Jun 16, 2016 | Leadership Development
We already know many of the stereotypical characteristics of great business leaders. Many of them have become engrained in our culture such as steely determination, fearlessness, aggression and being thick-skinned. Most people don’t think of ‘detachment’ or...
Feb 12, 2015 | Blog, Leadership Development
Visualise Your Company Success Story In a new management training series business advisor John Raftery discusses Visual Management, a business methodology that has worked wonders for management teams within large corporate organisations. Here he explains how you can...
Dec 3, 2014 | Blog, Leadership Development
We’re all familiar with the phrase ‘one bad apple spoils the barrel.’ The old idiom is often applied to political organisations and large corporations, but it may be applied to SMEs too. Essentially the phrase refers to negative habitual behaviour that can permeate...
Aug 25, 2014 | Blog, Management Development
Money is not always the motivating factor that drives people in the workplace. Many people are motivated by other things such as praise, training and development opportunities, and taking on different responsibilities. Managers need to understand that offering...
Mar 11, 2014 | Blog, Leadership Development
LEAP’s Tricia Cunningham explains the advantages for small and medium enterprises (SME) participating in development programmes using the futureSME methodology. This business framework was the result of an €8 million EU research project that was successfully carried...
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