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Strong business sense and strategic thinking, linked with a real appreciation of an organization's best asset - its people - was a key theme running through the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)'s Annual Conference and Exhibition in Manchester this November. The opening key note address from Sir Terry Leahy, former chief executive of Teseo, was an open and honest insight into the trials and tribulations of Tesco's transformation into the UK's number one supermarket.
Sir Terry delivered a clear message that it is the people in an organization who have the power to "make it, or break it." He went on to divulge the key ingrethents to a happy, successful business - trust and confidence - which, is the theme of a major piece of CIPD research due to be...