Although new and existing managers are commonly given the benefit of management training to fill skills gaps or ensure that existing skills are kept up-to-date, leadership development tends to be more overlooked. Given the importance of effective leadership in creating change in the workplace, however, it is perhaps surprising that more people do not choose [...]
A marketing career can take you in many different directions and into many different specialisms and in this, the first of a series of spotlights on marketing jobs, we are going to take a look at the job of a brand manager. Brand management is, of course, an area to which increasing numbers of companies [...]
One of the biggest challenges facing those taking on a management or supervisory role is finding the time to manage. It can sometimes feel like that you have 100% of your time allocated to doing tasks and the only way to fit in the management part of the job is to do lots of unpaid [...]
These days getting more from the resources you have available is almost taken for granted. You have more and more tools to help you yet you still struggle to be as productive as you would like. Does it really need to be like that? Here are my top 8 tips for being more productive.
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Did you think about your career over Christmas? If you’re like most people, you’ll have given some thought as to what 2009 might hold for you – will you lose your job? Will you get promoted? Will you get a pay rise? Should you start looking around for something else?
If you’ve been thinking like this, [...]
Mention the word ‘meeting’ and you’ll probably see people’s eyes rolls as they think about the amount of time they’ll waste sitting and listening to people either whining or trying to score points. In fact you’ve probably been to a few meetings in your time where you were asking yourself, “why am I here?”
Meetings don’t [...]
When times are tough it can put added pressure on the Marketing team. Are certain people making life difficult for others at work? London Career Coach Hannah McNamara explains what you can do about it.
Problem behavior at work affects everyone. It affects the people on the receiving end and it also affects those who are [...]
