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This selection focuses on titles that give you the essentials for running a successful project. It gives you access to developing the skills you will need with your team, looking beyond project management software into the dynamics of a project teams and how to get brilliant results through others. We also explore the area of managing international project teams and look at the effects of cultural diversity on meetings. Problem solving and managing change are also covered.

Running a project team

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(78 votes) Kate Cobb

This article gives you the essentials for running a project management team. It covers project leadership skills, the stages a team needs to go through to achieve its deliverables and the team roles required. It helps you to think beyond mere project management software to the key issue of dynamic team management and how to get results through others.

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Running a project team - training session

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(67 votes) Kate Cobb

This participative training session for use by trainers and project managers gives participants an opportunity to explore the essential aspects of running a project management team. It covers project leadership, team development stages and the team roles required for the successful achievement of the team’s deliverables.

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Working with difficult people

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(43 votes) Janet Hope

It is often said that ‘it is not the person that is difficult, it is the situation’. Whilst situations do have a significant impact, we do have to deal with very difficult people from time to time. This article explores practical skills and practices that help to ensure that all people are working as a team.

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Working with difficult people - presentation

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(55 votes) Janet Hope

This presentation is designed to accompany the ‘Working with difficult people’ title by Janet Hope. The target audience is supervisors/line managers engaged in developing their team. The presentation can be a stand-alone item for inclusion in a team meeting or can form part of a team building/away-day event. It is a visual, interactive format aimed at heightening self-awareness of one’s behavior.

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I’m a new leader, what do I do?

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(78 votes) Janet Hope

This article is about being a leader. It focuses on putting theory into practice. It will help you distinguish between management and leadership, be clear about behaviors that go with leadership and provide food for thought. You will be challenged to think about what makes a good leader and explore what kind of a leader you wish to be.

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I’m a new leader, what do I do? - coaching session

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(56 votes) Janet Hope

These coaching session resources are designed to support the title ‘I’m a new leader, what do I do?’ The resources are useful for training personnel or experienced managers whom are responsible for guiding new managers in leadership principles and practice.

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The new manager!

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(34 votes) Kate Cobb

Do you wish to explore your personal and corporate values and beliefs? Consider changes in current management practice? Write a vision statement? Explore how to bring your humanity into business? Then this article will assist you in becoming the manager we need for the 21st century; a manager who uses creativity and intuition and who is committed to ethical business practices.

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The new manager! - coaching session

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(45 votes) Kate Cobb

This coaching session will assist your clients explore the world of personal and corporate values and beliefs including writing a vision statement. If they are dissatisfied with current management practice, want to change and bring their humanity into 21st century corporate life, this helps you to coach them towards change.

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How to quickly build teams

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(67 votes) Gail Taylor - Barber

This is the study of building effective and fully functional teams quickly. Introducing the RAPID model as a tool to assist managers in this process. It looks at practical ways that a manager can help their team to build confidence and increase productivity quickly.

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How to get 110% performance from your team

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(45 votes) Gail Taylor - Barber

The last area for making a difference in business is often the people who work for you. If used well, performance management can help your team to develop as well as adding value to the organization. This article shows the best ways to achieve 110% performance from those around you. This title uses United Kingdom data but the principles are usable and appropriate in all countries.

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Filling the skill gaps within your team

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(43 votes) Gail Taylor - Barber

Getting the right people into the right jobs at the right time is an increasing challenge for today's manager. This is a study of identifying technical and behavioral skills lacking from teams and how managers can interview and integrate new team members effectively.

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Engaging people for higher performance

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(32 votes) David Illingworth

Why do some people engage in the vision of an enterprise and perform at their best, some do only what is necessary and worst of all why do some actively “disengage” and work against the goals? This article explores the fundamental reasons why people do what they do and then how they can be encouraged toward higher performance.

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Getting the right person for the job

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(45 votes) Kate Cobb

This article gives a comprehensive overview of the selection process. It focuses especially on the importance of the person specification in recruitment, leading to clear job advertisements and logical interviewing questions to ensure you select the ideal person to fill your vacancy.

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Getting the right person for the job - training session

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(23 votes) Kate Cobb

This participative training session for use by trainers and recruitment managers gives an overview of the recruitment process, shows the importance of the person specification in job selection and how interviewing questions can be planned so that the ideal candidate is found.

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Managing international teams

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(34 votes) Alison Town

When there is a cultural mix or you are managing overseas, leading the team can become a major challenge. Mixed culture teams can be highly effective because of the quality decision-making that different viewpoints can produce. They can also be disastrously ineffective, paralysed by communication difficulties and interpersonal conflicts. This article introduces the main cultural impacts on team behavior and provides practical tips for making differences help rather than hinder the team.

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Meetings and culture

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(56 votes) Alison Town

The international meeting: a forum for problem solving or a huge waste of time rife with poor communication? This article highlights how culture shapes our expectations of meetings, along with our communication style and our behavior in the meeting itself.

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How you turn a vision into reality

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(34 votes) Nick Whale

A vision provides the long-term strategic direction for an organization. However, it can prove difficult to connect an organization’s operational activities to its long-term vision. This article describes how you can build a strategy to deliver a vision through the organization’s day-to-day activities.

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How you turn a vision into reality - presentation

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(34 votes) Nick Whale

A vision provides the long-term strategic direction for an organization. However, it can prove difficult to connect an organization’s operational activities to its long-term vision. This adaptable presentation describes how you can build a strategy to deliver a vision through the organization’s day-to-day activities.

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How to roll out a change initiative - presentation

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(34 votes) Nick Whale

The management of change is the architecture for co-ordinating all change initiatives to deliver a successful implementation. It is the vehicle for leadership and management control during a major change program. This adaptable presentation describes the key aspects of the management of change and explores its relationship to change management.

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How to create a successful change programme

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(34 votes) Nick Whale

The management of change is the architecture for co-ordinating all change initiatives to deliver a successful implementation. It is the vehicle for leadership and management control during a major change programme. This article describes the key aspects of the management of change and explores its relationship to change management.

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How to create a successful change programme - presentation

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(13 votes) Nick Whale

The management of change is the architecture for co-ordinating all change initiatives to deliver a successful implementation. It is the vehicle for leadership and management control during a major change programme. This adaptable presentation describes the key aspects of the management of change and explores its relationship to change management.

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How to roll out a change initiative

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(45 votes) Nick Whale

The management of change is the architecture for co-ordinating all change initiatives to deliver a successful implementation. It is the vehicle for leadership and management control during a major change programme. This article describes the key aspects of the management of change and explores its relationship to change management.

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