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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...

As more and more employers heed the advice on social distancing and self-isolation, more and more of us are being sent home with a laptop (maybe)...

As plans change and announcements are made daily, COVID-19 is presenting most businesses with a challenge they never thought they’d face. Although...

As part of our series of free management and personal effectiveness webinars, the 6th March (10.00am – 10.45am, UK time) will feature “Management...

If I say meetings are eternal, your mind probably leaps to a (worst) memory of sitting around a table as someone drones through an agenda and the...

‘Tis the season to be jolly! However, while nobody wants to be the clichéd HR killjoy… not too jolly? Sorry, but vicarious liability (“In a...