Can the UK manage? And what can management development do? Your views needed!
Management in the UK has had a bad press this year. It’s also changing in style, delivery and accreditation, often leaving training managers uncertain about what style of development programmes are appropriate for their needs.What do you think about management training? Is it difficult to promote, both to potential participants and to senior decision-makers? Is […]
Training Managers – share your views on management development!
In January we are running a special monthly feature on management and leadership development, and we want your views. What are the big challenges in management, and how do you meet them? Below are some sample questions which we’d like to send you to get your answers, but if you’d prefer just to express an […]
Employers slow to embrace change in the workplace, finds study
“Managing workplace change”, a new report by the Future of Work Programme (funded by the Economic and Social Research Council), has given some new insights into the conditions and methods of contemporary management.Main findingsUnfair dismissal claims were on the rise, and employment issues generally made greater demands on management time in half the organisations surveyed.Most […]
Can you afford your management team? – feature
Gail Brown, managing partner of ExecPlus, discusses the role of training and development in getting the best ROI possible from your management team. What is your management team costing you? Are you able to calculate the return you are getting from them? Recruiting or head-hunting senior managers is only the first step in making a […]
What is good leadership? – reviews
In January we will be running a special monthly feature on Management and Leadership. Meanwhile, our latest batch of reviews can give you an overview of some of the latest approaches to leadership:Alpha LeadershipNobody in charge: essays on the future of leadershipSupervision and leadership skillsWhere egos dare: the untold truth about narcissistic leaders and how […]
Alpha leadership – review
Title: Alpha Leadership – tools for business leaders who want more from lifeAuthors: Anne Deering, Robert Dilts, Julian RussellPublisher: J Wiley 2002ISBN: 0-470-84483-3One of the best current texts on how to develop practical leadership skills.It provides information in a variety of different styles to deliver thought provoking, change building ideas to the widest possible range […]
Nobody in charge – Essays on the future of leadership – review
Title: Nobody in charge – Essays on the future of leadershipAuthor: Harlan ClevelandPublisher: John Wiley and Sons, 2002 ISBN: 0787961531 Price: £20.95Buy this from the TrainingZONE – Blackwells bookshop.As I was a bit pushed for time I asked my old mate and business philosopher Peter F. Drucker what he thought of ‘Nobody in Charge’. He […]
Supervision and leadership skills – review
Title: Supervision and Leadership skillsAuthor: Peter Gilbert and Neil Thompson Publisher: Learning Curve PublishingFormat: File, c300pp plus overheadsPrice: £195inc (£145inc to L/As, NHS and VBs)This pack comprises a mixture of text based material focusing on the theory of supervision and leadership. After an introduction, the first main section sections cover various aspect of supervision and […]
Progress in Leadership and Management – interview
The Institute of Leadership & Management was formed from the merger of NEBS Management and the ISM. The new Institute was represented at the CIPD Exhibition in Harrogate, and TrainingZONE dropped in to talk to new Chief Executive Gary Ince about their aims and plans for the future. TrainingZONE The merger was announced early in […]
Where egos dare – review
Title: Where Egos Dare – The Untold Truth About Narcissistic Leaders – and How to Survive ThemAuthors: Dean B McFarlin and Paul D SweeneyPublisher: Kogan Page 2002 PaperbackISBN: 0 7494 37731Price: £17.99Buy this from the TrainingZONE – Blackwells bookshop.Straddling academic sensibilities, gory corporate horror stories and self-help gusto, the book ends up sitting a little […]
Project managers want more management training, finds survey
According to a survey of project managers by Learning Tree International, almost 90% felt they would benefit from management training, in comparison to just 13% who stated that technical training would be beneficial to their role. The survey suggests a mismatch between the challenges faced and training given to project managers. More than half of […]
Non-executive directors need training in their roles
Research carried out by KPMG in the UK suggests that non-executive directors (NEDs) recognise that their knowledge is limited in certain areas, and that they are keen to receive more training and appraisal of their work. The survey showed that whilst NEDs felt confident in their level of knowledge in areas such as financial performance, […]
Keeping leadership on track – feature
This feature was contributed by Roy Davis, Head of Communications at SHL Group. There was a time when organisations could sleep soundly at night assured of the long-term loyalty of their senior managers and chief executives. However, the dynamics of the workplace are changing and today’s companies are running scared.Unlike management, leadership is a high-risk […]
Thinking like a revolutionary – CIPD conference keynote address
The sheer size of the CIPD event marks out the difference from the other shows during the year. This was evident from the exhaustion that resulted from exploring the whole exhibition, but it really became clear when we attended the keynote address. The sight of thousands of HR people in one room brought home just […]
Trust at work has ‘plummeted over the last twelve months’
Trust in UK bosses has plummeted over the last 12 months, according to a research report, “Motivating People at Work: What is to be Done”, by Reed. Across the board, 45 per cent of workers said their trust in bosses has fallen over the last year, rising to 61 per cent of Managers. Morale has […]
Leadership perceived as under-developed
Between 2.5 and six million workers in the UK have some management responsibilities and millions more are expected to exercise leadership skills in the workplace, yet employers often overlook the importance of developing these abilities according to the results of a NOP poll commissioned by the new Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM).The ILM survey […]
IT managers don’t get management training – research
A new survey commissioned by Vanson Bourne for Netg, has revealed that a large number of UK companies are ignoring the training needs of their IT managers. Nearly 50% of the 1000 IT managers questioned had received no training in leadership, communication or team building skills in the last 12 months. With non-IT skills becoming […]
Emotional intelligence vital to management – CIPD feature
At the CIPD conference and exhibition in Harrogate this year, two experts in business psychology – Professor Michael West, head of organisational psychology at Aston University, and consultant Alison Hardingham – emphasise the importance of old-fashioned concepts such as fairness, a sense of belonging, stability and continuity. According to them, “emotional intelligence” is the key […]
UK management isn’t trusted – research
Initial findings from a new study by Mercer Human Resource Consulting suggests that UK workers do not have great trust in management. Fewer than 4 in 10 workers (38%) trust management to always communicate honestly (of 3500 questioned). The findings are similar to recent survey results in the US where only 1 in 3 workers […]
DTI launches investigation of UK management skills
The Department of Trade and Industry has commissioned US management expert and Harvard University Professor Michael Porter to lead a major study of the effect of poor management on UK’s productivity performance.Several recent studies, including the DTI UK Productivity and Competitiveness Indicators, the Government’s manufacturing strategy and work by Proudfoot Consulting and McKinsey, have suggested […]