Cracking the Glass Pyramid in Management Getting more women into top management positions in the UK’s largest companies has been a priority for some while. There’s even a target to reach – 33% by 2020. So why are there a significant number of companies in the FTSE 350 that are still lagging behind the rest? […]
Random Acts of Kindness Day It’s Random Acts of Kindness Day on the 17th of February, a day which has grown in popularity over the years. When life gets busy and chaotic, it can be difficult to remember that small acts of good can really contribute to the communities around us. As management teachers and […]
Blue Monday As managers, we want to believe that our team love working for us, their colleagues and the company. We like to think that they’re having a good time in their workplace and that they always bring their passion and their ‘A’ game. The problem is that we’re all human and have our good […]
3 Ways Managers Lose Respect at the Christmas Party Tis the season to be jolly – and remember that your Christmas party is still a formal setting after all, and some office rules still apply! With Christmas work do’s happening all over the world, it’s never been a better time to remind people what they […]
Why we Need to Stop Trying to Make Employees Happy With multiple studies at the moment, on how to make employees happy, investigating the general morale at work in Western countries, and regularly discovering that the vast majority of employees feel disengaged, unhappy or somewhat lost – how to make employees happier has forced its […]
Three Poor Mental Health Statistics Every Manager Should Know With recent World Mental Health Day refreshing people’s take on poor mental health, mental health and wellbeing is on everyone’s mind and, with stress and mental ill-health ever increasing, it’s no surprise that managers are particularly concerned. Over recent years it has fallen much to management […]
A Look at CEOs and Upper Managers – Is it Lonely at The Top? When we think of bettering our careers, we tend to romanticise life at the top, and dismiss the phrase ‘it’s lonely at the top’ as a half-hearted cliché. But recent research and accounts of mental health of upper management, globally, suggests […]
What is a Collaborative Management? To better understand collaborative management, we have to look at traditional management. Managers have, for years, been seen as the autocratic authority of a business. They have the first and the last say and hold the majority of control. Collaborative management is becoming more popular than ever before and tends […]
What Can Managers Learn from Brexit? With Brexit looming ever closer, it’s no wonder managers, leaders and CEOs are beginning to show concerns. Almost every manager I know wants to prepare. Unfortunately, since it’s not been done before, the effects of Brexit cannot be accurately predicted but, as with most moments of change, we’re sure […]
5 Ways to Create Gender Equality in the Workplace Gender equality in the workplace remains one of the most contentious and widely discussed issues of modern time, not only in the workplace, but in the wider world. The same pay for the same job, on the surface, sounds fair and equitable. So why is it […]
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