Dublin food producer on the crest of an energy revolutionDESPITE THE recession, Tuesday, March 24th, was one of the most significant days in the 17-year history of Dublin food producer…Fri Apr 10 2009 - 01:00
Tough times call for leaders who motivate and inspireMANAGERS ON MANAGEMENT: ARE BUSINESS leaders out of their depth? Are they overwhelmed by the speed and scale of the global downturn…Fri Mar 27 2009 - 00:00
Listen and learn to innovate effectively in times of changeMANAGERS ON MANAGEMENT: Dr Bettina von Stamm THE PROBLEM with large companies is that, while they constantly invite a multiplicity…Fri Mar 20 2009 - 00:00
Firms that go green will save money - and the planetMANAGERS ON MANAGEMENT: ENVIRONMENTAL management used to be a box large companies liked to tick because it was politically correct…Fri Mar 13 2009 - 00:00
Food for thoughtINTERVIEW/Garth McColgan, Food Active: GARTH McCOLGAN is Ireland’s Jamie Oliver, a chef in his 30s with a passion for good-…Fri Mar 13 2009 - 00:00
Tuned into digital mediaUNDER THE RADAR: ASK LIAM Ward to describe his award-winning digital media business, DV4, and he’ll tell you it’s “an old-fashioned…Fri Mar 06 2009 - 00:00
How to use the recession as an opportunityMANAGERS ON MANAGEMENT: OUR ECONOMIC woes are many: the collapse of the property market, the implosion of the banking sector…Fri Mar 06 2009 - 00:00
Keeping all the balls in the airMANAGERS ON MANAGEMENT: WHEN YOU talk about management to Dr Eddie O’Connor, he’s far more likely to quote Albert Einstein than…Fri Feb 20 2009 - 00:00
Employee emotion in need of promotionMANAGERS ON MANAGEMENT: IN PRE-CELTIC Tiger Ireland, shop-floor cynics regularly summed up their employers’ human resources …Fri Feb 13 2009 - 00:00
Innovative ways to survive in a difficult climateMANAGERS ON MANAGEMENT: INNOVATION, SAYS John Bessant, is to some extent about “imagining alternative futures” – something there…Fri Feb 06 2009 - 00:00
Defence strategy in a hostile worldMANAGERS ON MANAGEMENT: HOSTILE TAKEOVER bids used to be a relative rarityFri Jan 30 2009 - 00:00
Hot propertyINTERVIEW/Paul McGlade, ACAP Group: ‘I SUPPOSE I like doing the opposite of what’s expected,” says Paul McGlade jnr when asked…Fri Jan 23 2009 - 00:00
Training must be driven by needs of firmsMANAGERS ON MANAGEMENT: TRAINING SHOULD be a key element in the competitiveness of any organisationFri Jan 23 2009 - 00:00
In the game of business, you play to winMANAGERS ON MANAGEMENT: DICK LEHANE always liked to recruit staff for EMC straight out of school or college, "before they picked…Fri Jan 09 2009 - 00:00
Managers on managementIT'S impossible to talk to any Michelin-starred chef about high-end restaurant management without asking how he feels about the…Fri Dec 19 2008 - 00:00
Making connectionsINTERVIEW/Brendan Casey, Idiro Technologies: WHEN IS a customer who makes €80 worth of mobile phone calls a month potentially…Fri Dec 19 2008 - 00:00
Sharing power will boost your bottom lineMANAGERS ON MANAGEMENT: THERE'S ONLY one way to convince an old-fashioned, patriarchal, Alan Sugar-style chief executive that…Fri Dec 12 2008 - 00:00
Pasta and future achievementsINTERVIEW/Marco Magnetti, Magnetti Foods: WHEN IT comes to glamorous young business start-ups, Marco Magnetti is under no illusions…Fri Dec 12 2008 - 00:00
Importance of client service is crystal clearMANAGERS ON MANAGEMENT: PLACING THE customer at the heart of their business is an aim most companies talk about but by no means…Fri Dec 05 2008 - 00:00
Net effectsINTERVIEW/Darren McGrath, Brando: THE INTERNET has changed forever the way consumers use the media - and so advertising agencies…Fri Nov 28 2008 - 00:00
Sticking to strategy despite financial shockMANAGERS ON MANAGEMENT: THERE'S only been one year in the history of the State that saw a decline in demand for electricity, …Fri Nov 28 2008 - 00:00
More than wordsINTERVIEW/Olga Gashi, Word Perfect: ANYONE LOOKING for a young Irish company whose growth has been a perfect reflection of …Fri Nov 21 2008 - 00:00
Focus only on the things that really matterMANAGERS ON MANAGEMENT: SIR GERRY Robinson has just spent the past two days in Liverpool Prison filming for a new television…Fri Nov 21 2008 - 00:00
Success flickersINTERVIEW/John Rice, Jam Media: IN THE foyer of Jam Media's animation headquarters in Dublin hangs a framed cheque for 74 US…Fri Nov 14 2008 - 00:00
Lip-service to staff morale needs kiss-offMANAGERS ON MANAGEMENT: FOR FAR too many companies, communicating with staff means the occasional weekend "love-in", an awkward…Fri Nov 14 2008 - 00:00
Ahead of the gameINTERVIEW/Dylan Collins, Omac Industries: DYLAN COLLINS describes himself as "a serial starter of companies" - and at just 29…Fri Nov 07 2008 - 00:00
Portrait of the soap producer as a brand managerINTERVIEW: Triona Campbell, CR Entertainment: TRIONA CAMPBELL has seen the future of the media industry - and it's extraordinarily…Fri Oct 24 2008 - 01:00
Managing logistics costs is just the tonicMANAGERS ON MANAGEMENT: ANYONE WHO runs a high-volume, low-margin business knows that the difference between success and failure…Fri Oct 24 2008 - 01:00
Adapt to new reality by going back to basicsMANAGERS ON MANAGEMENT: IN BUSINESS as in life, survival is all about the ability to adapt - especially when times are hardFri Oct 17 2008 - 01:00
Workplace diversity yields dividendsMANAGERS ON MANAGEMENT: OVER THE past decade, the majority of Irish companies have moved from employing only Irish workers to…Fri Oct 10 2008 - 01:00
Always moving beyond the comfort zoneMANAGERS ON MANAGEMENT: IRISH SOFTWARE pioneer Luke Nestor knows what it's like to build up a successful technology company …Fri Oct 03 2008 - 01:00
Success means learning to delegate and trust the teamMANAGERS ON MANAGEMENT: FAILURE TO delegate is the oldest management failing in the bookFri Sept 19 2008 - 01:00
The Irish museum that's big in JapanEUROPEANS visiting Japan for the first time are invariably struck by just how alien it all isSat Aug 23 2008 - 01:00
A magical part of ParisHIDDEN GEMS : WHAT HAVE Harry Potter and a modest little restaurant in the Marais, an old quartier of Paris on the right bank…Sat Aug 02 2008 - 01:00
