Transitioning to a leadership position within an organisation today is proving more challenging than it has in the past, as new leaders have a very short period of time to adapt to the ever-changing business environment of today. In survey carried out by Mckinsey, executives have stated that one of the most important things to […]
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In 2018, the foodservice industry has grown along with the Irish economy. Executives in this industry have noted that the overall health of the food industry is the result of significant growth in employment and in turn income, and also healthy tourism figures. This can be seen particularly in Large cities such as Cork and
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Today, digital transformation has become hugely important for businesses of all sizes. Every study, article and panel discussion involving how businesses can remain competitive in this digital era promote this message. The importance of digital transformation is spoken about often, however there seems to be a lot of confusion among business leaders surrounding what exactly
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The main task of a leader is to direct attention. In order to do this, leaders have to learn how to focus their own attention. When speaking about being focused, we tend to mean thinking about one specific thing whilst filtering out everything else. However, a huge amount of research in neuroscience has now shown
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Emotional intelligence has become a hot topic in recent years with good reason! There is quite a lot of evidence to suggest that emotional intelligence has a significant impact on work performance. Employees who have a higher level of emotional intelligence tend to perform better, have better relationships, have better physical health and have better
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Keeping a transformation successful can be much harder than anticipated. Whilst it may look like a success at the start, this can change rapidly. It seems that after the initial hard work is done, a lot of companies tend to slip back into old habits. The significance of sustaining a transformation and the actions needed
“Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space lays our freedom and power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and freedom.” – Viktor E. Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning Whatever your situation “finding the gap” or creating ‘space’ is an incredibly powerful way of making decisions or choices that
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What is it emotional intelligence? Emotional intelligence can be defined, simplistically, as being aware of one’s own emotional reactions to situations and having the ability to recognise and understand those emotions in order to react more effectively in any given situation.Less simplistically, according to the 2009 Dictionary of Psychology, emotional intelligence (EI) is the ability
In the Business to Consumer (B2C) world, there is significant focus on customer experience, however it is just as important in the Business to Business (B2B) world. With B2B customers becoming more digitally astute, organisations need to start concentrating on digital transformation in order to ensure that consumers have high quality experiences. In order to
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