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Money & Business
Hybrid working: organisational development
The COVID-19 pandemic caused many organisations to go into warp speed and pivot their workforce to remote working almost overnight in 2020. The return to pre-pandemic office routines has been slow, and many organisations are now keen to work in a more agile and flexible way. Hybrid working does, however, introduce a new set of challenges, and ...
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Money & Business
Hybrid working: skills for leadership
This course will give you an opportunity to reflect on who you are as a hybrid leader and how you want to develop. It will help you understand how to empathise with your workforce and how to adapt your communication skills when working in the office and when working remotely. It will prompt you to start thinking about how you can encourage your ...
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Розуміння проблем психічного здоров'я
За останнє століття відбулися радикальні зміни у реакції на людей, які мають проблеми з психічним здоров’ям. У цьому безкоштовному курсі «Осмислення проблем психічного здоров’я» ви дізнаєтесь про те, як ключові погляди в цій галузі сприяли осмисленню проблем психічного здоров’я людини. Безпосередньо пов’язуючи основні точки зору з тематичним ...
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Hybrid working: change management
Change is one of the constants in life, especially for organisations who need to adapt and evolve to ensure they meet the needs of their end users, stakeholders and staff to ensure they thrive and succeed. The COVID-19 pandemic forced accelerated change throughout the world, which could not be planned for, and rapid change programmes where ...
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Science, Maths & Technology
Introducing technology and innovation management
This free course will introduce you to technology and innovation management and is relevant to managers and students of technological innovation. You will learn about innovation types and processes, how innovation can add or create value, and about the management activities that underpin the innovation and value creation process. You do not ...
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Money & Business
Hybrid working: wellbeing and inclusion
How is your workforce doing? What impact did the post-COVID-19 ‘pivot to online’ and the processes and practices that have followed have on staff wellbeing? This course will explore what workplace wellbeing means in a hybrid working world – whose responsibility it is, the challenges involved in creating and maintaining it, and the benefits it ...
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Digital & Computing
Hybrid working: digital communication and collaboration
Communication and digital collaboration skills are now essential for new ways of working and thriving in a digital world. As more organisations move to permanent hybrid working, being able to connect with others, manage your digital persona and use the digital tools and understand expectations is becoming more important.
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Money & Business
Hybrid working: planning for the future
In 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic organisations had to plan and adapt within a week to move almost their entire workforce to remote working, and those who had to remain in ‘onsite’ environments had to quickly implement safety measures. This was an unprecedented global response that many organisations would not have foreseen and had to adjust ...
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Money & Business
Hybrid working: starting in the workplace
Starting in a new workplace – whether it’s your first 'proper' job after finishing your education, or the next step in developing your career – can be exciting and scary. If it’s a hybrid organisation, and your first day is in a remote location rather than a physical workplace, that can be even more disorientating. This course aims to help you ...
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Money & Business
Gweithio hybrid: sgiliau ar gyfer arwain
Bydd y cwrs hwn yn rhoi cyfle i chi adfyfyrio ar bwy ydych chi fel arweinydd hybrid a sut rydych chi eisiau datblygu. Bydd yn eich helpu i ddeall sut i ddangos empathi â'ch gweithlu a sut i addasu eich sgiliau cyfathrebu wrth weithio yn y swyddfa ac wrth weithio o bell. Bydd yn eich annog i ddechrau meddwl sut y gallwch ysgogi eich gweithle i ...
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Money & Business
Introduction to business agility
This short course is designed for anyone leading change in their organisation at any level. It provides an introduction to core principles of business agility, with practical exercises, and is a base that can be built on with reference to the associated textbook and global public community of practice.
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Gweithio hybrid: datblygu sefydliadol
Achosodd pandemig COVID-19 i sawl sefydliad orfod newid ffordd o weithio'r gweithlu, a hynny o bell, yn gyflym iawn yn 2020. Mae'r weithred o ddychwelyd i arferion gweithio mewn swyddfa cyn y pandemig wedi bod yn araf, gyda sawl sefydliad nawr yn awyddus i weithio mewn modd hyblyg. Mae gweithio hybrid, er hynny, yn cyflwyno heriau newydd sy'n ...