Great leadership techniques from the Duke of Wellington

EXACTLY 200 years ago this summer, the Duke of Wellington fired off a sarcastic memo to ministers in London complaining of the burden of bureaucracy. As he marched his troops from Portugal towards Madrid in order to meet Napoleon's forces, the Duke had become exasperated with the demands coming from London. He complained that "each item and every farthing has been accounted …

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BBC Radio Merseyside: Keep the Cash! and the Merseyside Innovation Awards

Radio Merseyside's Simon Hoban asks Sean McGuire about his experience of being a finalist in the 2011 Merseyside Innovation Awards with Keep the Cash! Also featured in the interview is Jack Stopforth, CEO of Liverpool Chamber of Commerce. The interview was first broadcast on the BBC Radio Merseyside Drive programme with Simon Hoban, on Monday 30th January 2012. You …

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Ambitious Minds recruits Leadership specialist

BUSINESS education provider Ambitious Minds has launched its Leadership Development division, recruiting sector specialist Jeff Biggin to head up the programme. The new division complements Ambitious Minds' existing suite of financial education products and provides significant growth potential for the business. Jeff, 55, joins the firm as Head of Leadership Development from Kaplan Hawksmere, where he delivered leadership development training for a …

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BBC Radio Merseyside: Sean McGuire on the Roger Phillips show

Sean McGuire, chief executive of Ambitious Minds, was a guest on the Roger Phillips programme, alongside fellow guest Andrew McAuley from Liverpool Community College. The main topics discussed were the proposed mayoral election for Liverpool and the issue of Health & Safety in the workplace. The interview was first broadcast on the BBC Radio Merseyside lunchtime programme with Roger Phillips, on Friday …

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Focus on your customers, not on yourself

A MEMO was circulated this week to a group of business owners in one of our region's commercial sites that began "You may have already heard the news on the grapevine...", that went on to announce the memo author's promotion to site manager. Putting questions of writing style to one side, the phrase gave away the author's opinion of his own …

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