Your path to business agility
A lot has been written about working with millennials over recent years as they have begun to dominate the workplace. Pew Research has estimated that in 2017, 35% of the US workforce was made up of millennials, making them the largest single cohort, with that number only set to grow, especially in leadership roles. This...
FThe world of project management is often renowned for its use of jargon and “management speak” and not in a good way. While we feel it is often given a bad rep, simple terms to explain complex processes just make sense, it also means that any budding PM or even an experienced one, still needs...
The technological advances of the past two decades have rapidly transformed the way the world works, especially in terms of communication, robotics and finance. However, there is one domain of technology that threatens to completely upend the status quo across almost every field of human endeavor: artificial intelligence. Fear has been running high among many...
Communication has always been a vital part of any manager’s skill set. From resolving conflict and promoting team unity to delegating effectively and ensuring team members are aware of their responsibilities, among many other key functions, being able to get your message across concisely and in a professional tone can go a long way towards...
Britain’s economy continues to show outstanding robustness in the face of the grave uncertainty surrounding the future of its economy after Brexit. Recent economic data has shown that unemployment in the UK has fallen to 4%, its lowest level for over 40 years, since the winter of 1974-75. This is quite remarkable considering the uncertain...
If there had been any doubt as to the potential benefits of large-scale state investment in infrastructure, then the latest indications on the success of the rollout of the UK’s super-fast broadband should allay them. The responsible UK government department, for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), has stated that nearly 5 million UK business...
The holiday season is something nearly everyone looks forward to, some festive joy among the dreariness and shorter days of winter, a chance to see friends and family, overindulge in food and at the very least just relax. One cohort of society, relatively minor though it may be, which does not look forward to the...
Having 1 on 1 meetings with employees can be one of the best ways to utilize personal engagement to improve work satisfaction and productivity. These interactions can take the form of performance reviews or just more general updates about how things are going for the team member. Though the potential benefits of 1 on 1...
Project managers must become master jugglers to be adept at their role, from trying to stretch personnel to fill gaps or switching a work schedule back-to-front due to supplier delays. A large amount of this juggling is also down to having a slow and confusing approval process. Task strands can get held up, not able...
The state of Britain’s economy might seem to be going from strength to strength, with unemployment now at its lowest since the winter of 1974-1975. This headline record, however, masks other data which is showing that the boom might not be the magical panacea to all the fears many have about the fallout from Brexit....
