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Management Blog
Our management blog has useful tips for managers in all sectors.
What is Management?
What is Management? Our quick introduction offers a simple definition and answers to popular questions like "what does a manager do?" and "how can you become a manager?"
Coaching in the Workplace: What is its importance?
We investigate 10 key benefits of coaching in the workplace and why coaching is so important for every organisation
Spotlight On: QQI Management Coaching
Your 2-minute guide to our popular QQI Management Coaching Course. Ideal for leaders and managers at any level who want to develop strong coaching skills.
Organisation Skills for Managers (4 Benefits)
Find our how mastering organisational skills can help you stress less and achieve more in your management role. (+ 3 steps for getting good organisation skills)
Resilience Skills for Workplace Wellbeing
Learn about 3 ways resilience skills promote good workplace wellbeing. This includes stress management, one of the most valuable skill-sets anyone can acquire.
Management in 2021 | What Does It Look Like?
What does the role of a manager look like in 2021? Following the many shifts that have occurred in the past months, we evaluate what managers need to carry out their role successfully.
Resilience in the Workplace: Making Your Life Easier
Learn why resilience in the workplace is so important, and how you can begin developing a versatile set of resilience skills.
3 Game-Changing Management Habits
There are so many management skills to consider for every supervisor, team lead, or management. These 3 habits can make an instant improvement when you're feeling overwhelmed.
8 Reasons our Management Courses Stand Out
With so many different management courses available, what is it that makes our courses so popular? We look at 8 reasons our students really enjoy and benefit from our management courses.
Management Skills in Challenging Times
Leading a team through difficult times makes the role of "manager", "team lead" or "supervisor" even more challenging. This short article offers guidance to help you support your team & take care of your own wellbeing.
Discover Your Management Style
Discover why management styles are so important and learn about the most popular traditional management styles. You can also begin learning about your own style with our 3 straightforward steps.
Why New Manager Training?
Learn about the challenges New Management Training can help you overcome as you transition into a management role. We give you guidelines for choosing the right kind of training, and 3 options for getting started.
Conflict Resolution for Managers
Even the most smoothly-running teams come up against conflict occasionally. As a manager, your role is to be the cool head in a heated conversation, and to help resolve the issue at hand.
Understand Your Management Role
There will always be some grey areas of management roles. However, you can get a good level of clarity and definition about what’s expected in your role, and what kind of manager you want to be.
Overcome Conflict Resolution Resistance
Conflict is never pleasant, but as a manager, it's your job to resolve disputes when they arise. This Management Solutions article offers guidance for improving your confidence and capability to deal with conflict.
Super Team Motivation
Get started on mastering the elusive skill of motivating others. As a manager, it's essential to understand what keeps your team at the top of their game. 3 great starting points for developing your skills here.
Re-Boot Your Time Management
Struggles with time management are all too common for managers. In this management solutions article, we offer 3 resources for taking control of your time through delegation, prioritisation, and assertiveness.
Fix Communication Complications
Communication skills can make or break a manager's level of success. The first in our series of Management Solutions articles looks at 3 ways to troubleshoot any communications issues you may be facing.
7 Ways to Motivate Your Team
How can you keep your team motivated at all times? It's a tricky question to answer, but we have 7 tried-and-tested motivational techniques to get you started...
Overcoming Barriers to Communication
What are barriers to communication? How can they affect your working life? How can you identify and overcome these barriers? We have a 3-strategy approach.
Have You Mastered These 8 Key Management Skills?
In our 3rd article of the "Supporting Managers" series, we look at which management toolkits are crucial to success, and 8 key skills you can work on to improve how you manage others.
Effective Communication Skills
Once you master how to communicate clearly, listen attentively, converse with ease, and address conflict, you'll find that every area of your day-to-day life improves.
People Management Skills (6 Steps to Master Yours)
We’re all people. We all know how we’d like to be treated. Given this, you’d think that working with people and interacting with people as a manager would come naturally enough.
Communication Skills for Managers
Strong communication skills are the secret superpower of successful managers. You can change your team's dynamic and productivity levels by utilising effective communication methods.
Finding the Best Management Course
This 3-minute guide is filled with tips and guidelines that help you in finding the best management course for your needs. It also includes links to additional resources and a PDF guide download.
15 Time Management Tips Actually Worth Reading
Time management is a major issue for most people in today’s busy world. People are seeking ways to manage ever-increasing to-do lists and feel “on top of things”
Good Management Skills
Management is one of the most challenging roles anyone can undertake. We look at 10 ways to be a good manager and offer 5 action points you can put into play immediately.