Your organisation may have highly educated people with specialised technical knowledge, you may also have a high calibre of products and services, and yet you have not attained the competitive advantage your organisation desires…why? Perhaps, it is time to look at some very specific skills that...
The European Institute of Management and Finance (EIMF), an accredited and licensed training provider, is expanding the range of postgraduate certificates it offers to include a new certificate in “Financial Risk Management”, in addition to “International Financial Regulation” that was offered last semester as well. The two courses...
EIMF visiting faculty Researchers Konstantinos Tsimonis and Igor Rogelja (2020) have recently published an article “Narrating the China Threat: Securitising Chinese Economic Presence in Europe” in the Chinese Journal of International Politics (Link). In their study, Rogelja and Tsimonis analyse the process in which Chinese...
Behavioural science has been defined as the branch of science that deals primarily with human action and often seeks to generalise about human behaviour in society. Matteo M Galizzi (Assistant Professor of Behavioural Science at the LSE) defines behavioural science as a cross-disciplinary, open-minded science...
Self-awareness is arguably the most important of all the emotional intelligence (EQ) competencies and decades of research concludes that it a precondition to effective management, leadership and high performance in the workplace. When we are self-aware: [vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][blockquote text="… we...
Developing emotional intelligence competencies in ourselves and others in our organisations is not often given top priority. Many consider emotional intelligence to be a “soft skill” that in the best-case scenario is perceived as “nice to have, but not vital” and in the worse-case “touchy...
Recently one of our expert trainers Lefki Angeli offered insight to a conversation she had with a CEO that once again brought some interesting questions to the forefront with regards to our organisations and our people, making us stop for a moment to ask if we are...
The EIMF, through its AAT Connect Scheme, is pleased to announce its collaboration with Baker Tilly Cyprus. This collaboration provides an ideal opportunity for those wishing to enhance their career prospects by joining one of the largest and most reputable financial services firm in the...
The concept/term Corporate Governance has featured regularly in discussions both within the professional and academic community since the 1990s and has become even more prominent following significant cases of corporate failure which had overarching adverse effects on the global interconnected economy. The link between poor...
The employment of staff is an agreement between an employer and an employee related to compensation for services. For employers this forms a considerable cost for the business. A couple of centuries ago this agreement had the form of a simple handshake whereby the employer agreed...