Next week sees the return of our Business Education Network modules – this autumn we are focussing on the key business skills of Finance, Strategy & Leadership. Aimed at senior …
Why do we Undervalue Competent Management?
This well researched article from Harvard Business Review turns what students are taught at Business School on its head, at least to some extent. It has been accepted in Business …
Is Trump’s view of Germany right?
Roger Bootle is one of our favourite writers on Economics. We have reviewed two of his published books; The trouble with Markets in 2012 and The trouble with Europe in 2016. As well …
Business Strategy – making the right choices
As a trainer of Business and Finance to major global organisations for over 25 years, I have frequently been asked to recommend a book which covers many of the core …
The Euro and its Threat to the Future of Europe
The Euro and its Threat to the Future of Europe by Joseph E. Stiglitz A few weeks after the referendum on what has become known as Brexit I wandered into …
Strategic Decisions: When can you trust your gut?
Over the past few years there has been a growing interest from our clients for programmes which cover the tools and techniques to improve decision-making skills, particularly across Finance functions. …
Invasion of the Bottle Snatchers
As I settle down towards the end of the holiday period (at least in the UK) a colleague has pointed out an article in The Economist of July 9th. This …
Culture is not the Culprit – Am I missing something?
There was an interesting article on organisational culture in the Harvard Business Review of April 2016, by Jay W. Lorsch and Emily McTague. I had been meaning to write a …
Thriving through cultural differences
“You’re wrong” “It doesn’t work like that” “I don’t agree with you” These were just some of the challenges I received on the first morning of a three day training …
Black Box Thinking – book review
Black Box Thinking by Matthew Syed This is an excellent, highly readable, book and seems to us at MTP to have much relevance for those engaged in management learning. The …