Speaker
Contact Jonathan at info@jonathangifford.com or call for an introductory conversation on 0845 527 9828
Jonathan is currently delivering a series of leadership development sessions at Oxford University’s Saïd Business School as part of BG Group’s project leadership programme.
The current sessions are based in part around the fundamental principle of Jonathans’ book, History Lessons, which looks at the leadership skills of great leaders from history and argues that successful leaders come in all shapes and sizes, and that even great leaders have many weaknesses which are nevertheless overwhelmed by their strengths in key areas.
Jonathan explores the fundamental difference between management and leadership, and the fact that leadership is inevitably involved with human and emotional issues.
Some of the fundamental ideas behind Jonathan’s next book, Blindsided, (published by Marshall Cavendish Business in November 2011) are also explored in this context. The book suggests that business is constantly surprised, or blindsided, by the supposedly irrational behaviour of both its consumers and its own executives, despite the fact that this supposedly irrational behaviour is consistent, well-documented, predictable and entirely human.
Jonathan’s profile
Jonathan worked for many years leading advertising sales teams for national newspapers including The Guardian, The Sunday Express and The Mail on Sunday. He joined BBC Magazines in 1992 where he was the launch publisher of the award-winning BBC History Magazine and later launched the young music magazine, Popgirl.
Jonathan is a partner at Bluequest Media www.bluequest.co.uk and author on leadership and management for Marshall Cavendish International.
“Jonathan is one of the best conference speakers I have worked with: amusing, engaging and genuinely inspirational.” Mary Langan, Owner, Nua Training
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