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My Leadership Style: Christina Gold
Western Union’s chief executive talks about the importance of honesty – and risk-taking
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Editorial: Karzai’s legitimacy still in question
The Afghan leader’s ability to split the Taliban will diminish if they see he faces abandonment by his allies. A threat by the alliance to do just that may be the only way to make him change his habits
Actors who create drama of business
Making sales, hiring new staff, generating a profit are all very well – but what really excites the boardroom is corporate intrigue, writes Luke Johnson
EU to act quickly to appoint president
The European Union’s 27 heads of state and government will move swiftly to appoint the bloc’s first full-time president after the final obstacle to the job’s creation was removed on Tuesday by Vaclav Klaus, the Czech head of state
Philip Stephens: Pay parliamentarians the rate for the job
The uproar about MPs’ expenses threatens more serious damage than holding up the nation to ridicule. It promises to rob politics of the people it needs, writes Philip Stephens
Analysis: Merkel’s bold gamble
Germany: In going for economic growth rather than a reduced deficit, the chancellor is staking her second term on the success of policies she long rejected and still admits may not work
Opinion: The next stage is to work for a stronger Union
The most important role of the European Council president should be internal: to work with the council members and deal with possible problems as a troubleshooter, writes Paavo Lipponen
Possible Blair appointment grips politics
Tony Blair is not a candidate and the job does not yet exist. But British politics is already gripped by the possibility that the former prime minister could within weeks become the EU’s full-time president
Juncker takes on Blair for EU presidency
Former UK prime minister faces his first unofficial challenger for the bloc’s presidency after Luxembourg’s leader indicates he is willing to take the job
The leader who falls will emerge stronger
While we are suspicious of someone who has suffered a serious setback, we also respect hard-won experience, writes Luke Johnson
Bionic future within its grasp
A Scottish company’s breakthrough with its artificial hand has transformed Touch Bionics, the small industrial engineering business, into a world leader
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Angela Ahrendts, Burberry CEO
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Business School videos
Managing in an uncertain world
Don Sull of London Business School shows how corporate leaders can thrive in unpredictable markets
Leading globally
Martha Maznevski of the IMD identifies the management challenges which accompany globalisation
Moving up
Herminia Ibarra of Insead explains how to assume a leadership role - or switch careers entirely
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Managing job cuts
How can managers handle redundancies sensitively, without wrecking the morale of staff who remain? Professor Peter Cappelli of Wharton explains
Leading in uncertain times
Professor Deborah Ancona of the MIT Sloan School of Management discusses the key attributes of a good leader
Crisis and risk management
How should companies react to crises and manage their exposure to risk? Professor Olivia Mitchell of Wharton offers some guidance
