National Learning Institute

Leadership, management and the Eurozone crisis

As Europe's governments, particularly Italy and Greece, struggled to manage their debt crisis, an editorial headline from the Financial Times read: "Leaders needed, not just managers".

I've long argued that when one gets appointed to a managerial position, it's the organisation that gives one the title of "manager". Then the manager is...

Are you ready for your Murdoch moment?

After 168 years of publication, the British newspaper "News of the World" published its final edition on 10th July 2011. At the time, the newspaper was profitable. News Group Newspapers Ltd., the unit within News International responsible for the News of the World and The Sun, reported an operating profit of £18.2 million in the year...

Managers must harness power and politics

Competition for resources - internal and external - means power and politics become even greater issues for managers in today's tough economic times.

Add to that the closer scrutiny of performance, particularly in terms of cost-management, and managers face some real challenges.

Many employees are busy "keeping their heads down" in the hope...

Who’s depositing and who’s withdrawing from the Trust Bank?

In my current role, I get to talk with managers at all levels across a range of countries including the US, UK, Australia, New Zealand, India, Hong Kong, France, Germany, Denmark and Switzerland.  And there's a strange phenomenon happening at the moment around the globe.

When the financial crisis first took hold, people in firms gathered...