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Topic: Crisis Management

Challenges and opportunities for students and learners

Every economic crisis brings deep challenges and opportunities for change – what does this look like for those in education?

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Topic: Crisis Management

Why it’s worth giving your business a 360 review

360 reviews can be used to evaluate what does and doesn’t work in an organisation as the dust settles on the new normal

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Topic: Governance

Manage. Back. Better.

Imagine a world where all management decisions factored in sustainability and net-zero targets…

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Topic: Difficult Conversations

Little things you can do to look after your mental health

When you’re going through a difficult time and it’s affecting your work, there are some small adjustments that can help

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Topic: Crisis Management

The leadership we’ll need as we reopen Britain post-Covid

More than four months since the beginning of lockdown and the onus is now on getting back to work.

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Topic: Flexibility

Accruing annual leave: the rules and advice

Annual leave entitlements are still proving a headache for managers months into the pandemic. What are the actual rules?

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Topic: Governance

Do you have an authenticity gap?

You are honest and have integrity – no doubt. What you have to address are the inconsistencies that make you appear dishonest

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Topic: Employment Landscape

What sectors are still hiring?

As the UK moves toward a recession, which sectors are still going strong?

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Topic: Crisis Management

Hope for the Best, Plan for the Worst

Practical tools and techniques to identify potential threats, and implement safeguards against them.

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Topic: Productivity

Get By With a “Digital Boost”

Head of Digital Boost, Sherry Coutu CBE discusses how a small business can continue digitisation during a pandemic.

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Topic: Crisis Management

A Whole New World

Join Ann Francke and Dame Stephanie Shirley CH as they consider how COVID will reshape the working world.

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Topic: Governance

Why do we exist?

Covid-19 is causing boards to tackle the most fundamental questions. to dig into the changing views around corporate purpose.

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