by Jonathan Gifford | Apr 28, 2010 | Leadership issues
The UK’s 2010 election, like most (but not all) elections, is all about the desire for change and the fear of the unkown. In the light of the current appallingly dull yet strangely addictive television debates between our political leaders, what are we learning...
by Jonathan Gifford | Apr 8, 2010 | Leadership issues
This article first appeared in the Yorkshire Post newspaper on April 5th 2010, and can be seen on the Yorksire Post website During the English Civil War, Parliament really did ban Christmas. The dominant puritan faction had worked themselves into a moralistic lather...
by Jonathan Gifford | Feb 25, 2010 | Leadership issues
Toyota’s leadership team are still struggling with one of the most intriguing – and dangerous – challenges to face a major global corporation in recent years. How is the leadership team doing? I think that ‘better’ must be the answer. Is it enough? Hard to say. Akio...
by Jonathan Gifford | Feb 4, 2010 | Leadership issues
Jack Welch, (CEO of America’s General Electric Company from 1981-2001) came up with the most succinct and compelling description of crisis management that I have seen. On Welch’s watch it was alleged that workers at a GEC plant producing military components for...
