Fight to win

Kay Koplovitz, Founder, Koplovitz & Company

Speaking from personal experience Koplovitz recommends that when you are faced with battles with clients, you owe it to your constituents to protect your turf.

Start-up pitfalls

Sir Mark Weinberg, President, St. James's Place Capital

There are several key mistakes that budding pioneers consistently suffer from, learning from past experience can save you the same misfortune.

Defining your product

Ping Fu, chairman, president, CEO, Geomagic

Fu describes her experience in launching a product and explains the principles involved in making a successful launch, and the importance of strategic business models.

A good role model

Paul Anderson, non-executive Chairman of the Board, Spectra Energy

Anderson offers an insight into the importance of being a good role model to your employees and how the behaviour and demeanour of a manager will be noted and observed by the rest of the company.

Organisational changes

Amy Butte, former CFO, MF Global

Amy Butte shares how she worked with employees to improve their administrational procedure in order to gain higher revenues and positive team morale.

The family mentality

Perween Warsi, Founder and CEO, S&A Foods

Warsi offers advice to help you inspire your employees with her number one rule of business which is, 'people matter'.

Embrace change

David Brandon, Chairman and CEO, Domino's Pizza

Domino's Pizza's CEO shares insights into a process every leader needs to handle and that is the fear of change.

Strategic storytelling

Jay Conger, Henry Kravis Research Chair Professor of Leadership

A strategic story has enormous power as a tool of recall and can be extremely effective at explaining to a team of employees the reason for a certain direction.

The essence of talent

Arvinder Dhesi, Group Talent Director, Aviva

The attitude towards employees in the 21st century has changed and they can no longer be taken for granted. Developing leaders with the right skills, at the right time, is absolutely crucial to a business.

Media coopertion

Sir Donald Cruickshank, Former Chairman, LSE

Working with the media rather than against them produces more positive than negative coverage, a lesson Donald Cruickshank learned while watching Richard Branson.

Only as strong as your leader

Colin Day, Group CFO and Director, Reckitt Benckiser

Colin Day discusses different approaches to leadership and passes on suggestions to help you lead your company better. A leader needs to be direct, action-orientated, confident and most importantly lead by example.

Balancing cultures

Stelios Haji-Ioannou, easyGroup

EasyGroup's founder shares insights on managing the change to Plc status without ruining your company's DNA.

Concentrating on business

Sir Nick Scheele, former President & COO, Ford Motor Company

Most businesses are simple. Ford Motor Company's former President shares ideas to help you avoid over-complicating the way your company works.

Clear goals and objectives

Sir Gerry Robinson, chairman of Moto Hospitality

Robinson offers advice on making sure you and everyone in your company know what you're trying to achieve and what their role in achieving this is.

Alternative project management

John Stewart, Former Director at McKinsey & Company

When approaching the unfamiliar, John Stewart advises against applying traditional solutions. Instead, invest in a project coordinator and save yourself time and money.

Leadership skills

Haytham Joud, Chairman, Souria Holding

Haytham Joud, Chairman of Souria Holding, and Chairman of the Syrian Business Council, receives the World Finance award for Visionary Leadership and Contribution to the Syrian Economy.

Local but large

Roberto Mendes, CFO, Localiza

Roberto Mendes explains how Localiza has grown through the economic crisis to become the largest car rental network in Latin America, with a fleet of 80,000 cars