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Senior Leadership: Questions We Are Often Asked in the Training Room

Posted by Liz McKechnie

 

Senior leadership can be exciting, rewarding and hugely influential. It can also be lonely, complex and, at times, overwhelming.

Many senior leaders discover that the skills which helped them succeed earlier in their careers are not always the skills they need at the top. The challenges become less about managing tasks and more about leading people, culture, strategy and change.

Here are some of the questions we are often asked in the training room.

 

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Line Management: Questions We’re Often Asked in the Training Room

Posted by Liz McKechnie

Being a line manager isn’t always straightforward. One minute it’s rewarding and energising, the next it can feel frustrating or overwhelming no matter how experienced you are. There are so many different challenges to deal with it’s not surprising our two-day Line Management course is one of our most popular courses.

We asked our trainers to share some of the questions that regularly come up in our training rooms and what advice and conversations follow.

 

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Empathy in the Age of Polarisation: Why Spectrum Thinking Matters More Than Ever

Posted by Kitty Bertenshaw

Apparently, we are living in an age of polarisation. The pressure to divide and overcome is strong as the media urges us towards simple answers, clear villains, and binary choices. So, spectrum thinking matters more politically, socially, and culturally than ever.

 

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