Interim Managers: How much is your agent taking as their cut?

I was having a meeting with a seasoned interim manager this week and he was very interested to work with The Bayard Partnersh...

How to Survive a Recession

With the recessionary storms gathering pace, this week I am offering my advice, based upon hard earned experience of having e...

Home working – Money for Nothing?

Not since 1764 and the invention of Hargreaves <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinning_jenny">Spinning Jenny</a>, has ...

Why change the habit of a lifetime?

Yesterday, when I am usually writing my blog, I was discussing with friends about an urgent need for change. And yet, by pur...

Nothing but Fun

This year I have been too busy with my projects to follow the Olympics, however there is one name that keeps being mentioned ...

Kaizen - Myth or useful Methodology?

Anyone who has worked for Toyota will know the meaning of this word. According to Wikipedia, it is Japanese for ‘change for ...

Falling Revenues – The challenge for the interim manager

Any interim manager will know just how difficult it can be turning around a company with falling revenues. Often what we fir...

What price customer service?

I am on holiday this week so I thought I would just share with you a shortened account of a conversation I had last week.<br ...

Avoiding Disappointment

It is holiday weekend here in Belgium (today, Monday, is a national feast day to celebrate the formation of Belgium). Usuall...