Gain an exclusive insight into the High Performance system that saw the Irish Boxing Team return from London 2012 with four Olympic medals. Fergus Barry, IMI Programme Director for the Diploma in Strategic HRM will host a conversation with Billy Walsh, Head Coach of the Irish Olympic Boxing Team and explore the practices underpinning this phenomenal Read more...
One of the things about leadership is that you’re probably constantly negotiating without even knowing it. Leadership is no longer, if it ever was, something possessed by a person by virtue of position. It is a set of skills, chief among them, the ability to negotiate change rather than dictate it. IMI will host an Read more...
Our next IMI Alumni Network event will take place on the evening of March 1st when Dr Maureen Gaffney, psychologist and author will be our guest speaker. Flourishing: The Art & Science of Being at Your Best Date: 1st March 2012 Venue: IMI Conference Centre, Sandyford Time: 6:00pm to 8:00pm Guest Speaker: Dr Maureen Gaffney, Read more...
University College Cork (UCC) and the Irish Management Institute (IMI) today awarded the first degrees and diplomas under the alliance between the two institutions announced earlier this year. 181 graduates received their awards at the ceremony in Sandyford where they were conferred by UCC President, Dr. Michael Murphy. The awards they received range from the Read more...
Bernard Marr is a leading global authority and best-selling author on organisational performance and business success. His presentation to the IMI Alumni Network on the evening of October 5th looked at how organisations can use business analytics to make better informed decisions and further support their business strategy. Bernard who teaches on IMI’s Senior Executive Programme Read more...
Our next IMI Alumni Network event will take place on Wednesday, October 5th from 6:15pm in the IMI Conference Centre, Sandyford. Bernard Marr is a leading global authority and best-selling author on organisational performance and business success. Bernard is CEO and Dean of Research at The Advanced Performance Institute (API), a leading independent research and Read more...
Six word wisdom: Build the organisation of your dreams – Professor Gareth Jones
We’re launching a series where we call on thought leaders in business to summarise their message – in just six words. In honour of Bloomsday on Sunday we’ll kick off by quoting Molly Bloom and asking: “Oh Rocks – Tell us in plain words what you really mean!”. First up is Professor Gareth Jones expert in Read On
MOOCs won’t change learning – they will change teaching.
Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs) and their B-movie monster-like threat to traditional education are all over the blog world again this week. I’m personally very excited by the tsunami of free online content. I just finished the excellent Model Thinking from the University of Michigan on Coursera on models for better decision-making. The platform felt flexible but was deceptively fast-paced so Read On
Are You Interested? – Guest Post: Nancy Kline
To coincide with her visit to IMI this week Nancy Kline – the originator and pioneer of The Thinking Environment® process shares her thoughts on attention and interest in a coaching exchange: Are You Interested? By Nancy Kline ‘You are so patient.’ I hear this after almost every Thinking Session demonstration. Other people tell me Read On
Who Needs a PA? Free Online Tools for Managers
As a manager you need the right information delivered in a succinct and timely manner. It’s easy to feel bombarded by the different data sources competing for our attention in the modern working environment. And while the Internet is undoubtedly a rich source of information, comparatively little has been done to connect the vast number Read On
Empathy, the ‘hardest’ management skill at work…
Just over a week ago I was sitting in the panel of the IMI Diploma in Leadership audit presentations, as I heard each manger and executive reporting back on their leadership audit journey I found very interesting how many of them recognised empathy as a critical area for development. In my job as facilitator, empathy is the Read On