Common Purpose Blog

Today the Independent has published an article on ‘The Art of Being a Good Manager’, which explores how various universities are responding to a demand for leaders in business to have creative and analytical skills. This shift follows leading organisations looking for new and creative ways to spark innovation. The Independent article specifically highlights LVMH [...]

How we perceive the world depends very much on who tells its story.  Indeed, you could even argue that with a differing opinion.  There are prime examples of contradictory opinions everywhere, particularly as our access to information, news and knowledge becomes increasingly fragmented. Today is World AIDS Day, an awareness raising event stimulating global media [...]

On 21 September Common Purpose hosted an Exploring Leadership Masterclass in Birmingham. The day was full of intense conversation, questions, challenges, learning and a bit of inspiration. During the day we asked people four questions and below are some of the responses we received: Why is it key to connect with other leaders? It’s not [...]

New research from workplace think-tank Tomorrow’s Company argues that the old approach to developing talent is no longer working. The report, Tomorrow’s Global Talent – How will leading global companies create value through people?, goes as far as to suggest that the word ‘talent’ needs to be redefined. To explore this further, Personnel Today are running a series [...]

I had this conversation yesterday with Simon. It was a rambling one where we went from topic to topic but we covered many of the issues that have been ongoing for me for a few months now. One thing that struck me was the continued need to define the kind of leadership behaviours and characteristics [...]