How to spot if your boss is just a manager or a true leader…

Six key differences between leadership and management Would you class your line manager as a leader or a manager? What constitutes a leader versus a manager? It’s true that ...

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What is the No. 1 tool for Managers? by Jon Dean

Jon Dean clarifies the importance of coaching to managers Workplace coaching is widely considered to be a great performance tool but is consistently underused by many organisations. This gap occurs ...

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It’s official: Face-to-face training stands the test of time

Human interaction wins out over other training formats Recent studies by Towards Maturity¹ and Impellus² reveal that face-to-face training is still viewed as very important and is the most popular ...

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Impellus Research: over 80% of Managers believe a lack of Leadership Skills is a factor in holding back their organisation

Training organisers see leadership situation in rosier light than managers Industry research conducted by Impellus reveals that training organisers1 perceive leadership and management skills within their organisations in a rosier ...

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Change of Heart by Jon Dean

That “People don’t like change” is a bit of a generalisation. When people see that the overall value in a change is greater than the pain of the change ...

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Huge uplift in employers realising returns on investment from training managers early

Number of organisations training newly appointed managers more than doubles In the last three years the number of newly appointed managers attending leadership and management open training courses has more ...

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My Working Week by David Ross

David Ross, Learning and Development Consultant of Impellus Ltd., an ILM approved leadership and management training provider talks through his typical week Monday My working week always starts off in ...

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UK Councils improve management training whilst reducing costs

Councils reducing costs and inconveniences of training whilst improving quality It's the great, eternal learning and development challenge - how does any organisation manage the increasing requirements to develop managers (...

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Impellus Book Review

Overcoming The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Field Guide for Leaders, Managers and Facilitators by Patrick Lencioni The Impellus team regularly reads books and shares articles of interest to ...

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Ask your customers what they think before they tell the world

Effectiveness of independent reviews We live in a world where the power of word of mouth advocacy and client reviews is increasingly gaining importance. As a consumer, one rarely makes ...

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Eight Top Management Tips for Wellbeing in the Workplace

How to keep your team inspired throughout January Motivating your team in the New Year pays dividends and may help with employee retention at a time when many will start ...

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