Thursday 21 May 2009

A financially bankrupt government


Whilst Gordon Brown tells CBI business leaders he did not want to raise tax for rich bankers and adminstrators (and politicians...), he highlighted the extreme state of the Government's finances as the reasons for doing so ...

Were CBI business leaders really interested in the future of their businesses, or their own personal bank balances ... ?

Poweromics in business has had it's day ... and there is a big difference between rewarding entrepreneurs and rewarding administrators & bankers ...

If the Government wants to improve the situation, they need to train the country in 21st century leadership and management practices*, and remove those who do not take responsibility or who are not capable ...

... as the previous CBI director general Sir Digby Jones said to the select committee, when asked about the civil service ...


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Comment 125 on Robert Peston's blog

Green shoots or hoping for the best?

Indebted Britain ? I think we know that ... 
Bankrupt Britain ... ? I think there are more questions to ask ...

Tell us the robust plan to pay back all the extra debt we're taking on and at the same time create 21st century products and services that ...

1. People around the world want and are willing to pay for
2. Will create millions of jobs in the UK, and 
3. Will systematically reduce our trade deficits and national borrowing ... *

Next question ... how are we nurturing and accelerating creativity/innovation to develop these new products and services?

Next question - how are we adopting 21st Century leadership and management to enable both the above?

I've been in meetings with Ministers and the CBI - and guess what ... when difficult questions like these are asked they are all 'weighed, measured and found wanting' ...

David Clift, a Future 500 Leader

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