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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Have you heard of the DISC assessment? You may have carried out some psychological assessments in your time, and may be familiar with programmes such as the Myers-Briggs Type Inventory. This helps you see the kind of person you are, highlighting your strengths and development…
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One of the new ideologies being seen in leadership models today is the concept of agile leadership. Agility conjures up the idea of nimbleness, dynamism and adaptability, and the mentality of today’s leader has to include the ability to be flexible in the confines of…
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There’s little doubt that emotional intelligence is one of the areas businesspeople have heard of and know maybe a little about. But what is it about this strange component of human interaction that has such an impact on us personally as well as inter-personally? One…
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The best way to answer this question is to look into some of the surveys that have been carried out in workplaces recently and reported by the CIPD. Before we look at the CIPD research let’s first take a look at a comprehensive study that…
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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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Organising your working and personal life is not just important these days…it’s vital. You simply cannot manage everything you have to do in the time you have to do it, so it’s important to have good organisational skills, and the most pertinent is how you…
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Leading a project these days is a lot more complicated than ever before, as you have to deal with so many constraints, different people’s demands and a time-scale that is often shorter than you would like. If you’d like to benchmark your skills please take…
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What’s the current and future impact of globalisation on business? How does globalisation affect businesses and what response should we offer? We’ve seen such a growth in globalisation and its tentacles will only keep spreading as we go through the 2020s (more…)
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Let’s take a closer look at a manager’s interpersonal roles.. As a manager, your interpersonal roles will be dictated by the type of position you hold. Lower level managers will have different interpersonal roles than middle management. (more…)
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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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The only constant in business is change. I’m sure you’ve heard that statement many times. And one of the main reasons why organisations stagnate and fall is because of the lack of understanding about this simple philosophy. (more…)
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