Five minutes on...

Do you have 5 minutes to spare?  Our short reads provide you with some valuable knowledge for minimal effort. These pithy summaries will guide you in managing yourself, managing others, or how to be more effective in leading teams etc. They also provide prompts to more details in the learning modules, if that isn’t enough get in touch for one 2 one help. Start here…

Learning modules

Take a deeper dive into a management topic or theme.
Download a FREE sample study module, then sign up to get the latest learning modules sent straight to your inbox.

Coaching support

Dedicated coaching support to help you succeed
We can support you through our Coaching support programme.
Register your interest and download your FREE Coaching support study module.
To find out more on the benefits of our coaching, contact us today.

Career development support

Developing a successful career in the competitive global market needs a strategy and a plan.
We can give you the dedicated time from senior experienced business managers and mentors to guide you through the process of maximizing your potential to get in and then get on. Mentoring is a partnership with someone who understands the issues you face and can offer support, advice, information and direct you to new opportunities. Contact us to know more

Welcome to the Leadership Toolbox - your one stop shop to career development

The Leadership Toolbox has been established to help you, a student of management in your academic studies and at every stage of your career.

Here you will find bite size and in-depth material on management topics to support your academic and professional development as manager and business leader.

The topics are clustered under the the themes that cover personal development, management capabilities and how to cope and hopefully thrive in the work environment.

More posts or blogs are being added on a regular basis.

We hope you find this a useful resource to support your development as a student and worker.

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We provide a range of one 2 one academic and career support services
Whether you are an undergraduate or post graduate studying management or need guidance in your career development, from intern to business leader we can help you.

See the flow chart below and sign up for a free Who are you? diagnostic assessment of your capabilities and needs.
Whether is is academic or career advice, we can help, contact us for an initial conversation to assess your needs.

Then have a look at the options set out above, pick a service, look at the details and sign up.

Or, just use the Get in Touch link below.

Using this Site

For the student we have a wealth of support materials 

Five minutes on…
We provide open access to a series of short summaries under the heading ‘Five minutes on.’
They are short, hopefully sharp, summaries providing a subject overview/introduction.
They may not answer all your questions but we hope you will find them helpful, provocative, stimulating and informative.

Learning units
If you want to know more and have a couple of hours to invest, you will find the “take a deeper dive” learning units very useful.
They include the latest thinking from academics and writers on management.
Most of them are about 25 pages in length.
One learning unit from each theme is free.
For the rest we charge a small fee to cover the costs of managing this site.

For the graduate and early career professional we offer a range of coaching services to build a successful career in the global market   

We can support in your personal and professional life to improve your confidence and overcome challenges
Working for and coping with for a western company, even if based in China, requires an understanding of western work practices and organisational culture.  Thriving in a post requires a health mental balance with resilience and coping strategies.  It is not just about surviving; it’s about embracing and growing in your new role. See more here…

Getting in and getting on – career development support
We can give you the dedicated time from senior experienced business managers and mentors to guide you through the process of maximizing your potential to get in and then get on. Mentoring is a partnership with someone who understands the issues you face and can offer support, advice, information and direct you to new opportunities. See more here…

Do you need help with your academic studies?  Don’t struggle on alone, we can support you.
If you are studying general management we can support your work. Post-graduate work can be a very lonely experience, more so under the current circumstances of remote learning. We provide a bespoke academic tutoring service where you can get independent, dedicated support from a team of tutors with experience of working with students drawn from many cultures and countries. See more here…

Corporate

Corporate & Social Responsibility

Corporate and social responsibility (CSR) concerns how organisations conduct their work in a way that takes into account of their social, economic and environmental impact and considers the of human rights of all stakeholders; internal and external.
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Developing the Business

This requires continual improvement to ensure profitability and competitive performance of the business, its processes, its speed of response and its ability to deliver cost-effective and timely outputs.
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Leading Teams

Work collaboratively as a member of a team, ensuring that one’s own contribution maximises the team’s overall performance.
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Managing Change

Plan and manage change within the organisation so as to transform the business to achieve the intended commercial, structural and organisational outcomes.
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Managing Yourself (and Others)

Plan, organise, monitor and improve your own performance needs a certain level of reflection and self-assessment. The aim -to produce timely, accurate and innovative outputs, even when you are under pressure or working in times of uncertainty.
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Operational Essentials

There are many business and organisational activities that don’t fit in a neat category. In many cases the technique, tool or analysis may be applied across many operational activities. So here you will find a range of tools and techniques to support your work and study.

Get in Touch

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