Leadership and Management news

11/01/18

BAM Leadership & Leadership Development SIG: building bridges between academia and business

Influential business professionals joined with academics at a recent event in London, to discuss best practice in aligning and sharing leadership research between academic and managerial communities.  
17/11/17

Lesley Giles and Peter Honey speak at Work-based learning event

Visitors from all over the UK came to LUMS this week for the first Work-Based learning conference.
31/10/17

ESRC Seminar Series shortlisted for 2017 Global Equality and Diversity Award

Research by a team including a LUMS academic on Challenging Gendered Media Mis(s)representations of Women Professionals and Leaders has been nominated for a prestigious award.
25/07/17

Dr Valerie Stead discusses the BBC pay revelations

LUMS senior lecturer Dr Valerie Stead talks about the BBC pay revelations in her article for the Huffington Post.
17/05/17

Gambling’s ‘crack cocaine’ is devastating lives and not doing much for the economy either

For some people, fixed-odds betting terminals are ferociously addictive, producing big profits for bookies and a rise in problem gambling. Carolyn Downs asks what's the solution?
16/01/17

Chair in Leadership Vacancy

The Department of Leadership and Management is seeking an influential and dynamic senior colleague to support the development of research, publications and teaching in leadership at Lancaster.
09/11/16

Losing the Presidency: The role of Gender Politics in Hillary Clinton’s downfall

Dr Valerie Stead looks at the role which sexism and gender have played in the US Election. 
21/09/16

Human Resources Masters programmes gain CIPD accreditation

Two Masters programmes in Human Resources have secured accreditation from a leading industry body.
28/06/16

Project to help marginalised groups enter world of entrepreneurship

Would-be entrepreneurs from marginalised backgrounds are developing their skills and expanding their horizons thanks to a programme developed at Lancaster.
17/05/16

We need to expose and challenge gendered appearance norms

After Nicola Thorp was sent home from a job as a receptionist for refusing to wear high heels, Valerie Stead discusses gender and dress codes in a piece for HR Magazine.
25/01/16

Have your say on family business

Does your family run a business? If so, LUMS researchers want just a few minutes of your time.
11/12/15

Alumni awards for prominent graduates

Two Management School graduates have received alumni awards.
10/11/15

The UK gender pay gap: Lessons from Hollywood

Figures released by the TUC show that the UK gender pay gap for top earners is currently 55%. Recent revelations from Hollywood show that both social and political action is needed to reduce this shocking statistic once and for all.
20/08/15

What happens when boards actually collaborate?

David Collinson is quoted in an article on ITProPortal about collaborative leadership. 
16/07/15

The sacrifices of the Anglican priesthood

A study into the lives of Church of England clergy, revealing the personal costs of committing yourself to God, has been carried out by LUMS's  Caroline Gatrell and Bishop Nigel Peyton.
12/06/15

Four ways to get more women into leadership at universities

Valerie Stead looks at Louise Richardson's appointment as vice-chancellor of Oxford University and examines ways to get more female leaders in higher education.
31/03/15

Best paper award for LUMS academics

Kathryn Fahy, Mark Easterby-Smith and Jon Erland Lervik have been awarded the 'Best Paper for 2014' in the journal Management Learning for their article "The power of spatial and temporal orderings in organizational learning". 
30/03/15

Professionalisation will get to the heart of the home care issue

Lancaster’s new HELPcare project hopes to find the right model of continuing professional development and training for care workers across the EU, writes Carolyn Downs in Community Care.
13/03/15

More research will help us break marketing's enduring glass ceiling

Writing in Marketing Magazine, Caroline Gatrell says more research is needed to develop new and creative ways to encourage women to drive forward their marketing careers.
05/03/15

The vicious circle of low status homecare work must be broken

The majority of homecare workers are immigrants who do a great job, syas Dr Carolyn Downs in The Guardian, but care work needs to be a more attractive and credible career option.
16/02/15

Supporting health and social care workers

A Lancaster University Management School project will help health and social care workers professionally in the light of the demands of an ageing population.
05/02/15

Time to see the strategic human factor

Dr Anthony Hesketh's research for the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, "Managing the value of your talent: a new framework for human capital measurement", is featured in an article in the Financial Times.

29/01/15

Put people before sales and profits to get investors to sit up and take note

Dr Anthony Hesketh is quoted in an article in the International Business Times about how organisations should value their talent.
22/12/14

Solving the Strategy Delusion

Solving the Strategy Delusion is a new book by Professor Cary Cooper with LUMS PhD graduate Marc Stigter, now at Melbourne Business School. The book takes a pioneering approach to challenging conventional and 'delusional' approaches to strategy.