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Time Management For Meetings !
Anyone who works for an organisation will know that meetings consume an absurd amount of time. If you are working on making sure that you are using your time effectively, you will need to figure out how you manage meetings…
4 Top Tips For Time And Energy Management
Time Management and Energy Management – what’s the big deal? Both skills are incredibly important to remaining productive. When it comes to mastering Time Management vs Energy Management – they have a lot in common. Once you have a good…
Time Management: The Importance of Planning
Whether it’s your day-to-day tasks or your goals for the long-term, planning is a crucial skill. Planning can seem like a boring and fiddly task, especially if you are a go-getter by nature, that just slows you down and complicates…
Employee Happiness Statistics & Facts – 2024 Research
What makes employees happy? Lots of people are reassessing their work now that coronavirus restrictions have been lifted. To find out more, we conducted new, original research to look at what the key drivers of employee happiness & job satisfaction…
Using The Key Influencer Visual In Power BI
In this article, we look at creating a Key Influencer visual in Microsoft Power BI. We will see what a key influencer visual is, when it is valuable and look at its limitations. Our online Microsoft Power BI training courses…
Implementing Row-Level Security In Power BI
In this article, we will look at static row-level security in Power BI. We look at what it is, how to implement it and areas to take care when using it. Want a comprehensive look at Power BI and its…
What Makes People Resilient?
There are many factors that cause trauma in individuals and communities. Some people cope better than others when faced with adversity. Our lives unfold in complicated, unpredictable, and diverse ways. Big and small traumatic things happen to us. Some people…
5 Things A Manager Should Never Delegate
Merriam-Webster defines delegation as ‘the act of empowering to act for another’. In business parlance, we call it assigning the authority to carry out tasks and make decisions. Some people find it hard to delegate as they don’t think anyone…
Time Management Statistics & Facts – 2024
How are people managing their time? Are they using smart methods or just dealing with issues as they crop up? Development Academy (our sister company) and Acuity Training joined up to conduct some bespoke time management research in Q4 2021…
Introduction to Slicers in Excel
Slicers in Excel are often used together with Excel tables and Pivot tables. What are they used for? Quick filtering of data from huge, densely packed data sets. What distinguishes Slicers from ordinary data filters is their visual appeal and…
Presenting: 3 Tips For The Day Of A Speech
It’s the day you’ve been building up to and your speech is in a matter of hours. Well done on getting this far and taking the right steps to ensure you feel prepared for a big public speech and hopefully…
Presenting: The Week Before A Big Speech
In our last article, we discussed the topic of speaking in public and learning how to prepare for a public speech, focusing on what to do in the month leading up to the big day. Now a few weeks have…