcolm made a bold opening statement to the group at the workshop. By applying his negotiation tools and techniques the group in total would, in a short space of time, be able to save £250,000. Needless to say the members took….
