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You might have thought that having a succession plan in place should your CEO suddenly depart would be common sense. But an astonishing proportion of companies don't seem to agree.

Why women still are second class in the workplace

European talent heads for Switzerland

More executives are leaving the UK, France and Germany than are moving to work there, according to new figures, as talented individuals become keener to shift to foreign climes.

Firms turn their backs on the office

Who needs an office anyway? That's what an increasing number of organisations are asking as a new survey from the UK reveals that up to half of small businesses don't work from formal business premises.

Generation Y the least engaged

The knives are out again for Generation Y as a new survey finds that in almost all parts of the world, employees born since 1980 are the least engaged members of the workplace.

This week's highlights

Thought leaders

Peter Vajda

My lawn mower made me do it!

Janet Howd

If you want your voice to carry, carry it well.

Robert Heller

Management styles: why things go wrong

Edward de Bono

Creativity: perceptual shift needed

Myra White

Mastering failure

Charles Helliwell

What gives a business its personality?

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Spiritual intelligence: managing cultures

Success as a modern business leader means being able to see and harness the invisible energetic fuel that drives achievement. And this requires spiritual intelligence - the space, freedom and safety to bring our whole selves to work.

Dan Bobinski

Five simple keys to building solid teams

When I ask teams what they would like from their supervisors, the same simple things keep coming up. You might think they're obvious - but if they are, teams wouldn't continually be mentioning them!

Advice Clinic

Surviving a bullying boss

Linda's experience with an aggressive, abrasive boss epitomizes the distress and confusion that bullying causes in the workplace. The Boss Whisperer, Laura Crawshaw, has some invaluable advice to help Linda deal with her predicament.

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Management Mentors

Roger Martin on integrative thinking

Roger Martin, Dean of the Joseph L. Rotman School of Management in Toronto, tells Des Dearlove that the traditional preoccupation with what a leader does is misplaced. It's what they think and at the decisions they make that matter.

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