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Who's recruiting? And how can you network your way onto their payroll? Adam Jones talks to executive search specialists Samuel Johar, of Buchanan Harvey, and David Peters, of Heidrick & Struggles, as well as Paul Danos, dean of Tuck business school.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Turmoil in the financial and property markets has left buyers and sellers eyeing each other warily. Tim Cullen of Oxford University's Said Business School discusses negotiation strategies that can resolve the deadlock  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

As recession bites and data on customers balloons, Professor Tim Calkins of the Kellogg School of Management in Illinois advises marketers to avoid 'analysis paralysis' and focus on profit. He warns that it isn't enough just to understand your customers, it's about taking action now - 'what we got to go do'.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Adam Jones discusses strategies for approaching the GMAT business school admission test with Dave Wilson, chief executive of GMAC, the body that sets the exam.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A website accused of circulating live questions from the GMAT business school admissions test has been shut down. Adam Jones discusses the crackdown with Dave Wilson, CEO of GMAC, the body that owns the test.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Baba Shiv, Professor of Marketing at Stanford Graduate School of Business, gives his tips on keeping your emotions in check during a downturn. A specialist in 'decision neuroscience', he warns managers to avoid too much negative television and says use dating strategies to make decisions quickly.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Three generations of female doctors reveal how life has changed inside the NHS since 1948  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ben Heineman, GE's former general counsel, on how in-house corporate lawyers and ceos can work together to combine financial performance and ethics, transcending their villainous stereotype in the film Michael Clayton.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Part one: the venerable management guru queries the popular fascination with General Electric and Google. Smaller, duller companies - such as an Australian lawn-mowing franchise - are the bedrock of developed economies, he suggests.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Part two: the former McKinsey consultant says your most important customers may be working next to you, then discusses the controversial legacy of In Search of Excellence, the bestseller he co-authored with Robert Waterman.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Part three: Mr Peters suggests that some good will still come of the reckless innovation that caused the credit crunch and declares that those who watch The Apprentice to learn about management 'deserve their sorry fate'.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It's easy to have strategic priorities: lots of companies are drowning in them. The trick is to distil these goals into 3-5 'must-win battles', says Peter Killing, a professor at IMD, the Swiss business school. In an interview, he outlines ways of identifying what's essential.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Kevin Eyres, LinkedIn's European managing director, explains in an interview how the online networking tool's members use the site. How many contacts are needed for it to be worthwhile? Is it a replacement for traditional face-to-face networking? What about confidentiality issues?  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Roger Martin, dean of the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management, says in an interview that the best business leaders avoid reducing management to a series of 'either/or' choices. Instead, the likes of Procter & Gamble's AG Lafley can blend seemingly incompatible courses of action into a very effective strategy.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.