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Three principles of a coaching approach
Money & Business

Three principles of a coaching approach

...business event. What do we do? Mostly unconsciously we search around the room making judgements! We might not like to admit this intellectually, but at an unconscious level we look to see who looks safe or possibly threatening, or who might be attractive or otherwise, or who might be ‘like us’ in some way. We then gravitate only towards the people who pass our...
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Level 1: Introductory 2 hrs
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Society, Politics & Law

Advancing Black leadership

...businesses. Power can challenge these institutions from outside with a view to disrupting and changing them. At other times power can be exerted from within, working inside structures and systems of existing power to change them. However, power can also be built independently of existing formal institutions, with groups deciding to create their own institutions, resources...
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Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Challenges in advanced management accounting
Money & Business

Challenges in advanced management accounting

...business practice (Roslender and Hart, 2003). SMA is still not clearly defined, so writers emphasise different perspectives and techniques or avoid defining it altogether. Examples of different definitions are provided below. Box 1 Definitions of strategic management accounting SMA refers to a variable portfolio of mainly financial information geared towards aiding...
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Level 3: Advanced 15 hrs
Is blocking migrant benefits missing the point?
Society, Politics & Law

Is blocking migrant benefits missing the point?

...business for Britain. Of course, it will affect a small number of migrants on very low wages and their children, but they will still benefit from working in the UK. There is little evidence that welfare is the main attraction of the UK. In short, benefit doesn’t matter much to migrants themselves, to the British economy or to the inflow of migrants to the UK. The fact...
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Do Something Great
Nature & Environment

Do Something Great

...Business School has recently launched the Centre for Voluntary Sector Leadership (CVSL). The centre aims to provide voluntary sector organisations free access to leadership development modules and research-led insight to help strengthen those in the sector at a time of uncertainty. You can find out more on the CVSL's website. Clean up your coast Get involved with clearing...
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Would you want your child to become an interpreter?
Languages

Would you want your child to become an interpreter?

...business tycoons as circulated in local media. On the other hand, the societal valorization of translators and interpreters in Australia and other Anglophone countries remains very low. Translators and interpreters are associated with low-paid casual work that offers little chance for career progression. The low profile of the profession in Australia is strongly related...
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Invasion of the killer pumpkins
Money & Business

Invasion of the killer pumpkins

...business?...Grotesque images of death and decay have been haunting my local supermarket for the best part of a month. Its staple offerings have been augmented with nets of chocolate balls – some masquerading as miniature pumpkins, others as bloodshot eyeballs – along with special Halloween editions of familiar biscuits and sweets enhanced with the trappings of the...
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The reason for low wages
Money & Business

The reason for low wages

...businesses at the expense of established employee rights. Additionally, it highlights the general turn away from the need for a welfare state that was dominant in early post-Second World War era. For many, this reveals the broader ‘failures of the free market’ and the threat that that so-called neoliberalism poses for the survival of the middle class. Edward...
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