Simon Hayward

Member Since: 11th Feb 2015
CEO of leadership specialist Cirrus, Honorary Professor at Alliance Manchester Business School, author of The Agile Leader: How to create an agile business in the Digital Age and The Connected Leadership: How to build a more agile, customer-focused business.
CEO Cirrus
18th Mar 2019
Management hierarchies: are they still necessary in the workplace?
Digital technology has transformed the workplace and companies at the cutting edge are embracing flatter hierarchical management structures...
Change
15th Mar 2017
“It was great to see the enthusiasm for adopting the new way we want to talk to customers"
Since 2008, Tesco Bank has been wholly owned by Tesco plc. 3,000 staff based in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Newcastle serve 7 million customer...
Business
5th Feb 2016
Unpicking Angela Merkel's 'connected' leadership style
For many years, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has had a reputation for being cautious. But her response to the refugee crisis has shown...
Strategy
13th Jan 2015
How can leaders become more inclusive?
Most leaders today recognise the benefits of sharing responsibility. The days of top-down hierarchies are almost behind us. It’s difficult...
Culture
21st Aug 2014
How can Salmond build trust and sway his remaining few?
Following the two-hour live debate on STV earlier this month Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond and Labour MP Alistair Darling, chairman...
Culture