The Management Centre

APRIL 8, 2024

Chris Chadford, Learning and Development Manager at the Calico Group In this interview Chris Chadford, Learning and Development Manager at the Calico Group, shares his experience of developing managers so they have commercial, financial and innovation skills. What changes were you aiming to see?

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Markovitz Consulting

MAY 29, 2018

I doubt Netflix was thinking how Jim Womack would apply lean to their board meetings. But in a new article , the Harvard Business Review describes how the company reinvented board meetings by creating a better way to share information with its board of directors. Senior management responds to the questions prior to the meeting.

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Asamby Consulting

AUGUST 4, 2022

Pro Meetings I read - one of a million - posts yesterday that bashed meeting time as unproductive and busy work. The reality as usually is more differentiated than this: The time that is spent well in meetings is a function total span of control and interdependence between your responsibility. Let's break this down.

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Tom Spencer

JUNE 30, 2023

The financial services industry comprises firms that operate across a range of sectors: Asset & Wealth Management, Banking & Capital Markets, and Insurance. Wealth Management vs Asset Management Many people interchangeably use the term asset and wealth management.

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Markovitz Consulting

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Not to be outdone, NPR reported that Microsoft Japan moved to a four-day workweek this summer while increasing productivity by 40%. Indeed, a recent survey by the Society of Human Resource Management indicates that fifteen percent of companies offer a 32-hour workweek.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 9, 2024

Raising a potentially emotional topic to your manager can be difficult — you don’t know how they will react or whether you will be judged or punished in some way. It involves first recognizing the importance of one-on-ones to you, the direct report; then clearly understanding the core need you are trying to address.

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The Management Centre

MARCH 31, 2020

Managing a remote team of people – who are not sitting anywhere near you and may not even be in the same time zone – can be a huge challenge. Yvette Gyles, Director of =mc, looks at how to manage effectively at a distance. Avoid making your contact simply about exchanging business information – going through reports or giving updates.

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PM Alliance

JANUARY 7, 2022

The core functions of project management are the same as they’ve always been, but much has changed in the rest of the business world that influences how project teams plan, monitor, and execute projects. Pushing stock reports out once a month no longer meets most collaborators’ needs or expectations. Collaboration.

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Johanna Rothman

APRIL 23, 2020

I've had the pleasure—and displeasure—of many remote meetings over the past few weeks. The difficult meetings had a common root cause: the meeting leaders attempted to do a direct transfer of how they lead an in-person meeting to remote/WFH meetings. What do I mean by respect in remote meetings?

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Epicflow

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Project management involves creating lots of documentation. If you look into project management standards, you will find at least a dozen of various plans, multiple types of reports, and numerous other documents. Read more: A Business Case in Project Management: Why Start a Project? Read further to get a handle on them.

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The Consultants Peer Group

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Yesterday I was a presenter on a national Zoom ‘webinar’ on the ‘High Cost of Ethics Lapses’ in the management consulting profession. Back in the early 70’s when I started in management consulting the worst reputational hit we took was in the form of some jokes told at our expense. Then books about consulting and TV shows.

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PM Alliance

APRIL 22, 2022

Because scheduling long-duration projects can be a challenge for companies accustomed to shorter efforts, support from an experienced project management consultancy can be key to launching the project with a workable and reliable schedule. Assign every task. Increase your progress review cadence as the project nears the cutover date.

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LSA Global

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

Pressures Faced by Sales Managers Are Unique to Their Role A sales leader’s average tenure is less than two years, which is far shorter than the tenure of most other managers. In fact, a recent survey by PayScale uncovered that 73% rated the role of sales account manager as “highly stressful.”Unlike Why is this?

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Epicflow

AUGUST 19, 2022

Every project management activity doesn’t exist in isolation – they are all related to and dependent on each other, may have competing requirements and/or shared resources. To make sure that the process of orchestrating projects across the whole environment runs like clockwork, project integration management should be applied. .

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The Management Centre

MAY 2, 2023

In this blog =mc Director Yvette Gyles looks at 7 key questions to help you work out how best to manage behaviour at work. In =mc training programmes we are often asked for tips and techniques to support managers dealing with staff issues. For example, is Alex writing high quality reports, but they are late? What don’t you know?

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Epicflow

MARCH 16, 2023

According to Gartner , by 2030, 80% of project managers’ tasks will be run by AI, powered by big data, machine learning (ML), and natural language processing. This statement was perceived as a threat to project managers, whose job was supposed to be undertaken by AI-driven project management software. But is this really so?

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LSA Global

JANUARY 20, 2023

A Sales Meeting with an Executive is Always High Stakes Solution sellers who get a sales meeting with a target company’s executive consistently close more complex deals than those who sell at lower levels. Use their website, their annual report if they’re public and any press releases.

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Peter Stark

MARCH 7, 2023

One of the most common mistakes that managers make is not having one-on-one meetings with their direct reports or not holding meetings with any kind of consistency. That should be enough for any leader to jump on board with wanting to hold one-on-one meetings with their direct reports.

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The Management Centre

MARCH 6, 2021

Welcome to the Safe Space – where managers can share their issues, and gain advice from top learning & development consultants. Here at =mc we encourage every participant we meet on our programmes to get in touch if they have specific issues they want to follow up on. Hello Management Centre, I am hoping you can help me.

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LSA Global

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Are Your Managers Good at Conducting Effective Meetings? Conducting effective meetings is a fundamental management skill that has a direct impact on performance because people spend so much time in meetings. According to recent research by Bain, Organizations report spending more than 15% of their time in meetings.

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Nash Consulting

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Most of us recognize that being an effective manager is so much more than simply “air traffic controlling” the work product. In short, the job of a manager is to help your people be the best they can be. In a scheduled one-on-one meeting, though – the sky’s the limit. But we don’t need research to recommend this.

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Makarios Consulting

JULY 14, 2021

One of the most difficult and painful positions you can find yourself in as an experienced and capable leader is needing to “manage up” because your boss does not have your back. Let’s consider an all-too-common scenario: you lead a team and report in to a vice president (VP). What does your boss need to manage his own boss?

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Makarios Consulting

JULY 14, 2021

One of the most difficult and painful positions you can find yourself in as an experienced and capable leader is needing to “manage up” because your boss does not have your back. Let’s consider an all-too-common scenario: you lead a team and report in to a vice president (VP). What does your boss need to manage his own boss?

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Makarios Consulting

MAY 19, 2021

Travis Bradberry, author of the bestselling book Emotional Intelligence 2.0 , reports that 83 percent of people with high self-awareness are top performers, while only 2 percent of bottom performers display this trait. Rip invited me to attend one of their monthly meetings which he was facilitating.

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Makarios Consulting

MAY 19, 2021

Travis Bradberry, author of the bestselling book Emotional Intelligence 2.0 , reports that 83 percent of people with high self-awareness are top performers, while only 2 percent of bottom performers display this trait. Rip invited me to attend one of their monthly meetings which he was facilitating.

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Kraft Kennedy

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Sophisticated technologies like Managed Desktop make that possible, empowering the kind of consultative IT department that’s required to succeed in today’s market. With Managed Desktop, we’re leveling the playing field and providing accessible desktop management to firms of all sizes, without the prohibitive price tag.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 23, 2023

Good one-on-one meetings between managers and their direct reports address the practical and personal needs of the employee, benefitting their performance, growth, and well-being, as well as the success of their team and the broader organization.

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Harmonious Workplaces

JANUARY 11, 2024

Leaders striving for a better workplace may suffer consequences In a recent post on LinkedIn from the Business & Management Consultants open group, a contributor posted, “A manager who challenges the boss and stands up for their team, despite risking their own career, is a true leader.” I complied; he didn’t.

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LSA Global

JUNE 20, 2023

New Managers Struggle – The Most Important New Manager Communications to Get Right We run into the same issues when we’re called in to assess people manager performance and potential at companies. Sadly, research from CEB found that 60 percent of new managers underperform during their first two years.

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Epicflow

JUNE 10, 2022

So, the importance of risk management cannot be overestimated – it’s better to stay ahead of all possible threats to your project. . What are the most typical risks associated with aerospace engineering projects, and how to manage them effectively? Project management risks. Managing the supply chain. Talent management. .

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The Management Centre

MARCH 31, 2020

Managing a remote team of people – who are not sitting anywhere near you and may not even be in the same time zone – can be a huge challenge. Yvette Gyles, Director of =mc, looks at how to manage effectively at a distance. Avoid making your contact simply about exchanging business information – going through reports or giving updates.

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Jacq Hackett Consulting

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

As a consultant, your working life now revolves around projects and one of your key roles is project manager. You need to become very good at this because poor project management skills will mean your consulting career is very short lived. Excellent organisation and communication skills are at the core of great project management.

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LSA Global

JULY 15, 2023

3 New Sales Manager Tips for Success for Your First 90-Days We know from our sales management training that being a high performing solution seller often leads to a promotion to sales management. As a new sales manager, first assess if there is enough psychological team safety for a healthy sales culture.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Are you aware of your performance management blind spots? In a complex and fast-paced workplace, leaders need to be able to recognize and avoid the performance management pitfalls that come from common organizational dysfunctions and cognitive biases. Why recognizing performance management blind spots matters.

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LSA Global

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Truly Great Managers Ask Great Questions. The best managers encourage their employees to reflect, learn, and grow. They do this by asking great new manager questions that show their interest, their support, and their confidence in the employee’s ability to find solutions. A Proven Method. What Difficulties Are You Facing?

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LSA Global

MARCH 24, 2023

And most teams at one point or another fall into ineffective patterns that can range from neglecting the big picture goals in favor of immediate short-term problems to holding meetings that are inefficient and maybe even unnecessary. Do your managers know how to build a great team at work ?

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Jacq Hackett Consulting

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

As a consultant, your working life now revolves around projects and one of your key roles is project manager. You need to become very good at this because poor project management skills will mean your consulting career is very short lived. Excellent organisation and communication skills are at the core of great project management.

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