Category Archives: Management Articles

A well-known saying says that people leave their manager, not their company! The truth of this saying is clearly demonstrated by the results of a Gallup survey which revealed that 50% of employees leave their job to get away from their manager! So ensuring that your managers and supervisors know what they need to do…

With an ever aging workforce and the desire to reduce over-reliance on external recruitment to find talent, the need for accelerated development of leaders is becoming an urgent problem that businesses need to address. But how can you accelerate your people’s development and help them to be ready for progression more quickly? (more…)

Being a good manager can be tough. You need to stay positive and motivated whatever problems or challenges you face. But how can you do this? We interviewed six highly successful business leaders and asked them what they do when the going gets tough. (more…)

Businesses increasingly have to operate in uncertain times. So we asked some of the biggest minds in business to stare into a crystal ball and predict the challenges that they believe all businesses will have to overcome if they are to be successful in the future. Here are their predictions. (more…)

At work major problems and other "crises" situations are followed by an investigation by management. This investigation tries to find out what went wrong and what changes are needed to prevent whatever it was that happened from happening again. The problem is that all too often the findings are not implemented, so the situation leading…

Six highly successful and influential business leaders have been sharing their experiences and business advice with us. They have already shared what they think the essential skills managers need to have in order to be successful. Now they share their views on the skills employees need to support business success. (more…)

Recently we commissioned a series of interviews with six highly successful and influential business leaders. They gave us some words of wisdom and their thoughts on what has made the so successful as business leaders. In this interview, we asked them about their actual experiences on how to be a better manager. (more…)

A core principle behind all of Spearhead’s training is learning from people who have a proven track record of success in business. In a previous article we interviewed six highly influential business leaders and asked for some words of wisdom for aspiring leaders. In this article we asked them specifically about what makes them so…

Learning from those who have a track record of success is a core principle behind all of Spearhead’s training, so we’ve rooted out the biggest minds in business thinking and interviewed them. The result? Invaluable words of wisdom from six influential business leaders that we can all learn from! (more…)

Managers and supervisors who are responsible for achieving results from their team need to focus on how they can increase performance for the period ahead. One method is for the manager/supervisor to put their direct reports under pressure to raise their game. Some managers and supervisors shy away from doing this, but done well this…