Tag: Management

Private sector managers are not immune to Great Leap Forward Syndrome. They rant about organisational transformation, believing they can move mountains by the strength of their will and the extravagance of their vision.

Dishonesty of speech quickly leads to dishonesty in behaviour because the language we use governs all we do.

I do not think children should be taught that greed is the most powerful human motivation. The people who are most successful in business in the long run are people who are passionate about business, not money.

It would be consoling to believe that the titans of finance know in their hearts they are at fault, but are advised not to admit it. However, mostly they do not express regret because they do not feel it.

The primary purpose of government investment in financial institutions is not to ensure that the taxpayer gets its money back – although that issue should certainly not be neglected – but to ensure that ordinary banking functions operate well.

The financial innovation that was once the means of spreading risk is now an unmanageable source of instability.

John describes the vital role that pain - the gift no-one wants - plays in the evolution of business and finance.

John returns to his experience as a Halifax director to retrace the rocky road to last week's rescue takeover.

A report to CE International plc (formerly the Church of England) on the management challenges it faces.

If public agencies are to supervise seriously the strategies of high street and investment banks, we might as well nationalise them; the proposal is entertained only because everyone knows it is not really serious.