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Developing employability through sport and physical activity
Health, Sports & Psychology

Developing employability through sport and physical activity

...leadership, communication, time management, organisation, collaboration, team work, critical thinking. Soft skills influence how you do your work, and your upside in value because, to me, if you have really high soft skills, that can overcome a lack of hard skills. So let me spell it out for you, if you don’t have a tonne of things necessary for a specific job, but your...
The UK votes out; the EU shrinks; the world reacts
Society, Politics & Law

The UK votes out; the EU shrinks; the world reacts

...leadership has not been shy about reasserting this. To the contrary, the US president, Barack Obama, made clear in March that the UK would be at the “back of the queue” for trade deals if Brexit triumphed. Former high-level officials – used as channels for the views of those who now hold their positions – spoke of the negative effects not only on Britain’s...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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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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...