Published on May,22 2012 - by Agence France Presse
When Marcello Lippi announced that he was ready to get back into football, few imagined the celebrated Italian coach would find a home in China.Now Lippi, one of the world's most successful managers, is facing one of his ...
Published on May,22 2012 - by Agence France Presse
British retailer Tesco said Tuesday that its chief executive Philip Clarke has decided to not accept his annual bonus following dismal trade at the nation's biggest supermarket group.Clarke has decided not to take his ...
Published on May,22 2012 - by The Daily Telegraph
Liverpool fan group Spirit of Shankly has publicly challenged the team's American owners to explain their strategy for the club. Spirit of Shankly, who led the protests against the former regime of Tom Hicks and George ...
Published on May,22 2012 - by The Daily Telegraph
...s the company still needs to learn. Clarke has at least begun to reverse the tide of entitlement that too many boardrooms suffer from. He may well have deflected some shareholder ire away from himself come the grocer’s a...
Published on May,22 2012 - by The Daily Telegraph
...turning down his bonus puts pressure on other senior executives to decline theirs. Over the past month various boardrooms have been hit by the so-called "shareholder spring", which has seen City investors refusing to vot...
Published on May,22 2012 - by The Daily Telegraph
Ferdinand Mount's 'The New Few' is a timely study of our them-and-us society Ferdinand Mount would never make a politician. He talks too much sense. There is not a whiff of rhetoric or sloganeering in his elegant ...
Published on May,22 2012 - by Forbes
Renegade minds, fearless leaders, and those audacious enough to make their dreams come true tend to dislike rules and loathe barriers. For the average earthbound entrepreneur, few rules are more all-affecting than ...
Published on May,21 2012 - by Forbes
I recently caught up with my good friend, Laura Ries, who just released her new book ?Visual Hammer.? Since 1994, Laura has run Ries & Ries, a consulting firm with her partner, father and legendary Positioning ...
Published on May,21 2012 - by The Daily Telegraph
Female bosses are less likely to make jokes in the boardrood because they are met with an awkward silence for eight out of every ten attempts at humour, a study has revealed. Research has shown women are more likely to ...
Published on May,21 2012 - by The Daily Telegraph
...id public schools were already significantly over-represented in politics, the judiciary, banking and FTSE 100 boardrooms. But Mr Gove insisted there was also evidence of the creeping influence of independent education o...