Management

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17 Managerial Technical Skills You Need Right Now

  Most managers focus on their soft skills to the detriment of their managerial technical skills. What I mean by this are all those skills and abilities required to be more effective in your role that organise and coordinate work, help to solve problems and…

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What Are The Benefits Of Equality And Diversity In The Workplace?

  In today’s modern society, confirming what the benefits of equality and diversity are in the workplace might sound obvious and silly. However, we should remind ourselves why we must constantly strive to recruit and maintain a diverse workplace and the benefits it can bring…

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How Managers Can Deal With A VUCA Environment

VUCA is an acronym which characterises the nature of difficult conditions and situations. Born in the 1990’s in the military world of the American military, it originally described the conditions the world faced after the cold war. Brexit, the Coronavirus pandemic, and the global economy…

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3 Phrases Managers Need To Become More Assertive

For managers to be successful, their team members need to respect them and follow them. For this to occur you will need to be assertive. You have to get the work done through your team and at the same time ensure that your team has…

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4 Essential Skills For New Managers

Being a manager is never an easy job, but being a new manager is especially difficult. When you think about the competencies required of a good manager, they are constantly changed, updated and reviewed. Whether you have just been promoted to a leadership position or…

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Talent Management – How To Attract And Keep Talent In Your Department

Most managers we talk to are keen to discuss all aspects of talent management. Their interest is piqued when we ask questions like, ‘How do we attract the right candidates to apply for jobs at our company? What can we do to keep talented employees…

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One Question That Will Change The Way You Manage

Many managers we talk with express their desire to manage and lead more effectively, and we often get asked ‘is there one thing that can make a real difference in the way I get results from my team?’ It’s difficult to pinpoint one aspect that…

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How To Harness The Strengths And Ambitions Of Our Team

One manager approached her Learning and Development Director and discussed with her the misgivings she had about all the training and development being offered to her team members. ‘I know we should be offering chances for people to get better and improve’ she said. ‘But…

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How To Manage An Extrovert

Have you ever carried out one of those personality profiles that categorise you into a few ‘types’ of person? One of these discusses if you are ‘extroversion’ or ‘introversion’ in your outlook. That is, do you appear to be an extrovert in the workplace or…

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5 Key Qualities Of A Team Leader

Becoming a team leader is often someone’s first experience of management responsibility. With many team leaders being promoted from within the team because they were good team members, they face a challenging time especially as they now have to manage their friends! (more…)

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How To Manage Diversity Effectively In The Workplace

Remember Barney? Yes – the purple dinosaur who’s been either your own or your child’s best friend? “Barney & Friends” is one of the finest examples of diversity that comes to mind.     With the perfect representation of all ethnicity, genders and varying age…

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4 Things Great HR Managers Do Daily

HR managers have a wide array of responsibilities, but they ultimately upkeep the corporate culture, work directly with employees and put out fires. While every company creates an individual job description for this position, anyone who has worked in HR knows that there is no…

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