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Are managers equipped to solve the UK’s poor productivity?

Chartered Management Institute

Blog: Are managers equipped to solve the UK’s poor productivity? Written by Dr Hugh Billot MCMI Share Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to LinkedIn Share via email Productivity must not be seen as a dirty word, says Dr Hugh Billot MCMI. Are managers equipped to solve the UK’s poor productivity? I think not as of today.

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Maximize Employee Engagement, Alignment and Productivity

Michael Lee Stallard

The webinars are based on ideas in our book Fired Up or Burned Out: How to Reignite Your Team’s Passion, Creativity and Productivity (Thomas Nelson). The webinars are based on ideas in our book Fired Up or Burned Out: How to Reignite Your Team’s Passion, Creativity and Productivity (Thomas Nelson). why is everyone smiling?

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Remote Work Revolution: Mastering the Challenges and Opportunities in 2024

N2Growth Blog

I was fortunate to work in corporate recruiting for a global technology company in 2008 when the idea of a remote workforce was embraced. These include maintaining productivity and efficiency, fostering teamwork, enabling a positive workplace culture, and establishing effective communication channels.

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Leadership and Product Management

Lead on Purpose

Product managers hold a unique position in the company: they depend on people from other groups, but they do not have managerial authority over those people (in most cases). Therefore, a product manager must earn the trust of people in the organization and influence them to do their jobs effectively and efficiently.

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Three practices of successful product managers

Lead on Purpose

A company’s success is ultimately a roll-up of all products and services selling for a profit. In most companies product managers have a lot of products and significant responsibilities. Work with the sales team; understand how they sell your products. Make customer calls and customer visits often.

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The Flexible Method: How to Survive and Thrive Through the Next Crisis

Leading Blog

James Burstsall, the CEO of Argonon, an independent production group, offers what he calls The Flexible Method. The temptation is to baton down the hatches and wait for the storm to pass—but both experience and research from the pandemic and the 2008 financial crisis show that collaborating with others can be a path to growth during disaster.

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Two Quick and Valuable Productivity Books

Kevin Eikenberry

When working with leaders all over the world, I get asked regularly about productivity and time management issues. Two books, published in 2008, have been among my recommendations in these areas. [.].