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With Management Resistance Overcome, Working from Home may be Here to...

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Authors: Linda Colley, CQUniversity Australia and Sue Williamson, UNSWIt has been almost 50 years ago since visionaries started predicting a digital revolution enabling many of...

Why Women Leaders are Excelling during the Coronavirus Pandemic

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Since the beginning of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, there’s been a lot of media attention paid to the relationship between female leaders at the...

5 Expert Tips for Working from Home in a Crowded House...

5 Expert Tips for Working from Home in a Crowded House during the Coronavirus Pandemic
Authored by Professor Brittany Harker Martin With much of the globe self-isolating, many people must suddenly manage the complexities of working from home while sharing a...

Working from home? Here are Five ways to Reduce Procrastination and...

Working from home? Here are five ways to reduce procrastination and be productive
If you have been asked to work from home during the coronavirus pandemic to help slow the spread of the virus, you might be...

Bosses Face more Discrimination if they are Women – from Employees of...

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 fizkes/Shutterstock.com Martin Abel, Middlebury Imagine that your boss Ethan calls you into his office. He expresses disappointment in your recent performance and lack of commitment. How...

How Remote Working can Increase Stress and Reduce Well-Being

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Shutterstock Stephanie Russell, Anglia Ruskin University Remote working is becoming more popular than ever. A study released by the Swiss office provider IWG found that 70%...

Gender Equity. The Way Things are Going, We won’t Reach True...

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Gender Equality is changing Quickly in Lower Management, but at the very Top there Remains a Hard-to-Attack Barrier. Rebecca Cassells, Curtin University and Alan Duncan,...

Eight Reasons why Comedians make Good Leaders

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If you were browsing Netflix’s comedy section recently, you might have noticed the Ukrainian sitcom, Servant of the People. In it, an ordinary history...

Explainer: What is Emotional Intelligence and Why do You Need it?

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Authored by Suzanne Ross, Nottingham Trent University British politician, Andrew Mitchell is clearly a highly intelligent man. He’s well-educated, good at his job and was once...

Four Ways your Name can Affect your Job Prospects

Four ways your name can affect your job prospects
Ricardo Twumasi, University of Manchester What’s in a name? A lot, according to research. Your name can have a huge influence on your prospects in...