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Facial discrimination

Plastic surgeons and doctors offering anti-ageing and aesthetic treatments count increasing numbers of business people among their clients. What's behind the trend? And what does it say about corporate Britain?

Facing up to reality

Julia Middleton, founder and CEO of Common Purpose, says that leaders need to keep it real

Terminal 5 comes alive

Sharon Doherty, who worked for BAA during the Heathrow project, reveals the secrets that led to successful completion

Company profile: Macdonald Hotels

After a costly management buy-out, planning delays and allegations of political sleaze, Macdonald Hotels is focusing on what it set out to do: treat staff well and create a centre of excellence for the Scottish hotel and catering industry

Culture club

As business becomes truly global, directors could find themselves working in unfamiliar cultures—so it's time to bone up on foreign customs

Learning from failure

Many of the world's best known and respected business leaders failed their way to success

Lighting the way to the future

Some smarter businesses are turning sustainability into an opportunity

Winning arts and minds

A new scheme nurtures much needed leadership skills in the arts sector

Traits of the top CEOs revealed

Research reveals insight into the characteristics of our top directors

10 surefire ways to keep your company innovative

by Paul Sloane, author of The Innovative Leader

Weatherbys

Diversification and innovation are key to the longevity and success of family firm Weatherbys, says director Nick Craven

Jim Collinson leadership

Jim Collins talks to Joanna Higgins about what makes a great business leader

Rules are made to be broken

Anja Foerster and Peter Kreuz propose a "who dares wins" approach to open up new business opportunities

When might is right

Far from staying out of politics, business directors are increasingly expected to walk their talk, leading and influencing policy beyond their own organisations

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Gordon Brown as PM

Management guru Jo Owen assesses the new prime minister's leadership strengths and weaknesses

Brown biographer Nick Kochan

Can the former Chancellor shed his insular image and make the hard decisions?

How New Labour won, then lost business

With his party heavily in debt, Gordon Brown needs the support of business. But the City no longer trusts him, says Paul Eastham

How to survive a scandal

What do Martha Stewart, Winston Churchill and Bill Clinton have in common? They have all endured public scandal and disgrace, bounced back, and gone on to achieve further success
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Please mind the gap

Taking a well-timed career break can help re-energise you and your company

 

Why women leave

Only a handful of UK women are reaching senior roles, and many are leaving business. Should companies fight harder to keep them?

Arrested development

In an industry without regulation, anyone can call themselves an executive coach. So how do you choose the right one?

Tackling toxic leaders

Bad leaders can create mayhem in an organisation. The answer is effective training and development delivered in advance of a new post, says Ros Taylor

Ego-driven execs

They can be tough to put up with and may jeopardise the bottom line, but they're often bold and creative too

Self-taught leaders rule

Research shows that 80 per cent of what people think of as their "really significant learning" comes from tackling life's challenging situations, or experiential learning

Better out than in?

Dr Cuross Bakhtiar, founder and chief executive of Harley Street Cosmetic has succeeded through leadership with a difference

A company of rogues

In this extract from his latest book, Liar's Paradise, Graham Edmonds identifies some of the heroes, villains and fraudsters who might make up the board and aspiring middle management of a company of rogues-Cruel and Unusual Ltd

Finding the upside to a downturn

Surviving a business downturn offers a great opportunity to display decisive, insightful leadership

The gloves are off

Office politics isn't the sole preserve of middle-ranking executives-it can extend all the way up to the top, and get nasty

From battlefield to boardroom

After retiring from the army in January 2004, Gulf War hero Colonel Tim Collins is now parlaying his distinguished 22-year military career into one as a business speaker
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