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January  2017  (8)

• How to handle toxic workers

  It would be nice if we got on with everyone we worked with, but there’s likely to be at least one person in your company who’s a horror show. So what can you do about it? You’ve probably worked with one. Maybe you have one on your team – or even worse, that person is your bo...     [read more]

  By Emma De Vita on  30 January 2017 

• How to be productive – without the gimmicks

  Everyone wants to work as smartly as possible, but do all the apps, hacks and dubious ‘advice’ make you less productive? Maybe now’s the time to ditch all that nonsense and get back to basics Who wouldn’t want to be a productivity ninja? It’s impossible not to feel as ...     [read more]

  By Emma De Vita on  26 January 2017 

• Getting under the skin of AI

  Amid all the talk of super-intelligent computers and massive job losses, are we really going to be taken over by machines or should we embrace the march of technology? Artificial intelligence (AI) is apparently the next big thing, and it may put humanity firmly in its place as the second most intel...     [read more]

  By Chris Menon on  23 January 2017 

• NEDs: Take your seat at the table

  Non-executive directors are playing an increasingly important role on company boards, but who are they, what do they do, and how do you become one? The life of a non-executive director isn’t what it once was. Where previously it may have been acceptable to turn up for an hour at a board meeti...     [read more]

  By David Craik on  19 January 2017 

• Interview: Mark Crowther

  As the chief executive of Liberation Group, Mark Crowther has seen the pubs industry undergo significant change in the Channel Islands, the UK and Europe. So what comes next, both for his business and the sector in general? How did you get to where you are now? One half of my working life has been...     [read more]

  By Nick Kirby on  16 January 2017 

• Cybercrime: Under attack

  Finance industry firms offer rich pickings for cyber criminals – and they’re having to sharpen up their act as those criminals become increasingly sophisticated  If you were to suggest to most CEOs that they might want to include an £8.5 million cost, attributable to nobody t...     [read more]

  By Kirsten Morel on  13 January 2017 

• Investing in Donald’s world

  As Donald Trump completes his surreal rise to the top of American politics, many investors are left wondering what impact his policies will have on where they should put their money We frequently hear in the media the phrase ‘the markets don’t like shocks’ – and you could ar...     [read more]

  By David Burrows on  9 January 2017 

• Country focus: Chasing the dragon

  The Channel Islands have long maintained the potential of doing business with China, but how have things progressed in recent years, and is that potential any closer to being realised? Seven years can feel like a lifetime these days. Back in 2010, Donald Trump was merely the host of another reality...     [read more]

  By Dave Waller on  5 January 2017 

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