Previous investments by Spectrum Equity include Lynda.com, SurveyMonkey and Bitly The Digital Marketing Institute in Dún Laoghaire, Co Dublin, is to almost double its workforce after receiving a €26 million investment from Spectrum Equity. The institute said the financing would “fuel investment” in professional learning and certification programmes, accelerating the company’s international expansion. Spectrum Equity, […]
With the experience of your first career, you should know what you enjoy and what you could learn to do As we move through life, we inevitably close doors that cannot be reopened. But some of these doors aren’t locked; the challenge is recognising which ones we have a key for. This is the […]
Here are three steps for getting the most from employees who work remotely Virtual meeting: make sure to let people know that you want broad participation It is no longer a question of whether companies should offer the possibility to work remotely, but how to make doing so successful. A big part of that success […]
Approximately one in four workers have amended their social media status to secure their current job, highlighting the impact people feel social media can have on their job prospects. Breaking down the information further, 12pc of those surveyed have changed their profile picture on social media, while 6pc took the time to delete selected posts […]
Five tips for reporting to a workaholic boss Some people can’t get enough of work, staying late and checking emails after midnight. If your manager keeps this type of schedule, how do you set the right expectations and boundaries? Nancy Rothbard, a management professor at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, recommends thinking about what […]
RTÉ is to conduct a review of “role and gender equality” across the organisation following recent controversy over pay gaps. The BBC was last week forced to disclose the salaries of its top presenters as part of its new royal charter agreement with the UK government. Of the 96 names published on Wednesday, only 34 were […]
EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE Experts agree that emotional intelligence should be an important consideration when hiring new employees. Daniel Goleman, one of the most passionate promoters of the importance of EI /EQ, divides emotional intelligence into four domains: self-awareness, self-management, social awareness (sometimes categorized as empathy), and relationship management. So how can you evaluate prospective hires for emotional intelligence? Pre-hire […]
MAYBE YOU’VE TOYED with the idea of going for that promotion, but worry you don’t have the right skillset. Or perhaps you’d love to go down a new career path, but can’t figure out how to do it without losing your job security. For most people out there, abandoning a full-time job to seek out […]
Avoiding confirmation bias starts with paying attention to how you interact with information. By Daniel Goleman | June 27, 2017 Where do you get information about the issues you care about? Do your most common sources confirm or challenge your perspective? How much time do you spend listening to or reading opposing points of view? When you […]
In a landmark study from the Harvard Business Review, Daniel Goleman’s “Leadership That Gets Results” outlines the most successful leadership styles in business. Through an analysis of more than 3,000 mid-level managers, the three-year study determined that a manager’s leadership style accounts for 30 percent of the company’s bottom-line profitability. The study also found […]
