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If you’ve recently been promoted to a management position for the first time, you’re entering an exciting, challenging, and important phase of your career. Managers play a crucial role in any organisation, and taking the time to learn how to be a good manager will benefit both you and your team.Being a good manager involves everything…

Managers are crucial cogs in any business. They lead departments to success through an array of soft skills and talents. Without them, deadlines can be missed, quality can plummet, and business growth is scuppered.But good managers aren’t just cogs in a machine. They are also tightrope walkers, trying to balance views and opinions from all…

In this post we share potential ways to tackle inequality in today’s world, and courses to help get you started. The last century has seen a global decline in violence and an increase in life expectancies. Yet, in recent years, it has also seen struggles against the impacts of globalisation and automation, unprecedented political turmoil and…

Nigeria has the seventh-largest population in the world and the opportunity for online learning is huge and has become an increasingly popular choice of education for many. From those looking to boost their professional development to others looking to grow their knowledge in a particular subject area, online learning presents a safe and accessible means of…

Miranda Priestly, Editor in Chief Runway Magazine – autocratic With her dictated orders and high expectations of employees Miranda Priestly is a classic autocratic manager. She does not want or expect feedback from her staff, she is in full control of the situation at all times and delivers punishment with little remorse if her employees…

Evidence suggests there are countless benefits to having a job you like doing. Or better still, a job you love doing. You’re happier, more motivated and more efficient. Similarly, finding purpose and feeling productive in your job also ranks highly with those happiest at work.But finding and securing your dream role or even getting your…

In recent weeks, protests have erupted across the globe in response to the killing of George Floyd by four police officers in Minneapolis, USA. The death of Floyd acted as a tipping point for centuries of pent-up anger at systemic injustice and racism to boil over, not just in America but across the world.What started…

For the latest advice on how to respond to the coronavirus, please consult the World Health Organization or take guidance from your local government health organisation.Social distancing and isolation measures are being stepped up around the world in an attempt to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, also known as COVID-19. According to the World…

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This week is learning at work week in the UK. But making sure you have the right professional skills is important wherever you’re based. So how good are your soft skills? These aren’t the specialist skills required in your role that you might already have (for example coding or writing) these are skills that are…