New York keynote: CelebrAsian ’09 May 21st

Steve Tappin will be the featured speaker at the CelebrAsian International CEO Forum May 20-22 at the New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge in Brooklyn, New York.

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What CEOs Want from HR and People Development

Steve keynoted at the CIPD's flagship conference "HRD 2009 - People and Organisational Development" on Wednesday 22nd. Speaking on "What CEOs Want from HR and People Development", Steve challenged the assembled HR directors both to deliver the short term performance essential to their businesses' survival but also to keep their CEOs' eyes firmly fixed on positioning for growth coming out of the recession by developing the best talent in their industry. The speech set up a lively audience interrogation both Steve and Premier Farnell CEO Harriet Green (1 of only 5 FTSE250 CEOs).

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Steve speaks to the CIPD "Leading in a Downturn" conference in London

Steve addressed over 100 HR directors and managers on "HR Taking the Lead through the Downturn" at the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development's "Managing in a Downturn" conference in London yesterday. HRDs were keen to debate how to balance driving the tough resourcing conversations needed today with continuing to develop the organisation's best leaders. http://www.cipd.co.uk/cande/managing-through-a-downturn/conference.

London Business School explores "Hard Globalisation"

Check out the Spring 2009 edition of London Business School's Business Strategy Review to get the 3 page wrap on our "Hard Globalisation" chapter.

Secrets in South Africa!

The Secrets of CEOs has been selling like hot cakes in South Africa. Summit TV caught up with Andy to learn more about the book - watch the interview here: http://www.summit.co.za/video/face2face/20090209 (scroll to third clip).

Sky New Business Book of the Month: The Secrets of CEOs makes shortlist of 3

"The Secrets of CEOs" has made the last three books for the Sky News Business Book of the Month. See the three at: http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Business. Do give us a good review if you like the book!

Cover story: Today's Manager - "Empowerment and the CEO"

"The Secrets of CEOs" features on the cover of the Singapore Institute of Management's "Today's Manager" journal this month. "Empowerment and the CEO: how to let go and still stay in control" explores how businesses can use the cell model described in Part III of the book to balance effective performance policing and minimum global standards with driving power down to the front line of the business to encourage successful commercially-focused innovation. http://www.sim.edu.sg/mbs/pub/gen/mbs_pub_gen_content.cfm?mnuid=92