July 8, 2009
Guru nearly spilt his Erdinger beer all over his lederhosen when he read about Bernie Ecclestone's recent praise of Adolf Hitler's leadership style.
Old Bernie said he was a fan of Hitler's early days in power (before he became a genocidal lunatic) and praised his ability to "get things done". What is it with F1 bosses and the Nazis? First Max Mosley, now Ecclestone...
It got Guru thinking that Bernie would make a good speaker at the CIPD's annual conference in Manchester later this year. If he has such strong views on leadership, then it would be a great opportunity to share them with the HR community.
So far, Guru suggests the CIPD speaker line-up should be:
Old Bernie said he was a fan of Hitler's early days in power (before he became a genocidal lunatic) and praised his ability to "get things done". What is it with F1 bosses and the Nazis? First Max Mosley, now Ecclestone...
It got Guru thinking that Bernie would make a good speaker at the CIPD's annual conference in Manchester later this year. If he has such strong views on leadership, then it would be a great opportunity to share them with the HR community.
So far, Guru suggests the CIPD speaker line-up should be:
- Bernie "Hitler is great" Ecclestone
- Phyllis Self - the world's oldest HR practitioner
- Fees Office chief and ex-HRD Andrew Walker. Famously said of releasing details of MPs expenses "transparency will damage democracy".
- RBS HR chief Neil Roden - to spread the word on 'worst practice'
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I'm with you!
In addition I think any HR person at RBS or HBOS who has collected an award at one of the HR ceremonies with the entry stating how strategic they were and how much "value they had added to the bottom line" should be lined up for a Q&A session on their personal responsibility for the failure.
Or maybe Peter Bennett on corporate culture and diversity?
You have to take the crunchy and the smooth guys.....
Posted by TheHRD | July 8, 2009 8:54 PM
Posted on July 8, 2009 20:54