In addition to the wealth of knowledge found in their books, Gower’s expert authors share their tips, articles and advice here:
Andy Lake’s article for WorkingMums.co.uk and the Local Government News explains the what, why and how of flexible working and what it can do for modern day businesses.
Andy Lake is a specialist in Smart Working and editor of Flexibility.co.uk, the online journal of flexible work and author of Smart Flexibility
In his recent article for Ethos Journal, Tom Levitt explains how collaboration between business and charity can yield benefits for both parties.
In response to demands for the ‘in a nutshell’ version of his research, Brian Smith’s latest article in Industrial Pharmacy gives a slightly fuller version.
As the market changes, existing capabilities become useless and new ones become essential. In his recent article for PMLiVE, Professor Brian D. Smith describes how pharma companies become fit for the future.
Graham Manville's article for Public Service Europe tackles the subject of benefit reform and its effect on housing associations in the UK.
Jane introduces the five roles every leader and manager needs to create exceptional performance and what HR needs to do to make it happen.
Listen to Gloria Moss as Bob Garlick chats with her to delve deeper into the root causes of the differences between men and women. Gloria is the author of Gender Design and Marketing.
In his interview with illustra.tv Nick Obolensky highlights Exhibition Road in London as an example when asked about the practice of distributed management. Imagine taking a busy road and making it a shared space for pedestrians, bicycles, cars and busses. What if that road had few markings, no traffic lights, no curbs, and instead was sprinkled with benches, trees and lamps? Too chaotic? Would it work?
In his article for pharmaphorum, Ed Schoonveld of ZS Associates offers an overview of recent changes and trends in the global payer environment.
Ed Schoonveld’s article for PMLive, Think Like a Payer explains very succinctly exactly why it is imperative to build a payer perspective into your product development and pricing strategies.
Communications expert John Clare has a series of 2 minute videos about presentation techniques. Read about John’s background here.
Troubled companies often have flawed strategies. Tony Grundy’s article Highlighting Blind Spots in Accountancy Magazine looks at why you should audit your strategy.
Every project has politics. In a Girl’s Guide to Project Management, Elizabeth Harrin has interviewed Gower author Nita Martin, Managing Director of Pure Indigo who deals with that difficult subject of projects and politics.
Christine Jorm’s piece in MJA Insight: Solving GP Education Dilemmas, addresses an issue that has an impact on us all; whether as managers of GP practices, healthcare policy makers or simply as patients. How do we design an effective program of work placements and on-the-job learning for General Practitioners and how do we ensure that the outcome is a positive experience for the GPs, their students and their patients?
Dr Emanuel Camilleri has written in PM World Today about going beyond project management to define project success.
Chris Mowles, has written an opinion piece for Economia on Complexity and Crisis in the Eurozone.
A common theme author David West observes is the availability (or lack of it) of a project sponsor and how detrimental a sponsor’s absence is to a project. Even when project sponsors are present, there seem to be few commentators impressed with their level of project knowledge or ability.
David has written an article on this subject of the Elusive Project Sponsor on Wellingtone’s PM Blog.
If you’re beginning to question the traditional control associated with annual budgeting then do read Matthew Leitch’s detailed piece 'Risk Management and Beyond Budgeting’.
Influence is underpinned by credibility and made easier through relationship and HR practitioners must devote energy to establishing their credibility and building their relationships widely so that when the time comes to need to influence, the ground will be fertile. The art of influence is knowing when to push and when to pull; when to ask and when to tell; when to pace the client and when to lead.
Without influence, the HR practitioner is confined to executing the will of the leaders and cannot add true value to the direction and management of change.
This article (found on the Orion Partners website) is written by Jan Hills who is the partner at Orion Partners and responsible for the HR strategy and HR capability service lines.
Studies by Perpetuity Research suggests that as few as 15% of organizations have a wholly convincing security strategy in place; rather an alarming statistic when you consider the environment within which business is operating, particularly international business. Perpetuity make available a free security strategy toolkit on their website; covering strategic analysis, strategy development and implementation, and strategic review. Martin Gill, Director at Perpetuity Research, is author of the chapter 'Motives for Fraud' in Fraud: The Counter Fraud Practitioner's Handbook out next month.
Dr Lynda Bourne talks to Elizabeth Harrin about helping project managers communicate more effectively with executive stakeholders.
On the simply-communicate.com website you will find lots of interesting articles and advice. While browsing do click on the simply-tv section where you can watch and listen to Marc Wright, author of the award winning Handbook of Internal Communication, conducting interviews with, among others:
In the aftermath of the sinking of Costa Concordia Simon Barrow, co-author of Employee Communication During Mergers and Acquisitions, discusses HRD confidence and courage at Carnival Corporation on his blog.
Respecting the slower nature of charities is part of the process of understanding them, says consultant Tom Levitt. His article, in Guardian Professional, argues that the slower, evolutionary momentum of the voluntary sector distinguishes it from the fast-paced, 'quick buck' attitude of the private sector. Tom is the author of Partners for Good: Business, Government and the Third Sector - available July 2012.
Charles Smith is asking for stories and personal examples of how project managers have handled challenging project situations as part of his research into the identity and role of the project manager. It looks like an interesting research project - do take a moment to have a look and by all means contribute from your own experience. Charles is author of Gower's Making Sense of Project Realities.
Arguably not ... given that fraud and corruption seem, if anything, even more solidly embedded in parts of business, national and international government. On the other hand, Nigel Iyer and Veronica Morino of Septia, make a very cogent case for the value of talking about fraud and corruption at Board level. You can see an excerpt of their film 'Words in Action' on Youtube.
Nigel Iyer is author of Fraud and Corruption and A Short Guide to Fraud Risk, Veronica Morino is co-author of The Anatomy of Fraud and Corruption.
Donal explains the various interoperability standards which fall alongside intellectual property in an article ‘Inter-Operability Standards and Intellectual Property’
Donal O’Connell has written an article for the Intellectual Property Expert Group entitled How to Best Run a Patent Review Board.
Patent laws have no application or force outside the country in which they are enacted so it is important to determine in which jurisdictions you should obtain patent protection, and on what basis you should make such decisions. Donal O'Connell has written a paper on this subject called International or foreign patent filing strategic considerations and can be found here: The Faculty of Engineering at the National University of Singapore. Donal is the author of Harvesting External Innovation.
Donal has also recently presented a talk on Open Innovation: The Challenges and Solutions, it was recorded at a British Library event in London.
Sara Cullen's article 'Relationship Values Charter' shows you how to design and achieve a relationship culture between you and your outsourcing partners that delivers appropriate value to all parties. All of the free downloads on the Cutter Consortium website are of this quality - I encourage you to have a browse through their collection of articles and downloads which contains a number of real gems. Sara Cullen is author of Gower's The Contract Scorecard: Successful Outsourcing by Design.
Generating and developing innovative ideas is a difficult process. How do you confidently kick-start the ideation phase of any innovative process to create new ideas and concepts effortlessly and without pulling your hair out? Gijs van Wulfen, author of Gower's Creating Innovative Products and Services, has put together 20 step by step tips to guide you to ideation excellence.
Assessment & Development Consultants Ltd (A&DC), have just launched a new resources library on their website. The resource section is full of free downloadable content such as advice guides, white papers and case studies on areas such as Talent Management, Assessment Centres, Learning and Development and Leadership.
Nigel Povah, the CEO and founder of A&DC is also co-editor of Gower's new book Assessment Centres and Global Talent Management.
Social business is one of those ideas that hit the ground running and few are the organisations these days that aren't devoting time and resources to social media. But how does this all translate into value? Niall Cook (author of Enterprise 2.0 and the forthcoming The Business Marketeer's Guide to Social Media) posted the results of a research programme at the end of 2011 (The Social Brand Value of the World's Biggest Brands) that ranks (and explains) the world's largest businesses on the basis of their social value. The results in some cases are obvious, in others quite unexpected; the whole piece is well worth a read.