Management Skills...
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Action Plan: Get Networking to Improve Business
Networking is a great way to help further develop your career and to generate business. But it can also be time consuming so it’s important to...
Action Plan: Learning to Say No
Saying no can be very difficult, particularly if you lack assertiveness and have a strong desire to keep others happy. Whether in business or in our personal lives,...
Becoming a Leader That Others Look to
As a manager, we all aim to be a leader that others look to, as an example, and to follow. It is likely that you have, in your career, come...
Brainstorming in Business
Brainstorming is a technique that can be used in business to generate ideas and solve problems. It is a creative technique that encourages out of the box thinking,...
Charity Work and Management Experience: A Case Study
Jennifer had worked in IT as an analyst for a number of years and was interested in moving into a management position. The difficulty she had was...
Developing your IT Skills as a Manager
As a business Manager, sometimes IT skills can seem in contradiction with some of the key aspects of the management role: to manage people....
Earning Respect in Business
Respect in business is something that is achieved over time. There is much that you can do to earn the respect of others, whether your colleagues, your staff, your...
How and When to Delegate
Delegation is a necessary skill of an effective manager. Sometimes it may seem easier to do it ourselves; after all we know exactly what needs to be done and it can...
How to Conduct Effective Meetings
As a manager, meetings can become a way of life. They can all too often feel like they consume too much time and deliver too few results. But meetings are a good way...
How to Manage Change Effectively as a Manager
Change is inevitable in business and, as a manager, it is something that we have to cope with on a daily basis. If only the world would stay the...
How to Recruit the Right People
When thinking of how to recruit the right staff many of us think of recruitment agencies, or interviewing techniques, or psychological testing, but getting the right...
How to Use Coaching Effectively as a Manager
Coaching is a management technique that, when used appropriately, can be very effective in developing your staff and improving your management...
Increasing Your Productivity
As you become more successful in your career, and gain more and more responsibility, you’ll probably find that your available time becomes less and less. It’s...
What Does Onshoring, Offshoring, Nearshoring Mean?
Onshoring, Offshoring, and Nearshoring are terms that are becoming ever more frequently used in business, but what do they really mean?...
What does RACI mean?
Delegation is an important aspect of a Manager's role, and clearly identifying roles and responsibilities is essential. Applying the RACI model can help you, as a...
What is ITIL?
As a business manager it is likely that you will need to work with your Information Technology (IT) function for the provision of your various IT needs. Your IT...
What is Six Sigma?
Six Sigma has been described in many ways: a business management strategy, a highly disciplined process, a statistical method, a data-centred approach, but what does...
What is Strategic Change?
Planning and implementing strategic change is an important aspect to the management role. Strategic change is a term that is frequently used in business, but what...
