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In the press
04 Jan 2024

What must be on your senior leadership team agenda for 2024

Manufacturing Today

The focus CEOs need to bring to their management team throughout the year is a drive for optimization, efficiency and cost-control, despite the turmoil in the world.

In the press
02 Jan 2024

Leading through change

FMCG CEO Magazine

Les Brookes outlines everything that should be on your senior leadership team agenda for 2024.

Blog
11 Oct 2023

Moving technology from the planning room to the board room to accelerate change

Modern businesses have to be agile and dynamic to thrive. Yet outdated ways of working are causing a disconnection between the boardroom, where PowerPoint and Excel remain, and our new information reality.

Blog
09 Oct 2023

Stop obsessing about precise details – and use forecasting to manage uncertainty

It’s counter-productive to pin all hopes and excuses on precise predictions in an increasingly uncertain world. Holding planners & managers accountable for detailed perfection will create an impossible burden and hamper meaningful business transformation.

In the press
29 Aug 2023

CEOs must reject servant leadership - and learn to delegate instead

Management Today

Servant leadership has left CEOs dealing with too many operational decisions. They need to focus on the bigger strategic matters, argues Kirsty Braines, CEO, Oliver Wight EAME.

Blog
27 Jul 2023

How the mismanagement of Thames Water turns up the heat on business leaders to not be greedy

A lack of investment in innovation and short-term thinking has left the UK’s largest water company floundering, but others can learn from the sorry episode so they don’t suffer a sinking feeling.

Blog
27 Oct 2022

World’s first AI CEO shows technology has caught up with human thought – so business leaders must not be left behind

While we have reached the point where tech capabilities are exceeding the limits of our imaginations, organizations that embrace things like integrated business planning stand to gain a competitive advantage.

Blog
12 Jun 2022

Former comedic actor Zelenskyy’s leadership is no joke – and others should follow his exemplary actions

The Ukrainian President was viewed as something of a comedian until Russia invaded, but by staying in Kyiv and rallying his people around a common cause, he has shown his authenticity, bravery, and now people are willing to die for him.

In the press
21 Apr 2022

Leadership Lessons From President Zelenskyy

CEO Today

Les Brookes, Partner and Chief Executive at Oliver Wight EAME, takes a look at what business leaders can learn from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Blog
22 Oct 2020

Are business leaders ready to lead in a post-pandemic world?

What do business leaders need to do to prepare for the way we work in a post-pandemic world?

In the press
01 Sep 2020

Leadership Burnout – What CEOs Need To Do To Avoid Burnout

CEO Today

Anne Marie Kilkenny offers CEO Today her insights on how leaders can prevent burnout of both their management team and themselves.