Donald Trump is a maverick leader, but you can disrupt in other ways
While the new president-elect is a perfect example of a maverick leader, strong vision, strategy, leadership can be achieved through other means.
Tag: Controversy
Burning royal crests and selling Obama black shirts: Some of the biggest business controversies
The issue of controversy has been in the news a lot lately, from JetBlue asking a passenger to change clothes before boarding to Facebook tweaking its policies on trending topics. With that in mind, we took a look at how businesses brought on a storm of criticism due to products or statements.
The men in charge that fell foul of making sexist comments
Raymond Moore, CEO of the Indian Wells tennis tournament, recently resigned from his role after claiming women playing the sport were incredibly lucky to take part. But it’s not the first time a boss put his foot in his mouth when addressing females.
CEOs that used staff as scapegoats to protect the firm or themselves
Nobody likes being the scapegoat – a time where you can clearly see the double set of bus tracks across the back of your shirt. We unveil four times that CEOs chose to blame a sticky situation on others.
Vaping vigorously how one SME is growing fast thanks to the e-cigarette revolution
By Simon Brooke
Walk down any street in Britain or glance at office workers hanging around the entrance to their building and you’ll see people ‘vaping’. The market for electronic cigarettes is growing rapidly with use of e-cigarettes, which was up by 75per cent last year to reach £459m, according Euromonitor.
5 brands that aren’t afraid to court controversy
A lot of big businesses spend millions of pounds each year on maintaining their clean-cut, family friendly image.