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Panic buying and how to stop it
Health, Sports & Psychology

Panic buying and how to stop it

...leadership and ignorance of the supply in the country all contribute to a climate in which new norms can emerge if the old norms, relating to the availability of stock are perceived to be violated. An isolated local shortage problem or images of empty shelves on Facebook may have signalled such a violation in a supermarket. This also includes the possibility that fake...
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Culture and Connections: The Scots-Irish experience in America
OpenLearn Ireland

Culture and Connections: The Scots-Irish experience in America

...leadership decisively defeated a much larger British force at the Battle of New Orleans in January 1815. Ironically, the British army which faced Jackson, was led by Sir Edward Packenham, a member of the Anglo-Irish establishment, who owned estates in County Westmeath. Packenham was killed in action during the battle. Jackson’s fame contributed to his successful bid for...
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Three weeks in June and one night in November
Society, Politics & Law

Three weeks in June and one night in November

...leadership appears to “offer anxious voters… nothing” or as one commentator quipped “Labour and Brexit. Against having your cake. Against eating it too”. But mostly Labour’s position on Brexit is so confused that it has rendered itself irrelevant as a political force. How did we reach this point and how did so many vote for outcomes that lead to national...
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Can we live harmoniously with wildlife?
Nature & Environment

Can we live harmoniously with wildlife?

...leadership and coordinate the efforts but, in previous operations of this kind, it was a lot more complicated. Around midday on February 18, there were reports of the tiger having being sighted in a nearby tea estate. The mini army soon moved in and, by 3.30 p.m., the tiger was dead. Crowds zoomed in and the police worked hard to keep them out. There was a sense of...
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QATAR 2022 must impart a positive coaching legacy for Africa and the Caribbean member associations
Health, Sports & Psychology

QATAR 2022 must impart a positive coaching legacy for Africa and the Caribbean member associations

...leadership, poor infrastructure to derail us or be used as an excuse that we cannot be allowed to govern ourselves without our colonial masters overlooking and assisting us in our development. One recommendation would be for member associations to work with African and Caribbean diaspora who live in Europe who have set up programmes that may be beneficial to coaching...
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Diversity and inclusion in the workplace Badge icon
Money & Business

Diversity and inclusion in the workplace

...leadership, and framing DEI under broader principles such as corporate social responsibility or workforce optimisation. Ground everything in data - helping to justify DEI efforts as a necessary tool for talent acquisition and workforce development. Embed DEI into leadership development - making it clear that fostering diverse teams is a business skill rather than a social...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Managing and managing people
Money & Business

Managing and managing people

...leadership has been developed in the UK by the Management Standards Centre. The broad categories of skills and competencies which they cover are shown in Figure 1. [Described image] Figure 1 Skills and competencies The diagram shows six functional areas (A–F) with Managing self and personal skills having a central position, indicating their contribution to the other...
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Level 3: Advanced 8 hrs
Budget 2016: The Experts Respond
Society, Politics & Law

Budget 2016: The Experts Respond

...leadership, School Improvement and Effectiveness Research Centre, University of Southampton The chancellor’s push to convert all schools to academies by 2020 is a continuation of a longstanding Conservative policy to give schools more autonomy. The aim is to have totally transformed the schools landscape by the time the next election comes along, finally taking local...
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