Motivation, Leadership & Culture: Ban the Boss (BBC)

A dramatic, double-hat tip to Jill Mcaloon from St Mary’s College Wallasey for spotting this terrific programme on BBC Wales last week which is just perfect for helping to teach issues such as motivation, leadership and changing corporate culture…

Ban the Boss appeared on BBC Wales on 17March and is still available on iPlayer.

Here is the link

From the BBC website:

“Dr Paul Thomas is on a mission - to ban bosses from businesses across the UK. The Glamorgan University guru believes Blaenau Gwent’s binmen don’t need bosses, and he has been called in by the council’s chief executive to prove it. His radical idea has been tried in small businesses before but never on this scale. In his toughest challenge yet, Paul soon finds out that the refuse and recycling boys are going to take a lot of convincing.”

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