Are your managers properly trained?
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THE RECESSION HAS put management roles in the spotlight. With cuts in management training leaving many companies rudderless and increased friction between senior managers, individuals have found themselves with additional responsibilities and fewer staff to share the workload.
The Chartered Institute of Management warns that almost half of the UK's businesses are failing to provide adequate training for their future leaders The British Chamber of Commerce, meanwhile, is emphasising that line managers actually hold the key to surviving the recession (http://tinyini. comilinemanagers), and the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development has produced new guidance, with the Health & Safety Executive, on managing stress at work: Line Management Behaviour and Stress at Work (http:// preview.finyurLcomistressandbehaviour).