Lessons to be learnt?

There is a great article today in The Telegraph which looks into the business experience leadership contender David Davis has with Tate & Lyle. Now politicians do not necessarily make good businessmen - likewise businessmen don't always make good politicians, but can the lessons learnt in business be applied to modern day politics?

In his book "How to Turn Round a Comapny" David goes someway to giving us a clue as to his management style.

• "Meetings... can be great wastes of time."
• "No meeting that I chair will be allowed ...to last more than one and a half hours."

I like what I hear so far!