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As your company grows your skill requirements are likely to increase, your employees look to you for advice and leadership and it is up to you to make sure you are fully skilled and resourced to manage the company and provide inspiration to your employees. Business Link's guide outlines the skills that your company needs to function successfully and for you to competently head a company.

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Business Link's interactive online tool is designed to assess management and leadership skills amongst managers and company owners.

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It is important to focus on your managers well being and motivation as without a pro-active and effective manager other staff members under their management could suffer. The Management Standards Centre have produced a third edition benchmarking standard for best practice amongst managers based on extensive research from 2002 to 2004.

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Networking can take many forms from informal face to face meetings with peer groups through to online networking forums that put you directly in contact with the leaders of your industry. Assist provides a peer supported online networking forum (register to become a member of the Assist Community) which gives you the opportunity to share and learn different approaches, results and answers to some of your workplace questions. These environments naturally provide a network of support for you and your employees as well. It is essential that every company is aware and utilises networking as a training and development tool.

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In-house trainig is often an effective alternative to outsourced training, providing more relevant tuition at a time that suits your company and can eliminate accomodation and travel costs. Business Link have provided a guide which helps you make a good return on your in-house training investment.

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There are a number of schemes and training companies throughout the UK which provide training. Further developing your employees skills and knowledge can directly benefit your company, by developing a fully skilled and highly trained workforce ultimately increasing productivity.

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"Appraisals can benefit both employers and employees. They can improve employees' job performance and suitability for promotion while at the same time helping to use labour more effectively. In addition, they can improve communications and the quality of working life and make employees feel that they are valued by the organisation."

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