Recommended Read: Soul Keeping
Jon Gordon is a trainer, consultant and inspirational speaker. His books cover a wide range of subjects aiming to help people be positive and to lead better. Interviewed in People and Purpose 11,...
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The happy secret to better work
TED talk by Shawn Achor Shawn Achor is a highly respected academic and consultant. He focuses on positive outliers—to understand more about people who are well above average. As he says in the talk...
Recommended Reads – The E-Myth Revisited
The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It by Michael E. Gerber was recommended by David Mellor, the business mentor, honorary senior visiting fellow at Cass Business...
The 6Ms of Business Strategy
The 6Ms of Business Strategy Interview with Shweta Jhajharia Shweta Jhajharia MBA is a business coach specialising in growth. She has been ranked ActionCOACH London’s Coach of the Year consecutively for the last eight...
Book Review – The Positive Organization by Robert E Quinn
In our recent interviews with Professor Kim Cameron and Michelle McQuaid both mentioned Robert E. Quinn’s The Positive Organization as a book worth reading for insight and ideas. It is not difficult to see...
From Crew to Captain: Interview with David Mellor
David Mellor is a business mentor, honorary senior visiting fellow at Cass Business School and author of a number of books on the theme of moving from being an employee to being a business...
Stakeholder management – What are family businesses doing well?
Regardless of its size and nature, the growth and success of an organisation ultimately depends on the engagement and contribution of the people who, in whatever capacity, play a role in its development. In...
The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey
Ann Francke, Chief Executive Officer of the Chartered Management Institute, recommends a book that helps to remind ourselves of the guidelines and habits for establishing personal and professional effectiveness. Francke says the book was...
A global woman – Interview with Mirela Sula
Author, international speaker, journalist, publisher, trainer and psychologist. Mirela Sula is the creator and co-founder of Migrant Woman Limited, and Publisher of Global Woman.co magazine, empowering and connecting women around the world. She grew...
The Family Business Model: What Can We Learn from It?
Over 80% of private sectors companies in the UK are family businesses, with the majority of them being small – micro in some cases – and medium enterprises. Even though they represent an important...
A practical guide to win-win
The Financial Times Essential Guide to Negotiations This book gives you what it promises on the front cover – how to achieve win-win outcomes in all your business deals. A straightforward, practical guide that...
Business approaches for tackling poverty
Scaling up Business Solutions to Social Problems: A Practical Guide for Social and Corporate Entrepreneurs – Olivier Kayser & Maria Valeria Budinich The authors suggest that some of the most sustainable and scalable solutions...
Doing good, doing business – Unseen Tours, London-based social enterprise
Social enterprise is a dynamic and inspiring way to do business, it’s an exciting and fast growing sector, a movement not just in the United Kingdom but around the world. Social enterprises are businesses...
What nonprofits can learn from Coca-Cola
No matter where are you going in the world, there is Coca-Cola – shares her experience Melinda French Gates. Food, clean water and necessary health care may not be available but you can get...
5 of the Best… Good Cause Businesses
Good cause organisations deserve more attention. There are thousands of them all around the world that support amazing causes. Here are 5 outstanding social enterprises that make a change in the world: The Big...
Business strategies for start-up growth – Interview with Boomy Tokan
Boomy Tokan, business adviser, business growth specialist and teacher, talks to Eszter Molnar Mills about his key tips for business start-ups, and his passion to help people to achieve their dream of starting and...
Big Data by Bernard Marr
Big Data is an expression that we hear on a regular basis but not everyone knows what it is and how to use it beneficially. Bernard Marr’s book is a guide for all businesses...
The Business Benefits of Strength-based Recruitment
Capp founder Alex Linley defines a strength as ‘‘something that you do well and enjoy doing. When using a strength, people feel authentic and energised as they deliver successful performance.’’ We asked Gurpal Minhas, Head...
How data will transform business
In his TED Talk, Philip Evans explains why traditional business strategy no longer works in today’s modern business world. What does the future of business look like? Nowadays, technology is the driving force. Businesses...
The business starter pack
The First Mile by Scott D. Anthony Many people think about starting their own business. Lots of us started a business in childhood – do you remember the cliché of the Lemonade Stand from...
