As a mature, professional, student who is studying a course or qualification by distance learning, managing your time effectively is critically important.

Workplace stress is a major problem for organisations throughout the world. The cost of the impact of stress on organisations can vary from many thousands to many millions of dollars. These costs are caused by the rise in absence, the rise in staff turnover, the fall in performance levels, the level of customer dissatisfaction, and increasingly in the cost of successful compensation claims.

Here we look at how leaders should allocate roles, responsibilities, and authority, to other senior managers and specialists, in order to ensure that the action taken and decisions made by the senior management team is effectively supporting the organisation’s strategies.

This article is designed to provide guidance for managers who are involved in leading the strategic direction of their organisations.Here we look at the actions that successful leaders must take in order to create and establish a management teams network to successfully support the organisation’s strategies.

This article is designed to provide an overview of the current mentoring and coaching situation. It attempts to clarify the differences, and give providers and receivers of these services some guidance on best practices.

This article is designed to provide guidance for executives, managers, and specialists, who are involved in leading the strategic direction of their organisations. The articles will cover all the main areas of expertise, knowledge, and understanding, that are need to successfully lead an organisation in today’s complex and fast-changing world.

Managing time in the workplace can be difficult. For managers in particular, it can feel as if it is impossible to avoid being controlled by the demands of others and the events happening around them. However, it is possible to regain control, and to manage effectively. The key is to recognise the problems that need to be addressed, and to take appropriate action to solve these problems.

This article is designed to provide guidance for executives, managers, and specialists, who are involved in leading the strategic direction of their organisations. In this article we consider the manner in which they should lead as the strategic plan is implemented and as it establishes new working practices and supports the reshaping of the organisational culture.