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Why Have You Recruited This Deranged Fop?

25 April 2012 at 18:14

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‘What the hell have you done?’ Comms Director Gabriel Silk lounged languidly in the chair before Sally Gulliver’s desk. He shook his head in wry disbelief. ‘What d’you mean?’ ‘Why Have You Recruited This Deranged...

Leadership As Strong As Chilli Peppers

30 March 2012 at 11:27

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‘Okay, so I get what you tried to do before. Sounds quite interesting actually, maybe there’s still room for that. For now, though, we drastically need to redefine leadership in this organisation. As you clearly know…’ We were...

A Pot of Shrimps Could Lead People Better Than That Lot

23 March 2012 at 11:51

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‘Sally, good morning,’ I grumbled, as she arrived in the office on Monday morning, a laughably expensive coffee in some form of small plastic bucket in her hands. ‘Where is Harry Aske today?’ I suppose we had all got used to the...

Exactly how global are we, here in Acton?

08 March 2012 at 19:21

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And so the start of another working day fell upon Global Blancmange, in rather the same way a telephone directory falls, with a sickening thud, upon a flat surface. Except this day was different. This day was the first day of new CEO Mark Temple’s...

I Think You Could Be As Mad As A Box of Jam

02 March 2012 at 18:05

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Charismatic headhunter Harry Aske watched the steam curl slowly off of his cup of tea as if enchanted. ‘God I love tea.’ Abruptly realising where he was, Harry shook himself like a dog emerging from a pond and addressed the gangly, bespectacled...

Decisions…

27 February 2012 at 09:36

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Sally Gulliver and charismatic headhunter Harry Aske were in a nearby branch of popular coffeeshop chain Face Time. I lurked amongst a couple of rather attractive lady pot plants, listening to Sally’s conversation. As Sally’s executive coach...

Meet Annie James

10 February 2012 at 18:27

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And so to the third and final candidate for the post of CEO. Charismatic headhunter Harry Aske sat next to Sally Gulliver in an obscure office in the Godforsaken windowless basement of the Global Blancmange offices, spiders’ webs starring the corners...

Meet Mark Temple

03 February 2012 at 18:03

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The second interview for the new CEO which Sally Gulliver and charismatic headhunter Harry Aske carried out was in a discreet room tucked away in the basement of Global Blancmange. Sally told me about it afterwards. I was indisposed, having had a number...

Meet Robin Mayhew

27 January 2012 at 18:39

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‘If you don’t mind me asking,’ said Harry Aske, the gently charismatic headhunter who was helping Sally Gulliver find Global Blancmange a new CEO, ‘why are you carrying that pot plant, handsome beast though he is?’ I was...

The Great CEO Hunt Begins

20 January 2012 at 08:28

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Sally Gulliver had been seeing a lot of Harry Aske, the personable, dishevelled headhunter who was helping her find a new CEO for Global Blancmange. I wasn’t sure I approved or not. I thought I probably did. Although it did not seem unwise to reserve...

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