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Jeremy Corbyn's reshuffle reveals why executives must be excellent conflict-solvers

Jeremy Corbyn's reshuffle reveals why executives must be excellent conflict-solvers

Jeremy Corbyn’s shadow cabinet reshuffling reveals the need for business leaders to possess great conflict-solving skills, according to experts in the field.

The reshuffle came after Pat McFadden, MP for Wolverhampton South East and former Shadow Minister for Europe, was sacked for “disloyalty” after appearing to criticise the party’s stance on terrorism.

In response, several shadow ministers chose to resign from their positions. Three of them resigned on live TV, while labelling the Labour leader as “vindictive and stupid.”

“Jeremy Corbyn seems like a conciliatory pleasant leader,” David Liddle, CEO at the negotiating and mediation consultancy company TCM Group, tells Executive Grapevine. “But to me, he has fallen into a classic leadership trap.

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