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Advantages of having a project manager
How to choose and work with a great project manager, or develop project management skills in-house.
How to show your products meet EU legal requirements
Find out if you need to meet a specific technical or management standard to sell your product in European markets
Employee focused performance measurement
Tools and techniques to measure and manage your employee performance more effectively
Job application process: CVs and application forms
Employers can weigh up the options for recruiting new staff either by requesting CVs or using job application forms
Skills and training for company directors
Extra training that may be needed to fulfil the duties of a company director.
Project management checklist
Use our checklist to help you improve project planning and execution, and manage your project successfully.
Advantages of effective teamwork
Teamwork can bring many benefits to your business helping you to solve problems, generate new ideas and pursue opportunities
Standards for best business practice
Overview of the most popular technical and management standards, and how they show best business practice for business
Advantages of creating a positive mental health culture
Key benefits of creating a culture that respects and helps employees with mental ill health.
Customer focused performance measurement
How to gather and manage information to help your business attract, retain and sell to customers
How to support employees with mental ill health
Ways that you can support employees if they are experiencing mental health issues.
Mental Health Charter
The Equality Commission’s Mental Health Charter will help you to put in place the correct procedures for a more motivated workforce.
Set business performance targets
How to move from performance measurement to target-setting in order to help your business improve and grow
Project management templates and tools
Find project management sample documents and templates, including project scope, project plan and risk register templates.
Advantages of project management
Discover how project management methods and strategies can help you reduce risk, cut costs and improve success rates.
SWOT, PESTLE and other models for strategic analysis
Introduction to the common business analysis models, including SWOT and PESTLE analysis, scenario planning and Porter's Five Forces framework
Measure your financial performance
Use common financial performance measures, such as profit margins and accounting ratios, to review your business finances
Benchmark your business performance
Use benchmarking to measure your business performance against that of your competitors as a focus for your growth strategy
Competitor analysis
Performance metrics you can use to analyse your competitors, and how to use this information to inform your business decisions
Financial risk
Understand the main types of financial risks to your business and find ways to mitigate and reduce them