Microsoft Publisher courses in Ireland

Phillip Khan-Panni, MBA, FPSA and ATM, discusses the many reasons why cross-cultural training is important to every business. The whiskey liqueur, Irish Mist, is sold around the world, but had limited success in Germany. Clairol’s curling iron, the Mist Stick, also failed in that country. The reason was the same for both products – mist is […]

With health & safety, workplace regulations and employer liability all very much to the fore these days, a course in manual handling for management and employees is a sensible step to take. Workplace injuries from manual handling are frequent and can lead to painful and long term injury and possible disability and can also affect […]

Which leadership strategies will give you the results you want? Research published in the Harvard Business Review (HBR) may just have the answer. Corporate cultural components The study used a random sample of nearly 4,000 executives. It found that the most effective leaders choose from six distinctive leadership styles. The research investigated how each of the […]

Once you have identified the type of job you are interested in, the challenge is to get it. This takes planning – you will need to create an arresting CV, for a start. Employers and HR managers receive hundreds of CVs every year, so if yours is confusing or badly laid out then chances are […]

Performance management, and how to achieve as much productivity within a designated time frame is one of the most pressing issues for most businesses and organisatons, whatever your sector of operation or industry. Performance management courses are designed to have a definitive impact on the productivity outputs of your organisation. For managers and leaders they […]

With automation a growing influence throughout many sectors, the questions around the future of how we work also continue to grow in number.Each technological advance generates more questions. Despite the massive thinking in automation and robotics and personalisation, it is highly likely that it will be broader human capabilities, rather than individual skills, that will […]

It is obvious that nutrition plays an essential role in our everyday lives. According to the World Health Organisation, proper nutrition can boost brain performance by up to 20%. In order to grasp the importance of a balanced and healthy diet to concentration and work, you have to think of nutrition as medicine for the […]

Donald H Taylor takes a hard look at informal learning and asks if it is an opportunity or threat for learning and development professionals. For a while there everyone was talking about informal learning – at conferences, in books and on the internet. But what does informal learning mean? In particular, what does it mean […]

Excel is one of the most ubiquitous software packages in the world, enabling businesses of vastly different scales to perform both basic and complex financial calculations and data driven analysis. Learning how to utilise the vast capabilities of Excel is a very valuable toolset for either your own professional development or that of your employees. […]

In her popular series that looks at the trials and tribulations of a trainer, Monica Murphy helps a group of engineers to acquire presentation skills. Giving a presentation is one of the most useful skills anyone can have. The ability to apply it to numerous different situations in both a professional and personal capacity is one of […]