Manager’s Guides

"I feel very privileged to be a part of it... it's a great opportunity to showcase, not only how brilliant some of the staff are that work for us,...

Performance management is an integrated approach to helping an organisation to achieve its aims and objectives by monitoring and improving the...

Disagreements, differences of opinion and conflicting perspectives on key issues inevitably arise in any context where people are working...

Mentoring is an increasingly common developmental approach which can produce excellent results for the mentor, the mentee and the organisation(s)...

Coaching has attracted much attention in recent years as a method of developing senior leaders and executives. It is also a popular tool for...

In the past, companies have predominantly been managed with an eye to the financial returns for shareholders. This approach is still common, but an...

The development of talented employees can be one of the most profitable investments an organisation makes. As the achievement of long-term...

Objectives set out what a business is trying to achieve. Base them on organisational strategy and align them with corporate vision, mission and...

The importance of taking control of your career and accepting responsibility for your own career progression cannot be over-estimated. Developing a...

In today’s constantly changing and competitive environment, it is vitally important to organisations that their employees are motivated to work...

Teams have become a common feature of organisational life. Workplace teams are used to carry out projects of various kinds and can make a...

The need for employees to enjoy a reasonable balance between their work and other aspects of their lives is now widely accepted. Work-life balance...

If managers are to be effective in their role it is important for them to think consciously about how they manage – what kind of management style...

It has been said that in strategy everything is simple but nothing is easy. At times of economic turbulence, environmental uncertainty and growing...

Traditionally, the focus of project management has been the completion of defined tasks or activities within given time constraints and cost limits...

The development of organisational strategy is a complex and demanding process. Leaders who devote time, effort and resources to the strategy may...

The ability to manage change effectively is a key skill for managers in a society where rapid change has become the norm and new technologies are...

Increasing attention has been paid to the subject of employee engagement over the past decade and since the publication of David MacLeod’s 2009...

Making effective decisions as a manager is a very significant challenge in a fast-moving world. The expectation of managers to act under conditions...

Employees who are positively engaged at work perform better and increase productivity. Similarly, organisations with high engagement outperform...