Scandal about MP Expenses in UK - predicted in 1995 in my book "The Truth about Westminster"
Futurist Topics - Leadership
MP Expenses scandal in UK: predicted 14 years ago - see book "The Truth about Westminster" that I wrote in 1995. "The system is open to fraud, and some are taking advantage of this. The amounts involved can be large. Lord Nolan described 'fiddling of expenses' as 'a crime, whether it is done by a Member of Parliament or anybody else'. At least six cases of suspected abuse are uncovered every year by the Commons Fees Office. However, no MP has ever been publicly disciplined. It is disturbing that such matters are always kept secret even if discovered, despite the fact that if the truth were known, such MPs would face banner headlines, national disgrace and political oblivion. ne Labour MP said, 'The rules are so lax it is difficult not to abuse them. In fact I am the only Labour MP I know who actually does the mileage.' One secretary confessed: 'My MP would simply tell me to claim to the maximum limit, and so I would make up the trips. It was total fiction.' For full text of The Truth about AIDS book published in 1995
Future Management, Marketing, Motivation - Leadership Video
Futurist Topics - Leadership
"Connect with all the passions people have - they will follow you wherever you lead."
How to make great things happen: event organised by Welsh Parliament (Assembly) - local government, health service, education, fire service, police - on how to lead more effectively, win the war for talent, build strong teams and make a difference. Practical ways to lead and motivate teams. Change management in business and public sector. Leadership styles and management tools. Measuring success. Watch many other leadership videos by Patrick Dixon.Read more: Future Management, Marketing, Motivation - Leadership Video
Leadership in Crisis - How to profit from chaos
Futurist Topics - Leadership
How to grow a business in unstable times. How to manage risk and seize opportunity. How to thrive on chaos. How to motivate teams and lead effectively when under pressure to deliver instant results. Keys to leadership success, with rapid change in your business Get ready now for recovery and stay stable in crisis. Prepare for great open doors and new markets.
Secret of Business Success: most important value in the the world
Futurist Topics - Leadership
Message of this video will change your life and strengthen your business. Building a Better Business by building a better world. Show how you make a difference in the lives of your customers, clients, consumers. Biggest ethical test for every culture and every nation: creating a better world, improving life for people. Core value to drive every political debate, underwrites all laws, basis of all team leadership impossible to lead effectively for long without this principle.
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The Future of Business Ethics
Futurist Topics - Leadership
How to run business safely in a globalised world where every country has its own ethical code. Managing ethical risks. Why compliance is dead except as a defensive strategy. How corporations are being overtaken by shifts in expectations. Responsibility for ethical performance of corporations. Business Ethics Articles. Impact of corporate governance scandals on business ethics debate. Definition of business ethics. Why business ethics is such a high risk for brands, image, marketing, strategy, product development, investment.
Corporate responsibility: how to persuade business leaders
Futurist Topics - Leadership
How do you make a business case
for increased corporate and social responsibility (CSR?). You need to
show your board examples of how market share has grown because of
strong corporate values. Prove business case and value of corporate and
social responsibility, by showing impact on bottom line profits, market
share, brand strength, corporate image, war for talent, retention and
recruitment.
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Rethink focus on shareholder value - Video
Futurist Topics - Leadership
Death of "shareholder value" as main business driver - because few workers really care, and it can actually destroy shareholder value
Obsession with "bottom-line profit" and "shareholder value" has encouraged stupid risk taking, short-termism, bad leadership, low motivation, over-selling, dangerous innovation, and destroyed customer loyalty. You can have the greatest strategy in the world, but if your vision of the future is wrong you just land up travelling even faster in the wrong direction. Focus on customers, what they want, at right price, outstanding service and products - and being efficient. You will be rewarded with profit.
Working for nothing: corporate lessons for nonprofits
Futurist Topics - Leadership
Ask colleagues about the work they do for nothing, for causes they believe in. You'ill learn more about them in 3 minutes than from 3 years in the same team - recent Unisys Advertorial in the Economist.
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Virtual Teamwork and Global Leadership
Futurist Topics - Leadership
* Virtual Teamwork is about managing people at a distance using technology.
* Virtual Teamwork can produce travel cost reductions of up to 50% with huge gains in team productivity and morale.
* Virtual Teamwork can be a high risk strategy unless corporations are committed, and requires significant investment in technology as well as in team training.
* Virtual Teamwork means maintaining close working relationships with colleagues in many different locations, without the need for as many meetings as traditionally needed.
Emotional intelligence, leadership, management, teams, team building
Futurist Topics - Leadership
Emotional intelligence video: questions and answers with CEOs on Leadership. Intuition is vital part of leadership judgment. Example from recruitment interviews and employment decisions. How do you assess new candidates? Right brain and left brain intuition or logic or both. How to listen to both sides of your brain in decision-making.Read more: Emotional intelligence, leadership, management, teams, team building
