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links to a growing range of materials, handouts and articles on
management and related subjects written by our course
tutors. Topics covered include creativity, strategic
thinking, organisational
behaviour, finance for non-financial managers, written
communication skills, decision-making, meeting skills,
psychometric testing and much more.
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Can
Managers Manage or is it a Matter of Priorities?
Philip Moon picks up on recent research which casts doubt on the quality of British management.
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Britain
Finally out of Recession
Jean Pousson looks back at the worst economic crisis since
The South Sea Bubble. More ...
Can
you Plan for such Uncertainty?
Jean Pousson offers some thoughts to company directors and executives.
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Assessing
Risk
Jean Pousson reminds executives about their
duties and responsibilities.
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Turning on Your
Creativity
Got
a management problem? Need to identify new business
opportunities or ways of doing things? Got a report to
write, a presentation to make or a training course to run?
If so, you’ll be wanting to harness your creative thinking
capacity to generate new and effective ideas. More
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How
to Get More Power
A Machiavellian look at how to enhance personal
effectiveness by getting more power at work. More
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The
Finance Quiz
Test and develop your finance knowledge with Jean Pousson's
quiz.
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Grammar
Rules, Okay?
People often complain about 'poor English' in
business writing, but where does the problem really lie and
what can we do about it? More
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Why
do Smart Executives Screw Up?
Jean Pousson tries to explain the phenomenon behind some
high profile executive failures. More
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Mediocrity Please!
Leadership or followship.
Do we need to address the balance? More
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The
Price of Pencils
Balancing control and
trust. How often do we talk Theory Y and then act Theory X?
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The
Trainer & the Learning Group
A trainer's guide to the art of managing the group-dynamics
of a training session. More
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Training
Room Management - Getting it right
Getting the right
environment for effective training. More
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He
Asked Me to Take My Clothes Off
Does the use of
psychometrics in staff selection lead to an unfair balance
of power? More
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Making Meetings Work
Most managers and
professionals spend a lot of time in meetings of various
sizes and degrees of formality. Use this handout to help you
and your colleagues cut out unnecessary meetings and improve
the effectiveness of the meetings you do have. More
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Making
Strategy Work
Jean Pousson discusses the
common pitfalls of Strategy Implementation. More
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Would
You Pass a Strategy Audit?
Jean Pousson asks:
‘why not have an occasional strategic health check as an
on-going exercise?' More
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The
6 P Platform
Ian
Govan introduces a model to help managers keep in touch with
their goals and make sure they’re working towards
them. More
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Getting
Support and Cooperation
Philip Moon, ProSeminar’s MD, focuses on the importance of taking
a pro-active approach to building working relationships and provides some
practical tips. More
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