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Topic: Personal Development

Decision Making

Making effective decisions as a manager is a very significant challenge in a fast-moving world.

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Topic: Mental Health and Wellbeing

Work Life Balance

Work-life balance has been shown to have real business benefits.

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Topic: Productivity

Performance management

Performance management is an integrated approach to helping an organisation to achieve its aims and objectives by monitoring

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Topic: Productivity

Project Management

Research: Project Managment Share Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to LinkedIn Share via email Project management involves the

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Topic: Productivity

Management And Leadership Styles

Management or leadership style is the manner in which managers exercise their authority in the workplace

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Topic: Personal Development

Setting Smart Objectives

There are a number of different versions of the acronym with different terms associated with some of the letters as indicated

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Topic: Productivity

Implementing Strategy

The development of organisational strategy is a complex and demanding process and effective implementation is critical

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Topic: Productivity

Stakeholder Analysis and Management

Stakeholder Analysis and Management In the past, companies have predominantly been managed with an eye to the financial returns for

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Topic: Mental Health and Wellbeing

Stress Management: a Five-point Guide for Managers in Lockdown

Insights from CMI’s ManagementDirect treasure trove

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Topic: Governance

Epidemics Move Fast Everything Depends on Speed

Richard Hatchett is the chief executive of the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovation (CEPI).

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Topic: Employability

Furloughing: the Manager’s Guide to Implementing the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme

We spoke to three experts about the UK government’s new job-protection scheme

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Topic: Personal Development

Now That’s What I Call ‘distance Learning’: How to Maintain Your Personal Development in a Crisis

You may be committed to your own personal development plan or you may be helping your team to reach professional goals.

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