Society expects business to engage with communities and good causes
McDonald’s is about to launch the “biggest” push for its Ronald McDonald House charity that provides accommodation to families whose children are in hospital, while shoe brand Crocs has relaunched its...
View ArticleVisit Gower at PMI Synergy 2012 -1st November 2012
Tomorrow, Gower is sponsoring and attending PMI Synergy 2012 at Indig02, London. You will find Jonathan Norman (Publishing Director) and Anton Clark (Marketing) on stand S-9, who will be displaying a...
View ArticleIf you just see the synergy between business & military leadership as...
There is a huge amount that business leaders can learn from the military experience; the trouble is that in many cases, the lessons require translation. Bob Garlick’s interview in Business Book Talk...
View ArticleWhy are Chief Executives running scared?
In a recent article for the Health Service Journal, Douglas Board, author of Choosing Leaders and Choosing to Lead discusses the NHS and how it needs leaders who are curious and ready to take risks –...
View ArticleSurely, time to stop being lead by the nose?
I really enjoyed Douglas Board’s interview with Bob Garlick on the recent Business Book Talk. It’s extraordinarily demoralising, when we are all struggling to create a new future in an uncertain...
View ArticleWebinar: How can HR unlock the value of the middle manager?
Jane Sparrow with be presenting a webinar on Monday 18th March, 2013 at 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM GMT discussing how HR can unlock the value of the middle manager. Jane believes it is essential that managers...
View ArticleSustainability for the Rest of Us
Uly Ma, author of No Waste, recently wrote an article for the Government and Public Sector Journal. Uly explains how sustainability is an integral part of our working lives and although many businesses...
View ArticleConscious Leadership: a way out of poverty
Gower author Neela Bettridge has an active, interesting and often thought provoking blog. a recent post discusses why developing countries have around three-quarters of the world’s population, but...
View ArticleA Vision of the Future of Projects
I am extremely excited by the announcement of the Virtual Conference that the APM is running in conjunction with Eddie Obeng and the Virtual Business School. Conference Zero (Thursday 17th October...
View ArticleAndy Lake presents at the Emirates Literature Festival
The Emirates Literature Festival takes place in Dubai on the 4th – 8th March 2014. Gower author Andy Lake, of Smart Flexibility will be presenting/speaking in three sessions at the Festival. His...
View ArticleFree Webinar: Delivering strategic advantage through integrated risk management
David Hillson shows how two simple extensions to the standard risk process can bridge the gap between tactics and strategy, ensuring that risk management delivers benefits to the wider organisation....
View ArticleThere should be greater concern over who’s protecting nonprofits
Where government demanded and promoted the closing of nonprofits, based on political pressures. With the current news over the British charity Kids Company, we find that one of our authors’ covered...
View ArticleHobby Horse Specifications, Excluded Parties and Lack of Sign Off … What...
Preparing a specification for an external contract may sound straight-forward but it is fraught with risk. Louise Hart highlights some of the most obvious red flags in the case of public sector...
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