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Topic: Personal Development

The Unexpected Trick Young Managers Need to Use to Master Public-speaking

When it comes to public-speaking, it’s not about what you say

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Topic: Productivity

Why Overwork Kills Productivity

Behavioural Psychologists Reveal Confirm That Being Busy is Not a Marker of Productivity and Explain Why

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Topic: Productivity

What does a Chief Happiness Officer actually do?

Are your employees happy at work? A UK marketing company told Insights how they transformed their business by taking charge of workplace happiness

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Topic: Employability

Hire Like Elon Musk… And 14 Other Ways to Attract Future Leaders

Treat rejects with respect, don’t be a snob, and 13 other ways to attract brilliant talent

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Topic: Mental Health and Wellbeing

Mental Health at Work: Five Ways Managers Can End Stress and Improve the Quality of Working Life

From empowering employees to switching off after hours, here’s how managers can encourage good mental health at work

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Topic: Productivity

Why Adobe killed off the annual performance review

Adobe was ahead of the curve when it swapped annual performance reviews for regular employee check-ups.

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Topic: Productivity

This is How Ubs Uses Career Comebacks to Boost Equality at Work

This Investment Bank Has a Way of Boosting Gender Inequality and It Involves Recruiting Individuals After Their Career Break

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Topic: Personal Development

Five Innovative Ways Higher Education Is Developing 21st Century Leaders

From running African charities to self-employed placement years, these are some of the ways that higher education institution

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Topic: Productivity

Four ways Amazon optimises meetings

Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos shares the key to managing ultra-productive meetings that drive innovation and efficiency

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Topic: Productivity

Trends successful business leaders don’t follow

We take a look at why you need to ditch urgent emails, interviews and formal job roles

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Topic: Productivity

How to Be a Better Leader According to Science

These are the leadership traits shown by good managers according to research

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Topic: Productivity

This is Why Flexible Working Benefits Businesses

From specialist knowledge to keeping costs down, here are some of the reasons why employers need flexible working

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