Leading through a crisis: Passing the acid test of management
Steering an organisation through its worst days is the acid test of leadership. A failure to say or do the right things during a crisis can result in significant damage.
Tag: Responsibility
Post Cambridge Analytica scandal, what is our responsibility towards privacy?
By Staff writer
Attitudes towards privacy have fundamentally changed say 4,460 surveyed after the Cambridge Analytica scandal. So, what is the European technology community’s responsibility?
Employee performance growth the BestSelfJournal way
Ormsby Street CEO Martin Campbell has taken a new approach to employee performance, looking at an individual inside and outside work getting them to set personal goals.
As CEO I always get involved with recruitment decisions
By Giles Fuchs
When a business grows the number of recruitment decision required also swells, but Giles Fuchs believes the CEO needs to maintain the same involvement.
I’ve realised building trust is a must for any growing business
By Lee Biggins
In running a company doing business on both sides of the Atlantic, Lee Biggins had to learn about building trust and having faith in the team he’s built.
Data Privacy Day: Banks and companies should ensure customers have a cybercrime safe haven
By Staff writer
This may have passed you by, but 28 January marked Data Privacy Day. Set up in 2007 to raise awareness and promote privacy and data protection best practices, it has now gone global, being observed in more than 50 countries.
Employer of the Year award reader vote: Celfone Trading
Celfone Trading has a big budget for staff training, as well as thinking differently about the appraisal process, and competing for Employer of the Year.
Mike Ashley might have actually spoken some truth
By Jan Cavelle
While Sports Direct founder Mike Ashley was right when he said he’s not Father Christmas, or anything remotely similar, his comments about accountability in a big company will resonate with a business leader or two.
The truth about work at Christmas time
In the lead up to Christmas the average person spends close to £900 on a variety of presents, decorations and festive extras in readiness for 25 December. It’s hardly surprising with the pressures of expectations and opportunities online that much of this buying is done sneakily in work time.
Communication strategies can be costly if CEOs don’t get it right
The PR strategies taken by Thomas Cook and Merlin Entertainments – the company in charge of Alton Towers – have been notably different in the face of difficult situations involving both firms. There’s a lot to be learnt from each method, not least the sometimes overlooked asset of compassion.