Sir Peter Parker has been a leading British figure in management, in management education and development for many years. In this conversation with Bruce Lloyd, Sir Peter reflects on the social, political, economic and international context of management and organizational development. His...

Fons Trompenaars is the Managing Director of the Centre for International Business and his book, Riding the Waves of Culture , is concerned with attempting to further the understanding of cultural diversity in business, particularly international business. His analysis is based on extensive...

Leadership needs to be seen within the organizational context of managing change (i.e. transformational leadership). The most useful approach is through the use of the vision‐commitment‐management model. Discusses both how leaders emerge in society, and how they can flourish within a...

In discussion with Bruce Lloyd, Marc Feigen, one of the authors of the McKinsey Study, Real Change Leaders , argues that middle management decisions require broad based behavioural changes, which will require them to learn new skills, particularly around the concept of “manager as coach”. In...

In a discussion with Bruce Lloyd, Art Kleiner, author of The Age of Heretics, defines the organizational heretic and discusses their role in continuous improvement. Argues that these counter‐cultural people should be listened to, as they are on the fulcrum of organizational learning. Discusses...