Knowledge and Insights

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Topic: Employability

Future Proof Your Skills

The three key themes for the not-so-future world of work and how to future proof yourself.

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Topic: Employability

“My energy is limited, and it’s always better to focus on the positive things”

Magid Magid, the youngest mayor of Sheffield, gives us an insight into how he built his resilience

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Topic: Crisis Management

How to kickstart your business after a downturn: insights from the best

Many organisations will have had a torrid few months. Rebuilding isn’t easy. Here are people who could help…

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Topic: Equality and Diversity

How to fight inequality – and why that fight needs you

The paradox of inequality is that the more we recognise its existence the less we seem to do to reduce it. How can we change?

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Topic: Governance

How not to be a micro-manager

When managers create a ‘freedom framework’ for decision-making and empowerment, they enable their teams to be more autonomous

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Topic: Governance

Rethinking boardrooms: how to build a next gen-board

When businesses review the way they organise and mobilise their boardrooms, they may look to this example of a next-gen board

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Topic: Crisis Management

“You can’t run a creative business when you can’t invite audiences in”

We ask the CEO of Shakespeare’s Globe and CCO of Creative England about Covid-19 challenges how creatives can recover

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Topic: Communication

The good listener’s checklist

Good listening isn’t just about understanding what’s being said… and that’s the trap most of us fall into

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Topic: Crisis Management

“Covid-19 taught me to throw caution to the wind”

This Chartered Manager tells us how their military history helped inform their immediate decisions during the crisis

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Topic: Governance

How to tell if you’re giving off good energy

Leaders who have energy and passion transfer these to their followers. So, do you have the right energy for your role?

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Topic: Crisis Management

Management in a mixed economy: five new rules for leaders

Many people working routinely at home. Rota systems. Half-in, half-out. The new ‘mixed economy’ presents many new challenges.

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Topic: Mental Health and Wellbeing

The five secrets of energised remote teams

Remote working can make it challenging to gauge your team’s energy – but here’s a handy checklist to reinvigorate them

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