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Investing in Leaders

by Catharine on 05/05/2009

The idea of using volunteering as a way to develop leadership seems to be growing. I know that City Action has been working with Barclays to place volunteers into trustee, mentoring and finance project roles as part of their Leadership Development Programme.  Also, the Civil Service fast stream now offer a one year placement with [...]

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Whilst the headlines these days are grabbed by multi billion pound bailouts of the banking system there’s a growing view in politics that a more ground up approach might actually be the best route out of the credit crunch.
Speaking at the Voice 09 conference, the Conservative party leader said Britain needed to open up its [...]

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Johnathon Brookes is the Social Responsibility Manager for Lakehouse Contracts, a building contractor involved in educational works, health and regeneration.  Lakehouse won a Dragon Award for their outstanding work in education.             
“It was a real pleasure to attend the recent Dragon Awards to meet with people engaged in and leading CSR programmes which are making [...]

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I spent the majority of yesterday afternoon preparing for my mid-year appraisal review; some of the time was spent tracking the progress that I have made on my objectives, the rest trying to evidence my ‘core behaviours’ (the behaviours that it is vital I display in order to carry out my job).  
Whilst grappling with the [...]

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