11 Dec 2003
| by Jeremy Bullmore
My job has expanded and I now have three bosses to report to rather than one. I have tried to point out that I can only do a limited amount for each boss, but they don't seem to understand the difficulties involved in reporting to three different masters.
11 Dec 2003
| by Jeremy Bullmore
I've worked in middle management for the past few years, and believe that I have a good chance of continuing to move upwards. I've recently been approached about an interim management job, where I'd work on a specific nine-month project for one company, then move on.
02 Dec 2003
| by Matthew Gwyther
In MT's annual poll for 2003, his company Berkeley Group has come top of its sector for the third year running. But this adopted son of gypsies has had his private life dissected and attracted much controversy.
01 Dec 2003
| by Nils Pratley
Britain's biggest retailer and its boss Sir Terry Leahy collect double honours.
01 Dec 2003
| by Miranda Kennett
I've been in this company almost since it started five years ago. I've gradually been promoted, so now I am a senior manager, just below director level.
01 Dec 2003
| by Jeremy Bullmore
Q: Our managers have introduced 360-degree appraisals, where colleagues, managers and direct reports give feedback on a particular individual. A month ago, my manager told me I was up for promotion, and that I would hear after my appraisal. My problem is that I am not popular in the office.
01 Dec 2003
Lastminute.com, which Brent Hoberman co-founded in 1998, has come a long way from its humble beginnings as an online bucket shop. As well as being one of Europe's favourite travel and leisure websites, it is now that rare creature, a profitable consumer web business. A compulsive e-mailer, Hoberman...
01 Dec 2003
| by Kai Peters, chief executive of Ashridge business school
The latest book by Tom Peters is an iconoclastic, even nihilistic, rant, as its author is proud to proclaim. It's a blast, and highly provocative, declares Kai Peters.
01 Dec 2003
| by Vanessa Leeson, managing director of Parcelforce Worldwide
I usually have a novel or biography to read and a book to browse. I'm reading Yann Martel's Man Booker winner of 2002, Life of Pi, and also Meetings with Remarkable Trees. This gem by Thomas Pakenham has 60 awe-inspiring tree biographies - all great survivors and a reminder that all living things need...