Blogs - vocL

Diversity in Leadership – are we slipping up?

18/10/2023

Diversity in leadership has emerged as a critical issue in contemporary business environments and over the past few years, there has been substantial success in improving diversity in boards and [...]

Building Trust in Business and the Battlefield

14/09/2023

In the demanding realm of business, the teachings from Patrick Lencioni’s “5 Dysfunctions of a Team” have always resonated with me. Central to his message is the tenet that trust [...]

The Complex World of Leadership

06/04/2023

Thousands of books have been written on the subject of leadership – all promising the secret formulae that will allow people to maximise their leadership skills. I currently have the [...]

Time for Business to be Brave and Humble

02/12/2022

In a recent vocL roundtable discussion, we asked an inclusive group of business leaders how can we ensure that business has a freer, more respected, and more confident voice in [...]

Quiet Quitters

19/08/2022

You know you’re getting old when you see a trend go viral on social media and start shaking your head and muttering about youngsters thinking what they are seeing and [...]

HS2: More Than Just a Railway

14/04/2022

“Allan, I’ve just seen the press release. Have you gone mad? The programme is a basket case – politically, a real poisoned chalice. Why risk your well-earned reputation on this [...]

Thinking the Unthinkable? Perhaps Now is the Time to Rethink Monetary Policy?

17/03/2022

By Sarah Walker-Smith, CEO Ampa and CEO Shakespeare Martineau The political and humanitarian crisis developing in Ukraine, so closely on the back of other desperate situations in countries such as [...]

London’s big return: bringing business back to the capital post-COVID

08/03/2022

By Paul Drechsler, Chairman International Chamber of Commerce & London First & Former President CBI For London to play its part in the UK’s return to growth, an international outlook [...]

A Perfect Time to Heal Divisions

22/02/2022

By Juergen Maier, Co-Founder of vocL I enjoyed my recent appearance on Question Time more so than previous ones. Prior to it, I was worried that it would be too [...]