Hello from London. Networking in a crowded room may be the last thing on students’ minds as thoughts turn to vacations and the heat reaches record levels in much of the world. But the contacts made at business schools are invaluable, as responses from alumni in FT rankings surveys show. Networking ahead of study can...
July has become a month for unexpected plebiscites. First there is the mind-boggling: the UK’s ruling Conservative party allowing a vote of confidence in itself on Monday. This “sideshow” as the FT’s parliamentary team labelled it last week, certain to be won by the ruling party, is best seen as an effort to instil unity...
July has become a month for unexpected plebiscites. First there is the mind-boggling: the UK’s ruling Conservative party allowing a vote of confidence in itself on Monday. This “sideshow” as the FT’s parliamentary team labelled it last week, certain to be won by the ruling party, is best seen as an effort to instil unity...
Leading a company “can be a lonely place”, observes the chief executive of a British retail chain, who wants to remain anonymous. “But this was magnified further during the pandemic.” To combat the isolation, he enlisted his executive coach to help him “work through complex, confidential issues that can be difficult to discuss” with people...
Hello from London. ESCP, the French-based school with six campuses across Europe, will from September to require all new academic recruits to have spent time working in a managerial position in business, as it fosters tighter links with employers. Frank Bournois, the dean, said the move was part of wider efforts to encourage greater interchange...
This article is an on-site version of our Working It newsletter. Sign up here to get the newsletter sent straight to your inbox every Wednesday Many of us are middle managers — with a team to run, but also working below our own boss higher up the corporate ladder. Additionally, we may need to manage...
Hello from London. In this edition, we highlight a strong jobs market for MBAs, surveys stressing the societal mission of business schools and developments in data skills. Business school news MBA graduates are still enjoying a strong jobs market, but that does not mean they can expect rising salaries. The latest recruiters survey by business...
Hello from London. In this edition, we welcome submissions from business schools, their alumni and incubators for the FT/IFC transformational business awards, and showcase articles on upskilling and new research on the importance of emotions. Research insights Leaders who prioritise the emotions of their employees are 2.6 times more likely to be successful than those...
Santiago Maestri used his expertise in marketing to build a chain of shops selling iPhone accessories across his native Argentina. But, as the global shift to online retailing accelerated during the coronavirus pandemic, he saw the need to return to school to learn more about data science. “This is the language that companies are speaking...
Vocational training has traditionally been delivered at work and in the day-release classroom. But participants in Generation UK’s digital skills boot camp, earlier this year, acquired theirs without even leaving the house. For 15 weeks, the dozen or so young learners joined each other online for an intensive course in data analytics, hearing from experts...
