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THE LEADERSHIP LESSONS OF TAMARA SAKOVSKA The leadership lessons of Tamara Sakovska. With 20 years in global finance under her belt, the IoD Chartered Director of the Year serves on the board of JPMorgan Russian Securities as a non-exec and runs her own business. She reflects on experiences – from living in the Soviet Union to working on Wall Street and facing the financial crisis ITAY TALGAM ON LEADERSHIP Itay Talgam on leadership. His Ted talk on the leadership lessons to be learnt from great orchestral conductors has had more than two million views. Here Itay Talgam tells Director how business leaders can set the tempo in their own organisations. He has conducted some of the world’s greatest orchestras, but Itay Talgam now has a different THE CULTURE MAP BY ERIN MEYER REVIEWED The Culture Map by Erin Meyer reviewed. Karen Penney delves into The Culture Map by Erin Meyer. A blueprint for international leadership, it offers practical tips to help directors and teams separated by geography and culture to work together effectively. In businesses across the world, leaders are concerned with improving internalculture
TED TALKS: FIVE OF THE MOST MEMORABLE TED Talks: five of the most memorable. It began in 1984 as a technology, entertainment and design conference. More than three decades and over 2,100 talks later, the ‘TED’ global community has broadened its horizons and become a source of must-see/must-share speeches. Today it explores “Ideas worth spreading”, as its slogangoes, on
SHOULD WE BAN AFTER-HOURS EMAILS? Under a legally binding labour agreement, thousands of French employees now have the right not to check their work emails or receive work-based phone calls after 6pm. BRINGING BALANCE TO BRITISH BOARDROOMS Diversity in corporate life, by bringing balance to British boardrooms, will benefit the wider economy, says Lisa Buckingham. There’s nothing like a deadline to spark a flurry of action. HOW TO IMPROVE UK PRODUCTIVITY Growing evidence indicates working fewer hours can lead to improved productivity, particularly for those working over 40 hours a week. Focusing on outcomes rather than hours could make a big difference. So could more flexible working. In addition the BOARD DISPUTES AND REMOVING A DIRECTOR The easiest way to resolve board disputes is to anticipate and provide for them in your articles of association or shareholders’ agreement. Outline in these documents that if a dispute occurs, mediation by a neutral party will be used to resolve it and, if that fails, set out a mechanism that allows the conflicting parties to part company. PAY, BONUSES, REWARDS The UK’s national minimum wage rates went up in October, and are currently fixed at £6.70 per hour for workers aged 21 and over, 5.30 for those aged 18-20 and £3.87 for under-18s. Apprentices are entitled to £3.30 an hour. Above this, you can decide exactly how much you pay your employees. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE REFORM: AN UPDATE With new reporting rules on the way, law firm Baker McKenzie offers its guide to the upcoming changes affecting private firms and unlisted plcs. The government has published its new corporate governance reporting requirements for private companies and unlisted plcs in theUK.
THE LEADERSHIP LESSONS OF TAMARA SAKOVSKA The leadership lessons of Tamara Sakovska. With 20 years in global finance under her belt, the IoD Chartered Director of the Year serves on the board of JPMorgan Russian Securities as a non-exec and runs her own business. She reflects on experiences – from living in the Soviet Union to working on Wall Street and facing the financial crisis ITAY TALGAM ON LEADERSHIP Itay Talgam on leadership. His Ted talk on the leadership lessons to be learnt from great orchestral conductors has had more than two million views. Here Itay Talgam tells Director how business leaders can set the tempo in their own organisations. He has conducted some of the world’s greatest orchestras, but Itay Talgam now has a different THE CULTURE MAP BY ERIN MEYER REVIEWED The Culture Map by Erin Meyer reviewed. Karen Penney delves into The Culture Map by Erin Meyer. A blueprint for international leadership, it offers practical tips to help directors and teams separated by geography and culture to work together effectively. In businesses across the world, leaders are concerned with improving internalculture
TED TALKS: FIVE OF THE MOST MEMORABLE TED Talks: five of the most memorable. It began in 1984 as a technology, entertainment and design conference. More than three decades and over 2,100 talks later, the ‘TED’ global community has broadened its horizons and become a source of must-see/must-share speeches. Today it explores “Ideas worth spreading”, as its slogangoes, on
SHOULD WE BAN AFTER-HOURS EMAILS? Under a legally binding labour agreement, thousands of French employees now have the right not to check their work emails or receive work-based phone calls after 6pm. BRINGING BALANCE TO BRITISH BOARDROOMS Diversity in corporate life, by bringing balance to British boardrooms, will benefit the wider economy, says Lisa Buckingham. There’s nothing like a deadline to spark a flurry of action. BASTIDE PROVENÇAL: BRIGITTE BARDOT LUXURY Booking Bastide Provençal. Book Bastide Provençal with Edge Retreats, the luxury villa experts, from 30,000 euros per week. For further information and enquiries, please visit www.edgeretreats.com or call their team of taste-makers on 0203 355 6077. If you have a few million going spare, the owners are also interested in buyers! TED TALKS: FIVE OF THE MOST MEMORABLE TED Talks: five of the most memorable. It began in 1984 as a technology, entertainment and design conference. More than three decades and over 2,100 talks later, the ‘TED’ global community has broadened its horizons and become a source of must-see/must-share speeches. Today it explores “Ideas worth spreading”, as its slogangoes, on
HOW THE IOD CAN HELP YOU BUILD A PORTFOLIO CAREER Chris Lyons is an IoD member and co-author of the 2009 book Building a Portfolio Career: How to create a portfolio of roles to suit your work and life. Pursuing a life of careers instead of a career for life, he says, can provide “flexibility that gives you control and balance in your life; a balance for your time and money; and a balance ITAY TALGAM ON LEADERSHIP Itay Talgam on leadership. His Ted talk on the leadership lessons to be learnt from great orchestral conductors has had more than two million views. Here Itay Talgam tells Director how business leaders can set the tempo in their own organisations. He has conducted some of the world’s greatest orchestras, but Itay Talgam now has a different THE CHAIR DONATING SHARES TO CHARITABLE TRUST The trust, with Cullimore as its chairman, has since made charity donations in excess of £4m. Part of his decision to donate his shares, says Cullimore, concerns continuity of his three-decade project. “So many people – my wife, myself and others – have put an awful lot of time and effort into the business, and from time totime we get
DO YOU HAVE THE EXPLORER GENE? The anthropologist Helen Fisher identified explorer as one of her four basic biological styles of thinking and behaving – along with builder, director, and negotiator. She believes: “Explorers are a product of high dopamine activity (associated with curiosity and spontaneity). Explorers are curious, creative, adventurous, sexual,impulsive
CUCKOO FOODS: THE GROWTH STORY SO FAR Cuckoo Foods founders share their growth story. The childhood friends fell in love with muesli on a school trip to Switzerland and, after graduating from university, developed a recipe now stocked in more than 1,500 stores including Selfridges. Here’s the growth story of Cuckoo Foods so far. DO DEALS MADE ON DRAGONS' DEN REALLY WORK The deal that worked out. Company Wonderland Sector Publishing Who Huw Gwyther. Huw Gwyther could easily be held up as a shining example of all that is good about Dragons’ Den. The publishing entrepreneur made his pitch to the panel during the first series, confident he had identified a niche in the market for Wonderland, an aspirational magazine aimed at both male and female readers. BRINGING BALANCE TO BRITISH BOARDROOMS Diversity in corporate life, by bringing balance to British boardrooms, will benefit the wider economy, says Lisa Buckingham. There’s nothing like a deadline to spark a flurry of action. GOOGLE'S LASZLO BOCK Google’s Laszlo Bock. Post on: May 5, 2015. Nick Scott. 1. In an exclusive interview, Laszlo Bock, Google’s senior vice president for people operations, says that getting the most out of your staff is all about trust and openness. Presiding over the effectiveness and wellbeing of the 55,000-plus people who work for the most powerful CONTACT US - DIRECTOR MAGAZINE Director is the magazine for entrepreneurs and business leaders, published six times a year for the Institute of Directors by Seven . Want to appear in Director or have a PR enquiry? Click here. For commercial and advertising click here. Write to us Director magazine, 3-7 Herbal Hill, London EC1R 5EJ Sending a parcel by courier Director magazine, 3-7 Herbal Hill, London EC1R 5EJ HOW TO BECOME A NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR The IoD provides training for NEDs including a number of open courses such as the Role of Non-Executive Director. This will equip you with the strategies to identify roles and build networks for the future. You will gain practical advice and tips from top industry headhunters. The programme includes an evening drinks reception and three-course BASTIDE PROVENÇAL: BRIGITTE BARDOT LUXURY Booking Bastide Provençal. Book Bastide Provençal with Edge Retreats, the luxury villa experts, from 30,000 euros per week. For further information and enquiries, please visit www.edgeretreats.com or call their team of taste-makers on 0203 355 6077. If you have a few million going spare, the owners are also interested in buyers! LITTLE DISH PARTNERS SHARE THEIR SUCCESS STORY The partners behind Little Dish share their success story. Little Dish, the children’s food firm founded by Hillary Graves in her home kitchen in 2006, now reaches 200,000 youngsters every week. Husband Dean Brown joined in 2014, helping to drive turnover to £12m. They share their recipe for growth. Hillary Graves The first time I met HOW TO IMPROVE UK PRODUCTIVITY Growing evidence indicates working fewer hours can lead to improved productivity, particularly for those working over 40 hours a week. Focusing on outcomes rather than hours could make a big difference. So could more flexible working. In addition the WHY EVERY COMPANY NEEDS A CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS OFFICERSEE MORE ONDIRECTOR.CO.UK
THE LEADERSHIP LESSONS OF TAMARA SAKOVSKA The leadership lessons of Tamara Sakovska. With 20 years in global finance under her belt, the IoD Chartered Director of the Year serves on the board of JPMorgan Russian Securities as a non-exec and runs her own business. She reflects on experiences – from living in the Soviet Union to working on Wall Street and facing the financial crisis THE AGILITY MINDSET REVIEWED Read our review below. City grandee Sir Win Bischoff provides the foreword for The Agility Mindset, stating: “Until recently, workforce agility has for the most part been treated as a benefit for employees and a cost for employers. This needs to change.”. His assertion is the starting point for Fiona Cannon to demonstrate howflexible
DOING BUSINESS IN BUDAPEST With €108.7bn (£93.6bn) GDP in 2015, Budapest has been bolstered in recent years by funding from the European Union – Hungary joined in 2004 – and between 2014 and 2020 the country is set to receive 28bn in a bid to strengthen the economy and boost SMEs. Coupled with the Hungarian government’s plan to cut corporate tax rates in the ITAY TALGAM ON LEADERSHIP Itay Talgam on leadership. His Ted talk on the leadership lessons to be learnt from great orchestral conductors has had more than two million views. Here Itay Talgam tells Director how business leaders can set the tempo in their own organisations. He has conducted some of the world’s greatest orchestras, but Itay Talgam now has a different CONTACT US - DIRECTOR MAGAZINE Director is the magazine for entrepreneurs and business leaders, published six times a year for the Institute of Directors by Seven . Want to appear in Director or have a PR enquiry? Click here. For commercial and advertising click here. Write to us Director magazine, 3-7 Herbal Hill, London EC1R 5EJ Sending a parcel by courier Director magazine, 3-7 Herbal Hill, London EC1R 5EJ HOW TO BECOME A NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR The IoD provides training for NEDs including a number of open courses such as the Role of Non-Executive Director. This will equip you with the strategies to identify roles and build networks for the future. You will gain practical advice and tips from top industry headhunters. The programme includes an evening drinks reception and three-course BASTIDE PROVENÇAL: BRIGITTE BARDOT LUXURY Booking Bastide Provençal. Book Bastide Provençal with Edge Retreats, the luxury villa experts, from 30,000 euros per week. For further information and enquiries, please visit www.edgeretreats.com or call their team of taste-makers on 0203 355 6077. If you have a few million going spare, the owners are also interested in buyers! LITTLE DISH PARTNERS SHARE THEIR SUCCESS STORY The partners behind Little Dish share their success story. Little Dish, the children’s food firm founded by Hillary Graves in her home kitchen in 2006, now reaches 200,000 youngsters every week. Husband Dean Brown joined in 2014, helping to drive turnover to £12m. They share their recipe for growth. Hillary Graves The first time I met HOW TO IMPROVE UK PRODUCTIVITY Growing evidence indicates working fewer hours can lead to improved productivity, particularly for those working over 40 hours a week. Focusing on outcomes rather than hours could make a big difference. So could more flexible working. In addition the WHY EVERY COMPANY NEEDS A CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS OFFICERSEE MORE ONDIRECTOR.CO.UK
THE LEADERSHIP LESSONS OF TAMARA SAKOVSKA The leadership lessons of Tamara Sakovska. With 20 years in global finance under her belt, the IoD Chartered Director of the Year serves on the board of JPMorgan Russian Securities as a non-exec and runs her own business. She reflects on experiences – from living in the Soviet Union to working on Wall Street and facing the financial crisis THE AGILITY MINDSET REVIEWED Read our review below. City grandee Sir Win Bischoff provides the foreword for The Agility Mindset, stating: “Until recently, workforce agility has for the most part been treated as a benefit for employees and a cost for employers. This needs to change.”. His assertion is the starting point for Fiona Cannon to demonstrate howflexible
DOING BUSINESS IN BUDAPEST With €108.7bn (£93.6bn) GDP in 2015, Budapest has been bolstered in recent years by funding from the European Union – Hungary joined in 2004 – and between 2014 and 2020 the country is set to receive 28bn in a bid to strengthen the economy and boost SMEs. Coupled with the Hungarian government’s plan to cut corporate tax rates in the ITAY TALGAM ON LEADERSHIP Itay Talgam on leadership. His Ted talk on the leadership lessons to be learnt from great orchestral conductors has had more than two million views. Here Itay Talgam tells Director how business leaders can set the tempo in their own organisations. He has conducted some of the world’s greatest orchestras, but Itay Talgam now has a different BASTIDE PROVENÇAL: BRIGITTE BARDOT LUXURY Booking Bastide Provençal. Book Bastide Provençal with Edge Retreats, the luxury villa experts, from 30,000 euros per week. For further information and enquiries, please visit www.edgeretreats.com or call their team of taste-makers on 0203 355 6077. If you have a few million going spare, the owners are also interested in buyers! WHY EVERY COMPANY NEEDS A CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER The responsibility for ensuring that all key stakeholders in a company understand such factors lies with the communications team. This means that the role of in-house comms chief should no longer be a rung below the C-suite. Every serious company of scale needs a chief communications officer who is closely aligned with otherbusiness-critical
BOARD DISPUTES AND REMOVING A DIRECTOR The easiest way to resolve board disputes is to anticipate and provide for them in your articles of association or shareholders’ agreement. Outline in these documents that if a dispute occurs, mediation by a neutral party will be used to resolve it and, if that fails, set out a mechanism that allows the conflicting parties to part company.GUIDE - DIRECTOR
INSTITUTE OF DIRECTORS The IoD is the leading organisation supporting and representing business leaders in the UK and internationally. One of its key objectives is to raise the ITAY TALGAM ON LEADERSHIP Itay Talgam on leadership. His Ted talk on the leadership lessons to be learnt from great orchestral conductors has had more than two million views. Here Itay Talgam tells Director how business leaders can set the tempo in their own organisations. He has conducted some of the world’s greatest orchestras, but Itay Talgam now has a different DOING BUSINESS IN BUDAPEST With €108.7bn (£93.6bn) GDP in 2015, Budapest has been bolstered in recent years by funding from the European Union – Hungary joined in 2004 – and between 2014 and 2020 the country is set to receive 28bn in a bid to strengthen the economy and boost SMEs. Coupled with the Hungarian government’s plan to cut corporate tax rates in theFIRST DIRECT
Jayne Carrington is managing director of HR consultancy Right Management. Her company’s research into employee engagement shows “44 per cent higher retention, 56 per cent customer loyalty, 50 per cent more productivity”—and all in a business likely to be “33 per cent more profitable”. It’s a compelling set of figures. DO DEALS MADE ON DRAGONS' DEN REALLY WORK The deal that worked out. Company Wonderland Sector Publishing Who Huw Gwyther. Huw Gwyther could easily be held up as a shining example of all that is good about Dragons’ Den. The publishing entrepreneur made his pitch to the panel during the first series, confident he had identified a niche in the market for Wonderland, an aspirational magazine aimed at both male and female readers. MCQUEENS MANAGING DIRECTOR KALLY ELLIS 0. In a little over two decades McQueens has bloomed from a wilting backstreet flower shop to a thriving, high-end £3m business. Managing director Kally Ellis describes how a mixed bouquet of intuition and creativity has sown the seeds of success. Probe Kally Ellis on her formal floristry training and you get a smile. KENNEDY CITY BICYCLES FOUNDER JAMES KENNEDY With minimal marketing budget, manufacturer James Kennedy asks this month’s experts how he can best communicate the personality of his custom-built urban cycle brand, Kennedy City Bicycles. In the four years since founding Kennedy City Bicycles, 29-year-old James Kennedy has put together 671 bikes. He knows this because he’s made themall.
CONTACT US - DIRECTOR MAGAZINE Director is the magazine for entrepreneurs and business leaders, published six times a year for the Institute of Directors by Seven . Want to appear in Director or have a PR enquiry? Click here. For commercial and advertising click here. Write to us Director magazine, 3-7 Herbal Hill, London EC1R 5EJ Sending a parcel by courier Director magazine, 3-7 Herbal Hill, London EC1R 5EJ HOW TO BECOME A NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR The IoD provides training for NEDs including a number of open courses such as the Role of Non-Executive Director. This will equip you with the strategies to identify roles and build networks for the future. You will gain practical advice and tips from top industry headhunters. The programme includes an evening drinks reception and three-course BASTIDE PROVENÇAL: BRIGITTE BARDOT LUXURY Booking Bastide Provençal. Book Bastide Provençal with Edge Retreats, the luxury villa experts, from 30,000 euros per week. For further information and enquiries, please visit www.edgeretreats.com or call their team of taste-makers on 0203 355 6077. If you have a few million going spare, the owners are also interested in buyers! LITTLE DISH PARTNERS SHARE THEIR SUCCESS STORY The partners behind Little Dish share their success story. Little Dish, the children’s food firm founded by Hillary Graves in her home kitchen in 2006, now reaches 200,000 youngsters every week. Husband Dean Brown joined in 2014, helping to drive turnover to £12m. They share their recipe for growth. Hillary Graves The first time I met HOW TO IMPROVE UK PRODUCTIVITY Growing evidence indicates working fewer hours can lead to improved productivity, particularly for those working over 40 hours a week. Focusing on outcomes rather than hours could make a big difference. So could more flexible working. In addition the WHY EVERY COMPANY NEEDS A CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS OFFICERSEE MORE ONDIRECTOR.CO.UK
THE LEADERSHIP LESSONS OF TAMARA SAKOVSKA The leadership lessons of Tamara Sakovska. With 20 years in global finance under her belt, the IoD Chartered Director of the Year serves on the board of JPMorgan Russian Securities as a non-exec and runs her own business. She reflects on experiences – from living in the Soviet Union to working on Wall Street and facing the financial crisis THE AGILITY MINDSET REVIEWED Read our review below. City grandee Sir Win Bischoff provides the foreword for The Agility Mindset, stating: “Until recently, workforce agility has for the most part been treated as a benefit for employees and a cost for employers. This needs to change.”. His assertion is the starting point for Fiona Cannon to demonstrate howflexible
DOING BUSINESS IN BUDAPEST With €108.7bn (£93.6bn) GDP in 2015, Budapest has been bolstered in recent years by funding from the European Union – Hungary joined in 2004 – and between 2014 and 2020 the country is set to receive 28bn in a bid to strengthen the economy and boost SMEs. Coupled with the Hungarian government’s plan to cut corporate tax rates in the ITAY TALGAM ON LEADERSHIP Itay Talgam on leadership. His Ted talk on the leadership lessons to be learnt from great orchestral conductors has had more than two million views. Here Itay Talgam tells Director how business leaders can set the tempo in their own organisations. He has conducted some of the world’s greatest orchestras, but Itay Talgam now has a different CONTACT US - DIRECTOR MAGAZINE Director is the magazine for entrepreneurs and business leaders, published six times a year for the Institute of Directors by Seven . Want to appear in Director or have a PR enquiry? Click here. For commercial and advertising click here. Write to us Director magazine, 3-7 Herbal Hill, London EC1R 5EJ Sending a parcel by courier Director magazine, 3-7 Herbal Hill, London EC1R 5EJ HOW TO BECOME A NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR The IoD provides training for NEDs including a number of open courses such as the Role of Non-Executive Director. This will equip you with the strategies to identify roles and build networks for the future. You will gain practical advice and tips from top industry headhunters. The programme includes an evening drinks reception and three-course BASTIDE PROVENÇAL: BRIGITTE BARDOT LUXURY Booking Bastide Provençal. Book Bastide Provençal with Edge Retreats, the luxury villa experts, from 30,000 euros per week. For further information and enquiries, please visit www.edgeretreats.com or call their team of taste-makers on 0203 355 6077. If you have a few million going spare, the owners are also interested in buyers! LITTLE DISH PARTNERS SHARE THEIR SUCCESS STORY The partners behind Little Dish share their success story. Little Dish, the children’s food firm founded by Hillary Graves in her home kitchen in 2006, now reaches 200,000 youngsters every week. Husband Dean Brown joined in 2014, helping to drive turnover to £12m. They share their recipe for growth. Hillary Graves The first time I met HOW TO IMPROVE UK PRODUCTIVITY Growing evidence indicates working fewer hours can lead to improved productivity, particularly for those working over 40 hours a week. Focusing on outcomes rather than hours could make a big difference. So could more flexible working. In addition the WHY EVERY COMPANY NEEDS A CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS OFFICERSEE MORE ONDIRECTOR.CO.UK
THE LEADERSHIP LESSONS OF TAMARA SAKOVSKA The leadership lessons of Tamara Sakovska. With 20 years in global finance under her belt, the IoD Chartered Director of the Year serves on the board of JPMorgan Russian Securities as a non-exec and runs her own business. She reflects on experiences – from living in the Soviet Union to working on Wall Street and facing the financial crisis THE AGILITY MINDSET REVIEWED Read our review below. City grandee Sir Win Bischoff provides the foreword for The Agility Mindset, stating: “Until recently, workforce agility has for the most part been treated as a benefit for employees and a cost for employers. This needs to change.”. His assertion is the starting point for Fiona Cannon to demonstrate howflexible
DOING BUSINESS IN BUDAPEST With €108.7bn (£93.6bn) GDP in 2015, Budapest has been bolstered in recent years by funding from the European Union – Hungary joined in 2004 – and between 2014 and 2020 the country is set to receive 28bn in a bid to strengthen the economy and boost SMEs. Coupled with the Hungarian government’s plan to cut corporate tax rates in the ITAY TALGAM ON LEADERSHIP Itay Talgam on leadership. His Ted talk on the leadership lessons to be learnt from great orchestral conductors has had more than two million views. Here Itay Talgam tells Director how business leaders can set the tempo in their own organisations. He has conducted some of the world’s greatest orchestras, but Itay Talgam now has a different WHY EVERY COMPANY NEEDS A CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER The responsibility for ensuring that all key stakeholders in a company understand such factors lies with the communications team. This means that the role of in-house comms chief should no longer be a rung below the C-suite. Every serious company of scale needs a chief communications officer who is closely aligned with otherbusiness-critical
6 WAYS TO REDUCE THE CARBON FOOTPRINT OF YOUR BUSINESS Here are One Home’s top six ways to reduce your carbon footprint. 1. Benchmark and set targets. The cheapest form of energy is the energy you do not use. Simply switching things off when not in use or using more efficient products, such as LED lights, saves money.GUIDE - DIRECTOR
INSTITUTE OF DIRECTORS The IoD is the leading organisation supporting and representing business leaders in the UK and internationally. One of its key objectives is to raise the BOARD DISPUTES AND REMOVING A DIRECTOR The easiest way to resolve board disputes is to anticipate and provide for them in your articles of association or shareholders’ agreement. Outline in these documents that if a dispute occurs, mediation by a neutral party will be used to resolve it and, if that fails, set out a mechanism that allows the conflicting parties to part company. ITAY TALGAM ON LEADERSHIP Itay Talgam on leadership. His Ted talk on the leadership lessons to be learnt from great orchestral conductors has had more than two million views. Here Itay Talgam tells Director how business leaders can set the tempo in their own organisations. He has conducted some of the world’s greatest orchestras, but Itay Talgam now has a different THE CHAIR DONATING SHARES TO CHARITABLE TRUST The trust, with Cullimore as its chairman, has since made charity donations in excess of £4m. Part of his decision to donate his shares, says Cullimore, concerns continuity of his three-decade project. “So many people – my wife, myself and others – have put an awful lot of time and effort into the business, and from time totime we get
DIRECTORS' REWARDS SURVEY Directors’ rewards survey – the methology. Croner sent a questionnaire to 45,000 IoD members and received 745 responses. Appropriate and matching results from the Croner Reward pay database for director and senior manager positions were added to this data.FIRST DIRECT
Jayne Carrington is managing director of HR consultancy Right Management. Her company’s research into employee engagement shows “44 per cent higher retention, 56 per cent customer loyalty, 50 per cent more productivity”—and all in a business likely to be “33 per cent more profitable”. It’s a compelling set of figures. DO DEALS MADE ON DRAGONS' DEN REALLY WORK The deal that worked out. Company Wonderland Sector Publishing Who Huw Gwyther. Huw Gwyther could easily be held up as a shining example of all that is good about Dragons’ Den. The publishing entrepreneur made his pitch to the panel during the first series, confident he had identified a niche in the market for Wonderland, an aspirational magazine aimed at both male and female readers. MCQUEENS MANAGING DIRECTOR KALLY ELLIS 0. In a little over two decades McQueens has bloomed from a wilting backstreet flower shop to a thriving, high-end £3m business. Managing director Kally Ellis describes how a mixed bouquet of intuition and creativity has sown the seeds of success. Probe Kally Ellis on her formal floristry training and you get a smile. CONTACT US - DIRECTOR MAGAZINE Director is the magazine for entrepreneurs and business leaders, published six times a year for the Institute of Directors by Seven . Want to appear in Director or have a PR enquiry? Click here. For commercial and advertising click here. Write to us Director magazine, 3-7 Herbal Hill, London EC1R 5EJ Sending a parcel by courier Director magazine, 3-7 Herbal Hill, London EC1R 5EJ HOW TO BECOME A NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR The IoD provides training for NEDs including a number of open courses such as the Role of Non-Executive Director. This will equip you with the strategies to identify roles and build networks for the future. You will gain practical advice and tips from top industry headhunters. The programme includes an evening drinks reception and three-course BASTIDE PROVENÇAL: BRIGITTE BARDOT LUXURY Booking Bastide Provençal. Book Bastide Provençal with Edge Retreats, the luxury villa experts, from 30,000 euros per week. For further information and enquiries, please visit www.edgeretreats.com or call their team of taste-makers on 0203 355 6077. If you have a few million going spare, the owners are also interested in buyers! LITTLE DISH PARTNERS SHARE THEIR SUCCESS STORY The partners behind Little Dish share their success story. Little Dish, the children’s food firm founded by Hillary Graves in her home kitchen in 2006, now reaches 200,000 youngsters every week. Husband Dean Brown joined in 2014, helping to drive turnover to £12m. They share their recipe for growth. Hillary Graves The first time I met HOW TO IMPROVE UK PRODUCTIVITY Growing evidence indicates working fewer hours can lead to improved productivity, particularly for those working over 40 hours a week. Focusing on outcomes rather than hours could make a big difference. So could more flexible working. In addition the WHY EVERY COMPANY NEEDS A CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS OFFICERSEE MORE ONDIRECTOR.CO.UK
THE LEADERSHIP LESSONS OF TAMARA SAKOVSKA The leadership lessons of Tamara Sakovska. With 20 years in global finance under her belt, the IoD Chartered Director of the Year serves on the board of JPMorgan Russian Securities as a non-exec and runs her own business. She reflects on experiences – from living in the Soviet Union to working on Wall Street and facing the financial crisis THE AGILITY MINDSET REVIEWED Read our review below. City grandee Sir Win Bischoff provides the foreword for The Agility Mindset, stating: “Until recently, workforce agility has for the most part been treated as a benefit for employees and a cost for employers. This needs to change.”. His assertion is the starting point for Fiona Cannon to demonstrate howflexible
DOING BUSINESS IN BUDAPEST With €108.7bn (£93.6bn) GDP in 2015, Budapest has been bolstered in recent years by funding from the European Union – Hungary joined in 2004 – and between 2014 and 2020 the country is set to receive 28bn in a bid to strengthen the economy and boost SMEs. Coupled with the Hungarian government’s plan to cut corporate tax rates in the ITAY TALGAM ON LEADERSHIP Itay Talgam on leadership. His Ted talk on the leadership lessons to be learnt from great orchestral conductors has had more than two million views. Here Itay Talgam tells Director how business leaders can set the tempo in their own organisations. He has conducted some of the world’s greatest orchestras, but Itay Talgam now has a different CONTACT US - DIRECTOR MAGAZINE Director is the magazine for entrepreneurs and business leaders, published six times a year for the Institute of Directors by Seven . Want to appear in Director or have a PR enquiry? Click here. For commercial and advertising click here. Write to us Director magazine, 3-7 Herbal Hill, London EC1R 5EJ Sending a parcel by courier Director magazine, 3-7 Herbal Hill, London EC1R 5EJ HOW TO BECOME A NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR The IoD provides training for NEDs including a number of open courses such as the Role of Non-Executive Director. This will equip you with the strategies to identify roles and build networks for the future. You will gain practical advice and tips from top industry headhunters. The programme includes an evening drinks reception and three-course BASTIDE PROVENÇAL: BRIGITTE BARDOT LUXURY Booking Bastide Provençal. Book Bastide Provençal with Edge Retreats, the luxury villa experts, from 30,000 euros per week. For further information and enquiries, please visit www.edgeretreats.com or call their team of taste-makers on 0203 355 6077. If you have a few million going spare, the owners are also interested in buyers! LITTLE DISH PARTNERS SHARE THEIR SUCCESS STORY The partners behind Little Dish share their success story. Little Dish, the children’s food firm founded by Hillary Graves in her home kitchen in 2006, now reaches 200,000 youngsters every week. Husband Dean Brown joined in 2014, helping to drive turnover to £12m. They share their recipe for growth. Hillary Graves The first time I met HOW TO IMPROVE UK PRODUCTIVITY Growing evidence indicates working fewer hours can lead to improved productivity, particularly for those working over 40 hours a week. Focusing on outcomes rather than hours could make a big difference. So could more flexible working. In addition the WHY EVERY COMPANY NEEDS A CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS OFFICERSEE MORE ONDIRECTOR.CO.UK
THE LEADERSHIP LESSONS OF TAMARA SAKOVSKA The leadership lessons of Tamara Sakovska. With 20 years in global finance under her belt, the IoD Chartered Director of the Year serves on the board of JPMorgan Russian Securities as a non-exec and runs her own business. She reflects on experiences – from living in the Soviet Union to working on Wall Street and facing the financial crisis THE AGILITY MINDSET REVIEWED Read our review below. City grandee Sir Win Bischoff provides the foreword for The Agility Mindset, stating: “Until recently, workforce agility has for the most part been treated as a benefit for employees and a cost for employers. This needs to change.”. His assertion is the starting point for Fiona Cannon to demonstrate howflexible
DOING BUSINESS IN BUDAPEST With €108.7bn (£93.6bn) GDP in 2015, Budapest has been bolstered in recent years by funding from the European Union – Hungary joined in 2004 – and between 2014 and 2020 the country is set to receive 28bn in a bid to strengthen the economy and boost SMEs. Coupled with the Hungarian government’s plan to cut corporate tax rates in the ITAY TALGAM ON LEADERSHIP Itay Talgam on leadership. His Ted talk on the leadership lessons to be learnt from great orchestral conductors has had more than two million views. Here Itay Talgam tells Director how business leaders can set the tempo in their own organisations. He has conducted some of the world’s greatest orchestras, but Itay Talgam now has a different WHY EVERY COMPANY NEEDS A CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER The responsibility for ensuring that all key stakeholders in a company understand such factors lies with the communications team. This means that the role of in-house comms chief should no longer be a rung below the C-suite. Every serious company of scale needs a chief communications officer who is closely aligned with otherbusiness-critical
6 WAYS TO REDUCE THE CARBON FOOTPRINT OF YOUR BUSINESS Here are One Home’s top six ways to reduce your carbon footprint. 1. Benchmark and set targets. The cheapest form of energy is the energy you do not use. Simply switching things off when not in use or using more efficient products, such as LED lights, saves money.GUIDE - DIRECTOR
INSTITUTE OF DIRECTORS The IoD is the leading organisation supporting and representing business leaders in the UK and internationally. One of its key objectives is to raise the BOARD DISPUTES AND REMOVING A DIRECTOR The easiest way to resolve board disputes is to anticipate and provide for them in your articles of association or shareholders’ agreement. Outline in these documents that if a dispute occurs, mediation by a neutral party will be used to resolve it and, if that fails, set out a mechanism that allows the conflicting parties to part company. ITAY TALGAM ON LEADERSHIP Itay Talgam on leadership. His Ted talk on the leadership lessons to be learnt from great orchestral conductors has had more than two million views. Here Itay Talgam tells Director how business leaders can set the tempo in their own organisations. He has conducted some of the world’s greatest orchestras, but Itay Talgam now has a different THE CHAIR DONATING SHARES TO CHARITABLE TRUST The trust, with Cullimore as its chairman, has since made charity donations in excess of £4m. Part of his decision to donate his shares, says Cullimore, concerns continuity of his three-decade project. “So many people – my wife, myself and others – have put an awful lot of time and effort into the business, and from time totime we get
DIRECTORS' REWARDS SURVEY Directors’ rewards survey – the methology. Croner sent a questionnaire to 45,000 IoD members and received 745 responses. Appropriate and matching results from the Croner Reward pay database for director and senior manager positions were added to this data.FIRST DIRECT
Jayne Carrington is managing director of HR consultancy Right Management. Her company’s research into employee engagement shows “44 per cent higher retention, 56 per cent customer loyalty, 50 per cent more productivity”—and all in a business likely to be “33 per cent more profitable”. It’s a compelling set of figures. DO DEALS MADE ON DRAGONS' DEN REALLY WORK The deal that worked out. Company Wonderland Sector Publishing Who Huw Gwyther. Huw Gwyther could easily be held up as a shining example of all that is good about Dragons’ Den. The publishing entrepreneur made his pitch to the panel during the first series, confident he had identified a niche in the market for Wonderland, an aspirational magazine aimed at both male and female readers. MCQUEENS MANAGING DIRECTOR KALLY ELLIS 0. In a little over two decades McQueens has bloomed from a wilting backstreet flower shop to a thriving, high-end £3m business. Managing director Kally Ellis describes how a mixed bouquet of intuition and creativity has sown the seeds of success. Probe Kally Ellis on her formal floristry training and you get a smile. CONTACT US - DIRECTOR MAGAZINE Director is the magazine for entrepreneurs and business leaders, published six times a year for the Institute of Directors by Seven . Want to appear in Director or have a PR enquiry? Click here. For commercial and advertising click here. Write to us Director magazine, 3-7 Herbal Hill, London EC1R 5EJ Sending a parcel by courier Director magazine, 3-7 Herbal Hill, London EC1R 5EJ HOW TO BECOME A NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR The IoD provides training for NEDs including a number of open courses such as the Role of Non-Executive Director. This will equip you with the strategies to identify roles and build networks for the future. You will gain practical advice and tips from top industry headhunters. The programme includes an evening drinks reception and three-course HOW TO IMPROVE UK PRODUCTIVITY Growing evidence indicates working fewer hours can lead to improved productivity, particularly for those working over 40 hours a week. Focusing on outcomes rather than hours could make a big difference. So could more flexible working. In addition the ITAY TALGAM ON LEADERSHIP Itay Talgam on leadership. His Ted talk on the leadership lessons to be learnt from great orchestral conductors has had more than two million views. Here Itay Talgam tells Director how business leaders can set the tempo in their own organisations. He has conducted some of the world’s greatest orchestras, but Itay Talgam now has a differentFIRST DIRECT
Jayne Carrington is managing director of HR consultancy Right Management. Her company’s research into employee engagement shows “44 per cent higher retention, 56 per cent customer loyalty, 50 per cent more productivity”—and all in a business likely to be “33 per cent more profitable”. It’s a compelling set of figures. DOING BUSINESS IN BUDAPEST With €108.7bn (£93.6bn) GDP in 2015, Budapest has been bolstered in recent years by funding from the European Union – Hungary joined in 2004 – and between 2014 and 2020 the country is set to receive 28bn in a bid to strengthen the economy and boost SMEs. Coupled with the Hungarian government’s plan to cut corporate tax rates in the DO YOU HAVE THE EXPLORER GENE? The anthropologist Helen Fisher identified explorer as one of her four basic biological styles of thinking and behaving – along with builder, director, and negotiator. She believes: “Explorers are a product of high dopamine activity (associated with curiosity and spontaneity). Explorers are curious, creative, adventurous, sexual,impulsive
LITTLE DISH PARTNERS SHARE THEIR SUCCESS STORY The partners behind Little Dish share their success story. Little Dish, the children’s food firm founded by Hillary Graves in her home kitchen in 2006, now reaches 200,000 youngsters every week. Husband Dean Brown joined in 2014, helping to drive turnover to £12m. They share their recipe for growth. Hillary Graves The first time I met TRANSPORT AND HAULAGE SPECIALISTS ALE It’s a hidden gem but also an example of a successful and innovative UK company. Mark Harries, ALE’s executive director and son of founder Roger Harries, admits that the company based in leafy Staffordshire has shied away from shouting from the rooftops about its achievements. Since the business was founded in 1983 as an engineering PUBLISH STAFF SALARIES After claims that thousands of Google employees shared details of staff salaries with each other to find out if they were being fairly paid, is it time for businesses to be transparent on remuneration?. Yes, says Peter Burgess, managing director at specialist recruitment consultancy Retail Human Resources. We have had a transparent policy on salaries for 20 years. CONTACT US - DIRECTOR MAGAZINE Director is the magazine for entrepreneurs and business leaders, published six times a year for the Institute of Directors by Seven . Want to appear in Director or have a PR enquiry? Click here. For commercial and advertising click here. Write to us Director magazine, 3-7 Herbal Hill, London EC1R 5EJ Sending a parcel by courier Director magazine, 3-7 Herbal Hill, London EC1R 5EJ HOW TO BECOME A NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR The IoD provides training for NEDs including a number of open courses such as the Role of Non-Executive Director. This will equip you with the strategies to identify roles and build networks for the future. You will gain practical advice and tips from top industry headhunters. The programme includes an evening drinks reception and three-course HOW TO IMPROVE UK PRODUCTIVITY Growing evidence indicates working fewer hours can lead to improved productivity, particularly for those working over 40 hours a week. Focusing on outcomes rather than hours could make a big difference. So could more flexible working. In addition the ITAY TALGAM ON LEADERSHIP Itay Talgam on leadership. His Ted talk on the leadership lessons to be learnt from great orchestral conductors has had more than two million views. Here Itay Talgam tells Director how business leaders can set the tempo in their own organisations. He has conducted some of the world’s greatest orchestras, but Itay Talgam now has a differentFIRST DIRECT
Jayne Carrington is managing director of HR consultancy Right Management. Her company’s research into employee engagement shows “44 per cent higher retention, 56 per cent customer loyalty, 50 per cent more productivity”—and all in a business likely to be “33 per cent more profitable”. It’s a compelling set of figures. DOING BUSINESS IN BUDAPEST With €108.7bn (£93.6bn) GDP in 2015, Budapest has been bolstered in recent years by funding from the European Union – Hungary joined in 2004 – and between 2014 and 2020 the country is set to receive 28bn in a bid to strengthen the economy and boost SMEs. Coupled with the Hungarian government’s plan to cut corporate tax rates in the DO YOU HAVE THE EXPLORER GENE? The anthropologist Helen Fisher identified explorer as one of her four basic biological styles of thinking and behaving – along with builder, director, and negotiator. She believes: “Explorers are a product of high dopamine activity (associated with curiosity and spontaneity). Explorers are curious, creative, adventurous, sexual,impulsive
LITTLE DISH PARTNERS SHARE THEIR SUCCESS STORY The partners behind Little Dish share their success story. Little Dish, the children’s food firm founded by Hillary Graves in her home kitchen in 2006, now reaches 200,000 youngsters every week. Husband Dean Brown joined in 2014, helping to drive turnover to £12m. They share their recipe for growth. Hillary Graves The first time I met TRANSPORT AND HAULAGE SPECIALISTS ALE It’s a hidden gem but also an example of a successful and innovative UK company. Mark Harries, ALE’s executive director and son of founder Roger Harries, admits that the company based in leafy Staffordshire has shied away from shouting from the rooftops about its achievements. Since the business was founded in 1983 as an engineering PUBLISH STAFF SALARIES After claims that thousands of Google employees shared details of staff salaries with each other to find out if they were being fairly paid, is it time for businesses to be transparent on remuneration?. Yes, says Peter Burgess, managing director at specialist recruitment consultancy Retail Human Resources. We have had a transparent policy on salaries for 20 years.DIRECTOR MAGAZINE
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HOW TO IMPROVE UK PRODUCTIVITY Growing evidence indicates working fewer hours can lead to improved productivity, particularly for those working over 40 hours a week. Focusing on outcomes rather than hours could make a big difference. So could more flexible working. In addition the HOW TO UNDERSTAND THE RULES OF WHISTLEBLOWING The IoD’s Information and Advisory Service explains your rights and responsibilities, both as an employer and as an employee, when it comes to the disclosure of misconduct in the workplaceThe term “whistleblowing” refers to the act of reporting certain cases of PUBLISH STAFF SALARIES After claims that thousands of Google employees shared details of staff salaries with each other to find out if they were being fairly paid, is it time for businesses to be transparent on remuneration?. Yes, says Peter Burgess, managing director at specialist recruitment consultancy Retail Human Resources. We have had a transparent policy on salaries for 20 years. BOARD DISPUTES AND REMOVING A DIRECTOR The easiest way to resolve board disputes is to anticipate and provide for them in your articles of association or shareholders’ agreement. Outline in these documents that if a dispute occurs, mediation by a neutral party will be used to resolve it and, if that fails, set out a mechanism that allows the conflicting parties to part company. DO YOU HAVE THE EXPLORER GENE? The anthropologist Helen Fisher identified explorer as one of her four basic biological styles of thinking and behaving – along with builder, director, and negotiator. She believes: “Explorers are a product of high dopamine activity (associated with curiosity and spontaneity). Explorers are curious, creative, adventurous, sexual,impulsive
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INSTITUTE OF DIRECTORS The IoD is the leading organisation supporting and representing business leaders in the UK and internationally. One of its key objectives is to raise the MEET DEBRA CHARLES, FOUNDER OF NOVACROFT Meet Debra Charles, founder of smartcard tech company Novacroft. Debra Charles, founder of smartcard technology and software company Novacroft, shrugged off the stigma of dyslexia and being called ‘thick’ to launch a company which now turns over £10m and employs 300 staff. She talks start-ups, software and self-belief. DO DEALS MADE ON DRAGONS' DEN REALLY WORK The deal that worked out. Company Wonderland Sector Publishing Who Huw Gwyther. Huw Gwyther could easily be held up as a shining example of all that is good about Dragons’ Den. The publishing entrepreneur made his pitch to the panel during the first series, confident he had identified a niche in the market for Wonderland, an aspirational magazine aimed at both male and female readers. BONHAMS AUCTION HOUSE The new £30m auction house, opened by London mayor Boris Johnson last October, has already hosted headline-grabbing sales that will have made uncomfortable reading for bigger competitors. In December, Bonhams sold a portrait by 18th-century French master Jean-Honoré Fragonard for a staggering £17.1m – a world record for the artistand the
CONTACT US - DIRECTOR MAGAZINE Director is the magazine for entrepreneurs and business leaders, published six times a year for the Institute of Directors by Seven . Want to appear in Director or have a PR enquiry? Click here. For commercial and advertising click here. Write to us Director magazine, 3-7 Herbal Hill, London EC1R 5EJ Sending a parcel by courier Director magazine, 3-7 Herbal Hill, London EC1R 5EJ HOW TO BECOME A NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR The IoD provides training for NEDs including a number of open courses such as the Role of Non-Executive Director. This will equip you with the strategies to identify roles and build networks for the future. You will gain practical advice and tips from top industry headhunters. The programme includes an evening drinks reception and three-course HOW TO IMPROVE UK PRODUCTIVITY Growing evidence indicates working fewer hours can lead to improved productivity, particularly for those working over 40 hours a week. Focusing on outcomes rather than hours could make a big difference. So could more flexible working. In addition the ITAY TALGAM ON LEADERSHIP Itay Talgam on leadership. His Ted talk on the leadership lessons to be learnt from great orchestral conductors has had more than two million views. Here Itay Talgam tells Director how business leaders can set the tempo in their own organisations. He has conducted some of the world’s greatest orchestras, but Itay Talgam now has a differentFIRST DIRECT
Jayne Carrington is managing director of HR consultancy Right Management. Her company’s research into employee engagement shows “44 per cent higher retention, 56 per cent customer loyalty, 50 per cent more productivity”—and all in a business likely to be “33 per cent more profitable”. It’s a compelling set of figures. DOING BUSINESS IN BUDAPEST With €108.7bn (£93.6bn) GDP in 2015, Budapest has been bolstered in recent years by funding from the European Union – Hungary joined in 2004 – and between 2014 and 2020 the country is set to receive 28bn in a bid to strengthen the economy and boost SMEs. Coupled with the Hungarian government’s plan to cut corporate tax rates in the LITTLE DISH PARTNERS SHARE THEIR SUCCESS STORY The partners behind Little Dish share their success story. Little Dish, the children’s food firm founded by Hillary Graves in her home kitchen in 2006, now reaches 200,000 youngsters every week. Husband Dean Brown joined in 2014, helping to drive turnover to £12m. They share their recipe for growth. Hillary Graves The first time I met DO YOU HAVE THE EXPLORER GENE? The anthropologist Helen Fisher identified explorer as one of her four basic biological styles of thinking and behaving – along with builder, director, and negotiator. She believes: “Explorers are a product of high dopamine activity (associated with curiosity and spontaneity). Explorers are curious, creative, adventurous, sexual,impulsive
TRANSPORT AND HAULAGE SPECIALISTS ALE It’s a hidden gem but also an example of a successful and innovative UK company. Mark Harries, ALE’s executive director and son of founder Roger Harries, admits that the company based in leafy Staffordshire has shied away from shouting from the rooftops about its achievements. Since the business was founded in 1983 as an engineering PUBLISH STAFF SALARIES After claims that thousands of Google employees shared details of staff salaries with each other to find out if they were being fairly paid, is it time for businesses to be transparent on remuneration?. Yes, says Peter Burgess, managing director at specialist recruitment consultancy Retail Human Resources. We have had a transparent policy on salaries for 20 years. CONTACT US - DIRECTOR MAGAZINE Director is the magazine for entrepreneurs and business leaders, published six times a year for the Institute of Directors by Seven . Want to appear in Director or have a PR enquiry? Click here. For commercial and advertising click here. Write to us Director magazine, 3-7 Herbal Hill, London EC1R 5EJ Sending a parcel by courier Director magazine, 3-7 Herbal Hill, London EC1R 5EJ HOW TO BECOME A NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR The role of the NED has never been more important to companies. The Information and Advisory Service at the IoD outlines how to become a non-executive directorFIRST DIRECT
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HOW TO IMPROVE UK PRODUCTIVITY Norman Blissett. Norman Blissett is a board, strategy and people consultant and director of consulting and advisory firm Gallanach. He is a chartered director, fellow of the IoD, chartered fellow of the CIPD and professional member of the Center for Evidence BasedManagement.
ITAY TALGAM ON LEADERSHIP Itay Talgam's Ted talk on leadership lessons from orchestral conductors has had two million views. He explains how leaders can set the tempo in their organisations TRANSPORT AND HAULAGE SPECIALISTS ALE Director Magazine. Director is the magazine for business leaders. Free to IoD members and available to purchase through subscription, each edition is full of insightful interviews with entrepreneurs andcompany directors.
DO YOU HAVE THE EXPLORER GENE? Around a fifth of people carry a gene that makes them more adventurous and open to risk. Making the most of their potential is vital to the growth of entrepreneurship – and the wider economy, says James Sproule. Innovation, entrepreneurship and DOING BUSINESS IN BUDAPEST Home to the European Institute of Innovation and Technology, Budapest has become a thriving commercial hub in central and eastern Europe. With its highly educated workforce and excellent location, opportunities abound for UK businesses in the Hungarian capital LITTLE DISH PARTNERS SHARE THEIR SUCCESS STORY Little Dish, the children’s food firm founded by Hillary Graves in her home kitchen in 2006, now reaches 200,000 youngsters every week. Husband Dean Brown joined in 2014, helping to drive turnover to £12m. PUBLISH STAFF SALARIES After claims that thousands of Google employees shared details of staff salaries with each other to find out if they were being fairly paid, is it time for businesses to be transparent on remuneration?. Yes, says Peter Burgess, managing director at specialist recruitment consultancy Retail Human Resources. We have had a transparent policy on salaries for 20 years.DIRECTOR MAGAZINE
Director magazine offers inspiration, advice and expert opinion to entrepreneurs and business leaders plus the latest news tailored tocompany directors
HOW TO IMPROVE UK PRODUCTIVITY Growing evidence indicates working fewer hours can lead to improved productivity, particularly for those working over 40 hours a week. Focusing on outcomes rather than hours could make a big difference. So could more flexible working. In addition the HOW TO UNDERSTAND THE RULES OF WHISTLEBLOWING The IoD’s Information and Advisory Service explains your rights and responsibilities, both as an employer and as an employee, when it comes to the disclosure of misconduct in the workplaceThe term “whistleblowing” refers to the act of reporting certain cases of PUBLISH STAFF SALARIES After claims that thousands of Google employees shared details of staff salaries with each other to find out if they were being fairly paid, is it time for businesses to be transparent on remuneration?. Yes, says Peter Burgess, managing director at specialist recruitment consultancy Retail Human Resources. We have had a transparent policy on salaries for 20 years.GUIDE - DIRECTOR
INSTITUTE OF DIRECTORS The IoD is the leading organisation supporting and representing business leaders in the UK and internationally. One of its key objectives is to raise the DO YOU HAVE THE EXPLORER GENE? The anthropologist Helen Fisher identified explorer as one of her four basic biological styles of thinking and behaving – along with builder, director, and negotiator. She believes: “Explorers are a product of high dopamine activity (associated with curiosity and spontaneity). Explorers are curious, creative, adventurous, sexual,impulsive
MEET DEBRA CHARLES, FOUNDER OF NOVACROFT Meet Debra Charles, founder of smartcard tech company Novacroft. Debra Charles, founder of smartcard technology and software company Novacroft, shrugged off the stigma of dyslexia and being called ‘thick’ to launch a company which now turns over £10m and employs 300 staff. She talks start-ups, software and self-belief. DO DEALS MADE ON DRAGONS' DEN REALLY WORK The deal that worked out. Company Wonderland Sector Publishing Who Huw Gwyther. Huw Gwyther could easily be held up as a shining example of all that is good about Dragons’ Den. The publishing entrepreneur made his pitch to the panel during the first series, confident he had identified a niche in the market for Wonderland, an aspirational magazine aimed at both male and female readers. HOW EFFECTIVE IS NO-EMAIL FRIDAY? The first Friday it was very difficult to keep from checking emails, but after that I made adjustments so I didn’t get email notifications on my devices, and that made a real difference. No-email Friday was very refreshing and definitely made a difference to both workload and state of mind; I was able to focus strategically as Ididn’t find
BONHAMS AUCTION HOUSE The new £30m auction house, opened by London mayor Boris Johnson last October, has already hosted headline-grabbing sales that will have made uncomfortable reading for bigger competitors. In December, Bonhams sold a portrait by 18th-century French master Jean-Honoré Fragonard for a staggering £17.1m – a world record for the artistand the
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JOJO MAMAN BÉBÉ FOUNDER ON ‘PUTTING PEOPLE AND THE PLANET ABOVEPROFIT’
The JoJo Maman Bébé CEO explains how she built a company that puts the environment first__ Marc Smith
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The cover story
‘BEING A B CORP IS THE LEAST THAT WE HAVE TO DO,’ SAYS RUBBERREPUBLIC FOUNDER
"Businesses need to challenge themselves to innovate and push harder to solve these issues," says Rubber Republic founder Matt Golding__ Nick Kirby
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FINANCIAL PLANNING
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HELPING FEMALE EMPLOYEES PLAN FOR A BETTER RETIREMENT__ Advertorial
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WOMEN LESS CONFIDENT THAN MEN WHEN CHOOSING FINANCIAL PRODUCTS __ Financial planning news __ Director commercial and sales__ 0
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SELF-EMPLOYED PENSIONS TO COME UNDER GOVERNMENT SCRUTINY __ Financial planning news __ Director commercial and sales__ 0
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Leadership
THREE WAYS TO TRANSFORM A COMPANY BY CHANGING THE LANGUAGE OF THEBOARDROOM
Former US Navy captain David Marquet applies his communication lessons to the boardroom__ Sam Forsdick
__ Mar 18, 2020
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News
BUSINESS LEADERS ARE ‘DISRESPECTING’ DATA PROTECTION LAW A new report reveals that the more senior the individual, the less likely they are to accept responsibility for information ...__ Sam Forsdick
__ Mar 16, 2020
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Blogs
‘BUSINESS MUST TACKLE WIDESPREAD SHORTAGE OF NEGOTIATION SKILLS’ Investing in the art of negotiation can help you add value to yourorganisation
__ Richard Savage
__ Mar 9, 2020
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Books
BOOK REVIEW: INFLUENCERS AND REVOLUTIONARIES, BY SEAN PILLOT DECHENECEY
Sean Pillot de Chenecey urges business to adopt radical new strategies to meet the challenges of new disruptors__ Sam Forsdick
__ 6 March, 2020
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Blogs
‘BEST-PRACTICE GUIDANCE FOR INTERNAL AUDITORS WILL HELP TO STRENGTHEN CORPORATE GOVERNANCE’ In January the Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors published its new Internal Audit Code of Practice.
This provides guidance for internal auditors in both the private and third sectors, writes Brendan Nelson, chair of the independent steering committee that developed the code. We were delighted that the publication was welcomed by the IoD’s__ Brendan Nelson
__ 5 March, 2020
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EIGHT LESSONS FROM REAL-LIFE MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS How to keep your next deal off the ever-growing list of M&Adisappointments
__ Mieke Jacobs and Paul Zonneveld __ 26 February, 2020__ 0
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Interviews
IOD CHESHIRE CHAIR: ‘I WANT OUR BRANCH TO DO MORE ON THE SUSTAINABILITY FRONT’ IoD Cheshire Chair Rob McKay reflects on his first year in the role and discusses his upcoming ultra-marathon in Borneo__ Sam Forsdick
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WHY EVERY COMPANY NEEDS A CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER Corporate purpose is now as important as products and services in determining how a business is perceived__ Emma Kane
__ 5 February, 2020
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TECHNOLOGY
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WHY EVERYONE’S TALKING ABOUT CYBER SECURITY__ Apr 25, 2019
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HOW TO BUILD A CYBER CAPABLE BOARD__ Apr 24, 2019
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A DIRECTOR’S GUIDE TO EMBRACING AI__ Aug 20, 2018
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HOW TO BECOME A MORE EMOTIONALLY ENGAGED LEADER__ Mar 30, 2020
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‘IT’S OUT OF DIFFERENCE THAT YOU ACHIEVE PROGRESS’ – LEADERSHIP LESSONS FROM TIM PARKER__ Mar 27, 2020
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PITNEY BOWES CEO: THE SURVIVAL SECRETS OF A 100-YEAR-OLD BUSINESS__ Mar 20, 2020
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INSPIRING BUSINESS
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NEW! WORLD FIRST TEAMS UP WITH THE IOD Members will be able to take advantage of competitive international money transfer exchange rates __ Director magazine__ Apr 12, 2017
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NEW! THE ENTERPRISING WOMEN’S INITIATIVE Exciting new drive gives all women business leaders a fantastic opportunity to meet top female experts and learn new skills__ Ali Catterall
__ Mar 1, 2017
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HOW THE IOD CAN HELP OLDER ENTREPRENEURS The IoD is here to help over 50s make the transition from employee toentrepreneur
__ Ryan Herman
__ Feb 21, 2017
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NATIONAL APPRENTICESHIP WEEK – THE BUSINESS CASE FOR NURTURINGYOUNG TRAINEES
Virgin, BT and SME business Playdale celebrate the success of their apprenticeship schemes__ Sam Forsdick
__ Feb 3, 2020
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IT’S TIME TO END COMFORT-ZONE RECRUITMENT AND EMBRACE GENERATIONALDIVERSITY
Changing your hiring strategy to embrace generational diversity could be your company’s ticket to a better future__ Chris Dyer
__ Jan 30, 2020
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Expert
SIX WAYS TO APPLY AN OLYMPIAN MINDSET TO YOUR COMPANY David Carry draws on his experience as an Olympic swimmer to offer performance-enhancing tips for business leaders__ David Carry
__ Jan 29, 2020
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Interviews
THE INSPIRATIONS OF MICHAEL GIDNEY, CHIEF EXECUTIVE, FAIRTRADEFOUNDATION
It’s a quarter of a century since Fairtrade-certified goods first became available in the UK. The charity’s leader reveals his ...__ Sam Forsdick
__ Jan 28, 2020
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Expert
HOW TO AVOID FAILURE IN YOUR FIRST YEAR OF TRADING The IoD’s Information and Advisory Service recommends four ways to improve your venture's chances of getting through its critical early...
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__ Jan 27, 2020
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Leadership
‘TAKE A PANORAMIC APPROACH TO DIVERSITY’ – LEADERSHIP LESSONSFROM RUPAL KANTARIA
The director at Oliver Wyman reflects on the principles she has learnt in her career as a management consultant__ Sam Forsdick
__ Jan 24, 2020
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AS#404: NO AD FOUND IN ROTATIONTHE COVER STORY
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JOJO MAMAN BÉBÉ FOUNDER ON ‘PUTTING PEOPLE AND THE PLANET ABOVEPROFIT’
__ Mar 26, 2020
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‘BEING A B CORP IS THE LEAST THAT WE HAVE TO DO,’ SAYS RUBBERREPUBLIC FOUNDER
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HOW B-CORPORATIONS ARE PROVIDING A BLUEPRINT FOR CHANGE__ Mar 26, 2020
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JON GELDART: ‘THE IOD IS ABOUT THE LEGACY WE LEAVE GENERATIONS OF DIRECTORS TO COME’__ Jan 23, 2020
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LADY NICOLA MENDELSOHN: ‘ADDRESSING DIVERSITY MAKES SOUND BUSINESSSENSE’
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SIMON SINEK EXCLUSIVE: ‘CHOOSING TO BECOME AN INFINITE-MINDED LEADER WILL SHAKE YOUR WORLD’__ Sep 18, 2019
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DAMBISA MOYO ON SIX BARRIERS TO GLOBAL GROWTH – AND HOW LEADERS CANSHATTER THEM
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