Stefan Stern is a journalist and author. He has been writing and commenting on business and management for over three decades. His career in journalism has included stints at Euromoney, the BBC, Management Today magazine, and the Financial Times, where he was the management columnist between 2006 and 2010.
In October 2010 Stefan was appointed Visiting Professor in management practice at Bayes Business School (formerly Cass), City St.George’s, University of London. He is a Fellow of the RSA, and continues to write for the FT, The Guardian, Prospect and The Conversation, among other titles. Between 2015 and 2018 he was director of the High Pay Centre, a London-based think-tank which looks at the issue of top pay.
He is the author of three books: “Myths of Management – what people get wrong about being the boss” (with Prof Sir Cary Cooper) (Kogan Page, 2017); “How to be a better leader” (Bluebird – Pan Macmillan, 2019); and most recently “Fair or Foul – the Lady Macbeth Guide to Ambition” (Unbound, 2024).