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Trusted Executive Foundation Interview with Richard Tyson, CEO of TT Electronics
May 25, 2018
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.
Read more ›Trusted Executive Foundation Interview with Nick Wells, CEO of Whistl
May 16, 2018Nick 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, e-commerce fulfilment and international market. With a workforce of 1,700 people. Whistl has gained a reputation for high quality at low cost in a very competitive market place.
Read more ›Trusted Executive Foundation Interview with Gary Hoffman, Chairman, Hastings Direct
May 2, 2018Gary 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, van, bike and home insurance market.
Read more ›Trusted Executive Foundation Interview with David Palmer-Jones, CEO, Suez UK
April 10, 2018David 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. In this Trusted Executive Foundation interview, David’s twin themes of structure and the personal, human touch shine out.
Read more ›Edelman Trust Barometer 2018 – ‘Building trust now the No.1 priority for CEOs’
January 26, 2018Coinciding 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, together with identifying ...Read more ›Uber CEO bravely steps out on the journey of trust
September 27, 2017Over 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, results, results, we would be hailing Uber as a disruptor par excellence and we would still be lauding its ex-CEO, Travis Kalanick, as a ‘master of the Universe’ business titan. After all, the numbers are impressive; $6.5bn in revenues, 633 cities, 12,000 employees. All in only 8 years of existence.
Read more ›Donald Trump and The Nine Habits of Trust
August 18, 201720190401-100‘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, but whenever someone tells me not to do something, like eating the last chocolate in the box, I get this overwhelming urge to do it anyway!
Read more ›Red Flag Day: BBC opens its books to shame us all
July 25, 2017I 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. Emily Burt’s feature for People Management “Four Red Flags for HR from the BBC Pay Report” highlighted how the report had become yet another lightning bolt aimed directly at the rapidly collapsing and ‘no-longer-fit-for-purpose’ business model that trusts in power (and male power in particular) rather than one that relies on the power of trust.
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