http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Simon+Oates Education Simon Oates Fri, 30 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=779951&ca=Education Dedicated leadership education is actually a relatively modern progression in personal development. Back in the 1930's and 1940's, a business leader could have taken a course on 'How to Win Friends and Influence People' run by Dale Carnegie, or a course on how to autocratically manage a factory in t... Leadership Simon Oates Sun, 25 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=773606&ca=Leadership Is a strong personality or physique necessary to be a strong leader? Can someone deficient in many typical leadership traits actually generate a strong following? Well let’s think about the different types of leaders that currently exist, and analyse their traits to see whether power, courage, stren... Advice Simon Oates Sun, 25 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=774573&ca=Advice This is a 100% unofficial and part-humorous guide on how NOT to impress your boss. Annoying a leader is relatively easy - in many cases, it will take all of your concentration to keep them happy! However, keep away from these 13 techniques and you'll be on your way to sitting in your leaders good bo... Entertainment Simon Oates Sun, 25 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=774621&ca=Entertainment Celebrity - One of the enduring trends of the 20th and 21st Century. You'll find many definitions of what a 'celebrity' actually is, but most of them will use the word 'fame' or 'famous'. Indeed fame - 'to be widely known or recognized - is as easy as ever, as the world plugs into the single, global... Business Management Simon Oates Sun, 25 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=775930&ca=Business+Management Do you like the idea of running a business with virtually no fixed costs? Where almost all of the revenue you generate is translated to profit? This isn't a sales pitch - it's a look at business models that require virtually no capital to start up. Such businesses are excellent for 'new' entrepreneu... Leadership Simon Oates Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=729036&ca=Leadership On February 11th, 2011, a historic moment occurred in Cairo, in Egypt, in Africa, indeed the whole world leapt with joy at the news that Hosni Murabak - Egypt's long serving dictator, had stepped down and would be handing over rule to the Army. The Army have in turn stated that their leadership will... Leadership Simon Oates Sun, 25 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=587602&ca=Leadership If you're reading this article, you're probably someone responsible for delivering an effective and value-enhancing leadership training programme within your organisation. Given that employee turnover can be quite high in the modern age, there is the very real risk that you star employees may underg... Business Management Simon Oates Tue, 26 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=540183&ca=Business+Management Yikes! You've finally achieved that management position you have always craved. You have plenty of people underneath you to make coffee, and the flexibility to pick up your kids from school in an emergency. Great. But the problem is... you've never managed before, and despite your confident 'I can m... Leadership Simon Oates Tue, 26 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=540147&ca=Leadership Teaching is perhaps one of those areas most under appreciated by the population. Not because they dismiss the influence teachers and school have on children - no, in fact we're more aware of this today than in previous decades. Infact, the under-appreciation comes from the fact that few appreciate h... Entertainment Simon Oates Tue, 26 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=540172&ca=Entertainment The celebrity world is glitzy and at the same time, dark place. The 'unobtainable' status of being an A List celebrity brings with it so much power, wealth, fame and exciting opportunities, that people will be prepared to do almost anything to get there. Being a celebrity leader is the pinnacle of t...