While you may be very proud of it – that really large spreadsheet you’ve been tending to doesn’t quite constitute big data: the term refers to datasets that are so large that they become tricky for standard analytical software and hardware to handle. The term seems everywhere recently. Why the hype? Organisations have increasingly Read more...
The IMI Diploma in Data Business leading to an MSc in Data Business The companies of tomorrow are already thriving today on the fact that harnessing data not only delivers an exceptional user experience to all stakeholders, but also drives incremental organisational change, while reducing time and costs spent on IT and encouraging company-wide innovation. Read more...
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...
UCC and IMI have launched a new part-time Diploma in Cloud Strategy which will begin in April 2012. This is the first course of its kind in Ireland and is part of a joint development with Microsoft Ireland. Cloud-based innovation has the potential to deliver €9.4 billion in sales annually and create up to 8,600 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...
Ciaran Black, Group Innovation Director at Coillte gave a guest lecture to the students of the IMI Diploma in Strategy and Innovation at the IMI campus on June 24th 2011. Coillte is a highly diversified business which owns 7% of Ireland’s total land-mass which makes them the country’s biggest landowner and landlord. Apart from the Read more...
Scaling is a critical challenge for many Irish businesses. Models that work very effectively in the Irish market face very different challenges in a European or global context. The story of Taxback and how founder and CEO Terry Clune has taken a business idea stimulated by the challenge of recouping taxes while working as a Read more...
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
Unlocking Organisational Power & Performance – Why emotional intelligence is such a critical competence
Hemingway defined courage as ‘grace under pressure’. The ability to remain calm under pressure is a core competency for leaders and front-line staff. I have worked extensively with hospital registrars for over a decade and, for medical professionals, emotional intelligence is absolutely critical. For example, if there is a medical emergency, the Registrar must remain Read On
Stop managing failure, give performance enhancing feedback…
Working with managers across a wide section of industries and sizes, one of the most common question I hear is: “What is the best way to deal with poor performers?” I now recognise this somewhat negative question as a human impulse that surfaces every time we feel threatened, uncertain or frustrated; our brains are just Read On
The leadership blueprint: what all senior executives can learn from Ireland’s FDI successes
It is through a combination of excellence in strategic thinking and leadership impact that senior managers in Irish operations have continued to win new mandates from their global headquarters. The skills and abilities that generate these management successes are not however relevant only to leaders in multinationals. In an increasingly globalised economy, every senior executive, Read On
Top 5 management consultancy habits to improve your performance
Staying analytical, impartial and open to new ideas can be challenging when you are invested in a role and a business. It’s a shame, but we often find that managers develop a certain valuable clarity on their organisation only when about to leave a role! Don’t leave it until you’re changing roles to get the Read On