Fixing Business: Making Profitable Business Work for the Good of All

ISBN-13: 9781119287391 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 208 str.

Lord Digby Jones

Opis

An optimistic call to action for business leaders and decision makers everywhere In his second book 'the face of British Business' Lord Digby Jones shows us why profit isn't a dirty word--it's what you do with it that counts. Society is at a crossroads, and good business lays the foundation for a successful future; but are we brave enough to build it? Fixing Business focuses on why we must be. Fixing the world requires a vibrant and successful, profit-yielding, tax-delivering, job-creating business sector. This book describes how that sector is built, and how the good of business means the good of all.

• Learn why business must invest more--and better--in physical and human infrastructure
• Discover the critical importance of social inclusion in the future of business
• Understand why fixing education and the environment are at the top of the priority list
• Engage with every aspect of society to create the wealth that holds the social fabric together

From the smallest shop around the corner to the largest multinational corporation, the variable upon which every facet of business success rests is people. Workers, investors, customers, creditors--all ensure that wealth is created, and at the end of the day, they are what business is about. Fixing Business shows us how to harness their power to change the world.

Recenzje

"...always charismatic, plain speaking and bold - just what business needs, in fact, at a time when it finds itself in the dock." (People Management, June 2017)

Spis treści

1 Something is Wrong and it s Everybody s Business 1

2 Where the Battle is Being Lost: Fixing the Reputation of Business 27

3 Achieving Socially Inclusive Wealth Creation 57

4 Harnessing the Power of Education, Training and Skills 85

5 Protecting the Environment: An Essential Priority 113

6 The Boardroom: Executive Pay and the Gulf between Big and Small Business 131

7 Dealing with a Post–BrexitWorld 149

8 What s Next? 167

Acknowledgements 189

About the Author 191

Index 195

O autorze

Lord Digby Jones served as Director General of the CBI (Confederation of British Industry, the UK′s Voice of Business) from 2000 until 2006. In2006 he became the UK Skills Envoy and in 2007 he was appointed Minister of State for UK Trade & Investment. He did not join the party of government and without ambition to progress in politics he concentrated on the business of promoting Britain across the world, traveling to 31 countries in 45 overseas visits.

Born in Birmingham, Lord Jones originally joined the Royal Navy, before graduating from University College London and joining the law firm Edge & Ellison, rising from Articled Clerk to Senior Partner. In 1998 he joined KPMG as vice–chairman of corporate finance, before taking up his role at the CBI.

In 2005 he was knighted for his services to business and became Sir Digby Jones in The Queen′s New Year s Honours List. In 2007 he became a life peer taking the title, Digby, Lord Jones of Birmingham Kt.

Today Lord Jones sits as an active cross–bencher in the House of Lords and is an official United Kingdom Business Ambassador. He speaks regularly to business audiences both in the UK and overseas. He serves in the private sector as Chairman of the international Business Advisory Boards of HSBC and British Airways, a Corporate Ambassador for Jaguar Cars and JCB, and Chairman of Triumph Motorcycles, among a number of pair and unpaid roles.

He holds a number of charity positions, is a non–executive director of Leicester Tigers Rugby and lives with his wife Pat in Marylebone and Warwickshire.

Blurb

"Many people claim to be the voice of business, but few speak as clearly and as forcefully as Digby. This book is a punchy, passionate and powerful defence of the role of enterprise in our society. It′s badly needed in this age of unreason."
George Osborne MP, former Chancellor of the Exchequer 2010 16

A CALL TO ACTION FOR LEADERS IN BUSINESS, GOVERNMENT AND MEDIA.

In Fixing Business, the "face of British Business" Lord Digby Jones rolls up his sleeves to demonstrate why profit isn′t a dirty word it′s how you spend it that matters most. In the straightforward delivery he′s famous for, Digby brilliantly contextualises the fundamental, driving role of Business in Society and how the relationship has deteriorated to near catastrophic levels. Businesses in every sector and geographic area have an opportunity to pave a way into the future where profit creation is heralded for its part in improving health care, education, employment, poverty and taxes. Lord Digby Jones tells you exactly how to be a socially–inclusive leader who:

• Makes big, smart investments in physical and human infrastructure.
• Gives top priority to funding education and environmental conservation.
• Understands how and why social inclusion will be fundamental in our future businesses.

Fixing Business is the inspiring guidebook for leaders ready to step out from the crowd and prove that profitable businesses do lead to a better way of life.

"How refreshing...an expert who writes precisely the way he talks: with candour, professionalism and wit. This should be required reading in every boardroom and for every politician. It wouldn′t harm to put it into sixth forms, colleges and universities too!"
Nick Ferrari, Broadcaster

"The name Lord Digby Jones is synonymous with Business. His great passion for Business and Society comes through in Fixing Business and now, more than ever, we need to ensure that both work hand in hand. An inspirational book and a great read. Digby has an amazing personality that shines though in this book, reflecting the views of a remarkable man."
Dame Kelly Holmes DBE MBE (mil), Double Olympic Champion, Businesswoman and President of the Dame Kelly Holmes Trust