Today, 11th June it was reported that Mervyn King of the Bank of England has been Knighted in the Queen’s birthday honours list. The knighthood, was packed full of business leaders, entreprenuers and industry giants. BG’s chairman was also reportedly in line for an award. To be awarding honours to business leaders will be predictably scorned by many ‘Daily Mail readers’ as an ‘outrage’ given the...

The crisis in Egypt, Libya and indeed the whole of the Middle East is an eye-opening event to observe as an outsider. It is clear to those in the Far East & the West that great change is occuring in the Middle. So when the paradigms that held an old regime, or leadership style in place, change radically – how is a leader supposed to retain control? Or perhaps more topically, how does a new leader successfully take the reigns...

Different leadership styles are the characteristics that critically define the leaders in our organisations. They’re a mix-and-match of various traits, and will in some way, influence the culture of the whole company. There are 5 major leadership styles, and we’ll talk through them in this article. Democratic Leadership Style The democratic leadership style is probably the most popular leadership style in the 21st century...