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If you have ambitions to become the chief executive of a large public company, your chances will be much improved if you're an eldest child with a strong record of achievement on the sports field.

Exodus threatens talent crunch as UK executives seek greener pastures

HR still a boardroom outrider

With businesses facing a critical shortage of experienced managers, now's the time for HR finally to stop being an "outrider" and become a valued, strategic business partner.

Meetings and emails take the happiness out of work

It's official. Endless meetings and the constant deluge of emails really do drain most of us of the will to live, let alone work effectively.

Three quarters of new managers lack skills to do their job

Barely a quarter of new managers get the training they need to do their job properly - leaving organizations full of people with no confidence in their management abilities.

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Thought leaders

Charles Helliwell

Just say no - or not

Peter Vajda

Don't just do something, stand there!

Janet Howd

Make sure you're always on song

Andy Hanselman

Keep on keeping on

Bob Selden

What's in a name?

Jurgen Wolff

Brainstorm

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Everything is energy and people are no different. Talk about that in the workplace and most people think you have gone crazy. But understanding the power of the human spirit helps explain how health is maintained, how balance is sustained and how innovation is supported.

Dan Bobinski

Is your work an obligation or an opportunity?

People tend to see work either as an obligation, overbearing, or an opportunity. And if you want to take the opportunity to rise above the mundane and "make a difference", try thinking like an entrepreneur.

Advice Clinic

Surviving a bullying boss

Linda's experience with an aggressive, abrasive boss epitomizes the distress and confusion that bullying causes in the workplace. The Boss Whisperer, Laura Crawshaw, has some invaluable advice to help Linda deal with her predicament.

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Management Mentors

Roger Martin on integrative thinking

Roger Martin, Dean of the Joseph L. Rotman School of Management in Toronto, tells Des Dearlove that the traditional preoccupation with what a leader does is misplaced. It's what they think and at the decisions they make that matter.

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