Strategy games and business share plenty of similarities, with rules, risks and rewards for the winners. But how do you use the skills of two of your key players – HR and finance – to shape your business strategy, and avoid leaving success to chance? Here, Steve Berridge, Finance Technology Consultant at business software specialist […]
For anyone currently in a leadership role a range of skills, experience and capabilities are required to succeed in that role, and some are more important than others. But when you are managing complex organisational change there are certain skills that are absolutely vital to ensure the change delivers the expected benefits and changes the
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For small businesses, online visibility is the most important aspect of any digital marketing initiative. Without visibility to the target audience, there can be very little in the way of website traffic and, hence, customer conversions, not to mention any meaningful amounts of data to analyse for the improvement of future marketing plans. Small businesses
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E-learning is thought to be approaching a global worth of over $325 billion dollars within the next few years. It’s a flexible learning approach that can be used by numerous businesses and organisations to boost learning experience and outcomes, in addition to, or instead of classroom based learning. Of course, simply offering an eLearning platform
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New IT systems for a growing business can be an exciting prospect and deliver many benefits, but how do you convince employees to embrace them? Technology is constantly evolving and keeping up with new systems can be a challenge for businesses, not least because of the resource involved in getting the workforce up to
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Video is now one of the fastest growing resources around for training in organisations, with online video consumption up by 96% over the last few years and 9 out of 10 people saying they want to see more videos. And did you know that you can increase the effectiveness of a video, whether it’s a
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Keyword data proves project management to be the favourite for managers’ looking to enhance their skills By Sarah-Jane McQueen, General Manager of CoursesOnline. CoursesOnline is a platform through which learners looking to improve their skills can choose online courses from across the UK, to develop their project management and other skills. Project management is a
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There are a lot of different skills needed by project managers today. Not only do you need to be a great communicator, but you need to be honest, open, and an excellent decision-maker. In addition to this, the best project managers are effective when it comes to managing conflict within the project team, and with
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Is Accountability Strangling IT Project Innovation? Why is it, with VERY public IT projects, that when they fail everyone seems to want to wash their dirty laundry in front of all to see? Accountability, apparently. Public interest. It’s public money. The public has a right to know what went wrong. From Public Health IT to
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More and more project managers are managing remote workers because businesses are becoming increasingly global. Companies want to tap into the best talent, which is why they will often outsource or hire teams based overseas. Recent research shows that 40% of remote job listings allow international remote work. While this presents many benefits, it can
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