Author: Dr John Blakey

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With over 20 years’ experience in the communications, aerospace and defence industries Richard Tyson  was appointed to the CEO role of TT Electronics plc on 1 July 2014.TT Electronics is a global provider of engineered electronics for performance critical applications, headquartered in Woking, England.  It has over 4,800 employees worldwide.

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Nick Wells is the CEO of Whistl which is the second largest private postal business in the UK with a turnover of £600m. The business is a reflection of Nick’s entrepreneurial spirit. It has grown organically and now handles 35% of all mail in the UK and a growing share of the parcels,

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Gary Hoffman was appointed to the Chairman role of Hastings Direct in 2018 having led the business as Chief Executive since 2012. A multi-award winning FTSE 250 business, Hastings has more than 2.2 million customers and over 2,700 colleagues.  It is an insurance provider providing services to the UK car,

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David Palmer Jones is the CEO of Suez UK Ltd who were placed in the Sunday Times “Best Big Companies to Work For” for the first time in 2017. Suez UK Ltd is in the waste management, recycling and energy recovery business and has over 5500 employees, 3500 of whom are manual employees.

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Coinciding with the World Economic Forum conference in Davos, the 2018 Global Edelman Trust Barometer has been published. Now in its 18th year, this impressive research surveys 33,000 people across 28 countries to assess attitudes towards trust in leadership. This post summarises the global and UK trust barometer findings,

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Over the past year, it has proven hard for Uber to stay out of the headlines. The company has found itself at the painful nexus of the old world and the new world of business. If business were still only about the single bottom line of results,

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‘Whatever you do, don’t mention Donald Trump’. This was the final bit of advice I received from colleagues as I prepared for my trip to the US to speak to Vistage CEO advisory groups in Boston and Chicago on the topic of The Trusted Executive. I don’t know about you,

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I am delighted to feature a guest post from my co-director in The Trusted Executive Foundation, Mac Farquhar. Here is Mac’s valuable insight into the recently published BBC pay report:-

The BBC pay report caused outrage last week after the publication of salaries of on-air talent earning more than £150,000 revealed glaring discrepancies.

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John Blakey visited Estonia in April, at the invitation of the Estonian Business School, and spoke at the conference “University of Employers” about the role of trust in today’s business world. He noted that business leaders play the key role in restoring trust in society, since studies indicate that the trust of people towards all institutions is at an all-time low.

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The charred remains of Grenfell Tower stand over the city of London as an accusing finger.

The anger seething in those Kensington streets boils in its own intensity.

Seeking an outlet.

Seeking someone to blame.

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