How to Concentrate in the Workplace It would seem that concentration is a rare commodity nowadays. We’re more willing to be distracted by the ‘shiny-shiny’ than ever before. There’s so much vying for our attention whether we’re at home or at work. Short attention spans might be down to our fast paced, digitised world but […]
How to Handle Office Politics – Emotion Vs Logic Office politics are unavoidable. Even if your current office has a fun and friendly environment, probability says you will face office politics at some point or another during your career. The important thing to remember is that there are actually rules! We’re going to show you […]
Why Overwork Kills Productivity Working long hours and cramming everything you can into your day while not getting much back in return could be damaging your productivity as well as your health. It’s actually a scenario that is more common than you think in today’s high pressure work environments. The media last year reported that […]
How to Recession Proof Your Work Recession Proof Your Work Due to the unprecedented effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, many industries, and indeed many markets, are falling on hard times. With the ways of working being changed for longer-term than we ever thought possible, lots of businesses are furloughing staff, making cuts and making changes. […]
Self-Development Tips for Furloughed Workers In recent months, we’ve all been thrown into an alternate universe that was not of our own making. You may currently be working from home with reduced hours or you might have been furloughed and are currently wondering what the future holds. While some are now be preparing to return […]
Why CPD is Important The progression of your career typically depends on how you engage with continuing professional development opportunities. Continuing Professional Development, or CPD, is a process that involves an individual developing professional skills and knowledge through a type of learning – whether this is interactive learning (such as online courses), participation-based (like classes […]
How to Take Control of your Career Development If you’ve been waiting on an advancement in your career development without taking any steps towards it, you might find you’ll be waiting for a long time. Career management is a joint effort between an employee and their supervisor. It’s up to the employee to notify their […]
Why You Should be Managing Your Energy Instead of Your Time Workloads and office demands are never consistent but the general assumption is that your work hours are. But when was the last time you stuck to your contracted hours? With work being so closely linked to people’s self-esteem and priorities, and since the majority […]
The Top 10 Ways to Be an Empowered Learner on a Management Course Businesses that empower their employees to learn also empower them to work more productively. Whether on a management course or taking on a full-blown degree, most professionals hope they are going to learn a few things that help their career. Many people […]
Described here is an outline of how to carry out a Gap Analysis – a basic structure which can be adjusted to suit a variety of situations. The Gap Analysis is a relatively straightforward activity, but is a critically important one, so it should be carried out very carefully and very thoroughly. Following a period […]
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