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With the global economic crisis deepening by the day, battening down the hatches to reduce risk has become the number one priority for CFOs and senior managers alike.

Five ways to get remote working wrong

Time for some crystal ball gazing

It's a hard thing to say in the current climate, but businesses need to be anticipating what the workplace will look like in a decade's time if they want to retain a competitive edge.

Paying the bills puts pension saving on hold

Americans are cutting what they put into their pensions, or even stopping funding their retirement altogether, as they struggle to keep their heads above water financially.

Perhaps your boss really does hate you

We always being told that it's childish to assume that if our relationship with our boss breaks down, it's because they secretly hate us and just want us out of their sight. But maybe it's true after all...

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Thought leaders

Peter Vajda

Wall Street or Main Street, the problem is the same

Wayne Turmel

It's the little things, stupid

Charles Helliwell

Capitalising on adversity

Janet Howd

Telling it like it is

Bob Selden

Did Plato have the answers to Wall Street's problems?

Patricia Soldati

Don't think it can't happen to you

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A bad Beginning

Robert moved from the UK to a management job in China a year ago. While things went well at first, one of his team has recently been openly challenging his working-style and being dismissive of his decisions. What should he do?

Dan Bobinski

Read any good books lately? So what?

Reading a book is one thing. But to incorporate what you've read into your life is quite another. Which explains why managers continue to flounder, in spite of reading all the "recommended" books on management.

Myra White

Women: an untapped talent

Models of effective leadership are still based on men and the types of talents that they bring to such positions. So to tap into the talents that women bring to the workplace, our ideas about leadership need to be reexamined.

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Management Mentors

Senge and sensibility

Peter Senge, once described as the "strategist of the century", explains to Stuart Crainer the steps we need to take towards creating a more sustainable world and why this change is imperative.

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