Modern Workplace

Tips & advice to help you improve your performance

New analysis names UK worst country in the world for taking stress home

Brits are more likely than anyone in the world to carry stress home after work, according to our new analysis. We analysed 19,819 UK responses to our free EQ DNA emotional intelligence assessment and found that 30% of Brits can’t switch off once they’ve left...

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25 Virtual Meeting Ice Breaker Ideas and Activities

Thanks to COVID I think we’ve all overdosed on virtual meetings to some extent, especially during the early days of the pandemic. For most of us having NO face-to-face meetings during lock down was a new phenomenon. Pre-COVID we had all complained about the number...

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6 Best Ways To Manage Remote Teams And Virtual Groups

The time difference can cause major problems in planning conference calls and other such contacts, especially in international settings. If you manage teams that are not within meeting distance, how can you keep the morale and momentum going so that they and you produce the...

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7 Important Project Management Principles

No matter how short a time you have been involved in management, or whether you have held management positions for decades, your role can be systematically described as ‘managing a series of projects from inception to completion’. Whether you are spending 95% of your time...

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Managing A Virtual Team

When I was managing people within a busy financial institution, every single person who reported into me was within shouting distance! It was easy for me to get an instant update on the status of a particular account or where a specific project was stalling....

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