Performance

January. Traditional time for looking ahead, planning, strategising… and while we may look back on January 2020 with nostalgia – few had any idea...

One of the most famous (and well-used) time management tools is Stephen Covey’s urgent/important matrix, in which: URGENT = something which...

We’ve all had a bad boss at some point, maybe more than one. But what happens when you become the boss or, at least, a boss? In terms of changes...

As the end of the year approaches, the country pendulums in and out of lockdown, further extensions are made to the furlough scheme, and everyone...

That transition to manager from non-manager is probably one of the biggest changes you’ll make in your working life. Usually, you’re working in...

Managing meetings can be an art – all those personalities, chafing against the agenda, some desperate to push their personal hobby-horse, others...

A guest blog by Grant Ashfield Reading time: 3:30s Many of us are now working from home. It’s an uncertain and difficult time for everyone. Less...

Honest conversations are important in a smoothly-functioning workplace. Whether it’s feedback, a team meeting, a project planning session, etc...

The ‘new normal’ this, the ‘new normal’ that…everybody’s talking about the new normal. But apart from a general agreement that it will include...

It should be no surprise that in these pandemic times, working from home, isolating, avoiding infection… learning and development options that...

Remote working, especially when forced by circumstances, can be stressful. Yes, there is more freedom (the pyjama trouser dress code for video...

Let’s make an assumption: the case for workplace learning has been proven and accepted. Not so very dangerous, as assumptions go… the idea that...