Professor Gareth Jones, author with Professor Rob Goffee of “Clever“, and “Why Should Anyone Be Led by You“ was in Dublin recently to direct a two day leadership module as part of the IMI Senior Executive Programme (SEP). Gareth is always one of the most stimulating and relevant contributors to the SEP and his latest contribution 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...
Giving feedback can be tricky for anyone but particularly for new managers. How do you deliver feedback? Are you consistent in your approach? Do you give both negative and positive feedback to your team? Click here to download the Top 10 Tips for giving feedback. The IMI Library has an online resource dedicated to brief guides Read more...
University College Cork (UCC) has achieved the unique status of becoming Ireland’s first five star university and has once again improved its position in world rankings announced today (September 5th 2011) in the QS World University Rankings. Read the full news article on the UCC website here. Congratulations to all at University College Cork on Read more...
Click here for access to the latest issue of Harvard Business Review. In the coming months the IMI Library plans to include a series of links to top management journals. We hope you’ll bookmark these links for quick access from your browser. If you’d like to see a particular direct link please comment below and I’ll build Read more...
Applications are currently being accepted for the 2012 Deloitte Best Managed Companies Programme. The deadline for Phase I applications is 12th August 2011. The Deloitte Best Managed designation is a symbol of Irish corporate success and recognises excellence in business management and performance. IMI has been academic sponsor of the programme since its launch in Ireland in Read more...
Our ongoing conversations with organisations have revealed that, despite the decline in employment and diminished job opportunities in most segments of the Irish labour market, many companies are finding it difficult to find managers with the requisite skills. Over half of the senior managers we interviewed as part of a recent investigation into management in Ireland 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...
University College Cork (UCC) and the Irish Management Institute (IMI) have today announced an alliance which will transform business education in Ireland. An Taoiseach Enda Kenny TD, who officially launched the alliance, said the development was significant and welcome as it has the potential to greatly improve the capacity of Ireland’s companies to compete internationally. Read more...
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
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