Jack Welch is the most admired CEO in the world. His 20‐year reign as the head of General Electric brought the company from bureaucratic behemoth to dynamic and revered powerhouse. During his tenure, GE market value grew from $13 billion to $500 billion. In the process, Welch’s management...

Faced with rising numbers of employees due for retirement and dwindling numbers of younger workers stepping up to replace them, forward‐thinking companies are implementing succession plans for senior management. Such schemes can help create a culture of learning and development at all levels...

Purpose – Reviews the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoints practical implications from cutting‐edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach – This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the...

Purpose – Reviews the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoints practical implications from cutting‐edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach – This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the...

Purpose – To describe an executive development initiative contributing directly to the achievement of business goals, enhancement of leadership skills and succession planning strength. Design/methodology/approach – Brings together revenue‐enhancing action learning projects, virtual...

Purpose – To explain how formal executive education can be used to drive corporate growth and development by helping high performers to achieve their full potential. Design/methodology/approach – Presents a case study describing a highly customized talent development program undertaken by...

Communications are important when you are a National Health Service Trust caring for a remote and largely rural community in Northern Ireland. On top of that you are responsible not only for acute hospital care, but also community care services, mental health and elderly care. So when the Trust...

It is all too easy, in the wake of september 11, to point the finger of blame for the current economic depression towards those responsible for the Twin Towers’ destruction. It is clear however, that for the auto industry, the origins of the problems it is experiencing began long before that...

Ten million pounds for an excellence programme sounds considerable. But a complete ‘makeover’ of a corporate culture was never going to be cheap. Launched by the then new chief executive Antoine Cau in 1998, three years and one million training hours later, the Forte Hotel Group’s...

Improving business performance often focuses on clearly articulated strategies, definite goals and structural change. However, even the best laid plans for change often fail to address that performance is inseparable from how an organization does what it does. Improved performance is impossible...