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Fearlessness under fire is one of the attributes of a great leader, and the head of the international football federation, FIFA - one Herr Blatter - is demonstrating his rock-hard resolve by taking a Gaddafi-esque stance over getting re-elected as president. As with all dictators, the Blattmeister is using the magical brown envelope procedure to secure...

Guru was just pondering just what exactly it is that makes great leaders tick, when a rumble in his tummy alerted him to the fact it was time for an iced bun and a cup of java. However, just as he was about to answer the call of the colon, his eye was attracted to the fact that David 'just call me bellyboy' Cameron, also listens to the call...

When prime minister David 'just call me Sir!' Cameron peed on his own doorstep to confirm Yours Truly's theory about poor managers not being created but being born that way - by laying into senior civil servants as the 'enemies of enterprise' - he was merely carrying on a tradition followed by a long, long line of leaders going back...

The survey that reveals that UK managers are poor at dealing with underperformance should really come as no shock to anyone working anywhere at all. Apparently managers 'lack confidence' about dealing with poor performers, and, surprise surprise, the main issue is dealing with staff who 'throw sickies' - to use a common, and frankly...

How much weight does the British leader carry on the world stage? About 14 stones, Guru would estimate - with most of that making a big bulge in his pocket. Sadly, that protuberance is 100% cash and not as a result of any illicit Viagra use on the part of our main member, that man David 'justcallmedave' Cameron, who in his role as PM recently...

Guru likes to think of himself as something of a minor genius, so it gives him no great pleasure to point out that the same cannot be said for Professor Binna Kandola who has been following the BBC TV bullying showcase The Apprentice for the past few weeks on Personneltoday.com. For reasons beyond comprehension of mere mortals, Prof Kandola had screaming...

The HR profession has been going through one of those regular, HR = human remains, we're not worthy, what's the point in us" mindsets that periodically afflicts this mighty calling. And a certain amount of self doubt is obviously no bad thing - apart from being in the Guru business, where a scintilla of hubris deficit is considered a crime...