What Matters

Dr. Amanda Nimon-Peters is a Professor and Research Fellow at Hult International Business School and an expert on how behavioral science can develop measurable leadership capabilities in early to mid-career professionals. We talk to her about her new book, Working With Influence: Nine principles of persuasion to accelerate your career, published earlier this year by Bloomsbury.

Dr. Amanda Nimon-Peters is a Professor and Research Fellow at Hult International Business School and an expert on how behavioral science can develop measurable leadership capabilities in early to mid-career professionals. We talk to her about her new book, Working With Influence: Nine principles of persuasion to accelerate your career, published earlier this year by Bloomsbury.

A conversation with Chris Paton about the new book Purposeful People, an anthology of 19 different personal stories about what it means to live a purpose-driven life.

The past year has seen a complete transformation in the way that training and development is delivered, with the pandemic forcing organisations to move almost all their activities online. We talk to Jane Rexworthy, Executive Director for People 1st International, and corporate learning expert, Nigel Paine, about this ‘new normal’ and how it is impacting the way that training is devised and delivered.

We talk to Jeff Schwartz, a founding partner of Deloitte Consulting's Future of Work practice, about his new book, Work Disrupted: Opportunity, Resilience, and Growth in the Accelerated Future of Work.

We talk to our old friend, Wayne Turmel, about his new book "The Long Distance Teammate", which explores how to become a really effective member of a remote team.

A conversation with Sandra Kelly, UK Director of People 1st International, and Michael Wood, Head of Health Economic Partnerships at the NHS Confederation, about the ways that staff from hospitality, travel & tourism can redeploy their skills in the health and social care sectors.

A conversation with Sandra Kelly, UK Director of People 1st International, and Michael Wood, Head of Health Economic Partnerships at the NHS Confederation, about the ways that staff from hospitality, travel & tourism can redeploy their skills in the health and social care sectors.

A conversation with Sandra Kelly, UK Director of People 1st International, and Michael Wood, Head of Health Economic Partnerships at the NHS Confederation, about the ways that staff from hospitality, travel & tourism can redeploy their skills in the health and social care sectors.

A conversation with Sandra Kelly, UK Director of People 1st International, and Michael Wood, Head of Health Economic Partnerships at the NHS Confederation, about the ways that staff from hospitality, travel & tourism can redeploy their skills in the health and social care sectors.

This week we talk to historian and sociologist Dr. Rainer Zitelmann. A former academic and journalist, he is also successful entrepreneur and real estate investor and the author of 24 books. The most recent, “The Art of a Successful Life”, collates a myriad of quotes from thinkers across the ages to inspire readers to think about their lives and their goals, and to give them the confidence and strength to cope with difficult situations.

A conversation with executive and leadership coach, Rosie Tomkins, about her new book “N-stinctive: The Power of Natural Intelligence”, which unlocks the power of the natural world to provide strength and confidence to people who are shouldering big responsibility.

We talk to Sandra Kelly, UK director of People 1st International, and corporate learning specialist, Nigel Paine, about the ways employers are supporting their people during the Covid-19 crisis and what HR and L&D professionals can do to prepare for the future.

We talk to business psychologist, Emily Cooke, about the mental health implications of the Covid-19 crisis and the mass move to home working.

With the coronavirus pandemic forcing millions of people to work remotely, who better to talk to about the implications of this sudden workplace revolution than Wayne Turmel, one of the early champions of remote working and the author of literally hundreds of posts about remote working over the past decade for the Connected Manager series here on Management-Issues.com.

You don’t have to shout or show off to be charismatic. And as we find out in this week’s conversation with Nikki Owen, author of “Charismatic to the Core” and a speaker on charismatic leadership, having charisma doesn’t mean being a confident extrovert with a big personality.

Amid the confusion and uncertainty around Brexit, one of the many issues that remains completely unresolved is what it will mean for immigration and what that will mean for British businesses. This week, we’re talking to Jonathan Beech, Managing Director of specialist business immigration law firm, MigrateUK, about some of the possible scenarios.

In the first in our new series, What Matters, we talk to Isaac Getz, a Professor at ESCP Europe business school, best-selling author of 'Freedom, Inc' and a leading figure in the corporate liberation movement.