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<https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/taking-stock-of-the-levy>

![Taking stock of the Levy](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/EDM_LiLBlogHeader.jpg)

![](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/DanielPrior.png) By [Professor Daniel Prior](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/author/professor-daniel-prior)

## [Taking stock of the Levy](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/taking-stock-of-the-levy)

## Where are we?

The evidence so far points to employers ‘wasting’ the Apprenticeship Levy - the most significant development in...

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 Tags: [Cranfield School of Management](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/cranfield-school-of-management), [leadership](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/leadership), [featured learning](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/featured-learning),

<https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/smart-management-how-to-be-a-good-corporate-politician>

![How to be a good corporate politician](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/ED%20Blog/ED%20Articles/corporate%20politician.jpg)

![](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/CGMD%20Blog/Images/CGMD%20Images/Logos/Marques-SoM.png) By [Cranfield School of Management](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/author/cranfield-school-of-management)

## [How to be a good corporate politician](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/smart-management-how-to-be-a-good-corporate-politician)

#### Company politics is all about reconciling diverse stakeholder interests. In this article, Dr David Butcher and Dr Martin Clarke...

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 Tags: [Cranfield School of Management](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/cranfield-school-of-management), [exec-feature](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/exec-feature), [developing leadership](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/developing-leadership),

<https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/developing-strategic-negotiations-skills>

![Developing Strategic Negotiation Skills and Capability: An integrated approach](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/rawpixel-711102-unsplash.jpg)

By [Javier Marcos Cuevas](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/author/javier-marcos-cuevas)

## [Developing Strategic Negotiation Skills and Capability: An integrated approach](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/developing-strategic-negotiations-skills)

David Deegan recently highlighted the importance for organisations to invest in their negotiations skills in his blog, [Deal or...](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/strategic-negotiations-deal-or-no-deal)

*( read )*

 Tags: [Cranfield School of Management](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/cranfield-school-of-management), [leadership](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/leadership), [featured learning](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/featured-learning),

<https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/speak-to-inspire-think-perform-not-inform>

![To Inspire and Influence Think Perform, not Inform](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/ED%20Blog/ED%20Images/OEP/Praxis/IMG_2838.jpg)

![](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/Diana%20Theodores.png) By [Dr Diana Theodores](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/author/dr-diana-theodores)

## [To Inspire and Influence Think Perform, not Inform](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/speak-to-inspire-think-perform-not-inform)

**If you want to inspire and influence people then take a tip from the pioneering management guru Charles Handy who once said,** ***...***

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 Tags: [leadership](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/leadership), [featured leadership](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/featured-leadership), [featured sidebar all](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/featured-sidebar-all),

<https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/why-new-leaders-need-initiation-rites>

![Why new leaders need initiation rites](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/ED%20Blog/ED%20Images/OEP/Praxis/IAI%20Hero%20image.jpg)

![](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/andy-logan.jpeg) By [Andy Logan](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/author/andy-logan)

## [Why new leaders need initiation rites](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/why-new-leaders-need-initiation-rites)

#### **When managers step up into leadership it’s often an ‭underwhelming moment in the life of an organisation: a promotion ‭earned...**

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 Tags: [Cranfield School of Management](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/cranfield-school-of-management), [leadership](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/leadership), [featured leadership](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/featured-leadership),

<https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/ten-top-guidelines-for-excellent-profitable-marketing>

![Top ten guidelines for excellent, profitable marketing](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/ED%20Blog/ED%20Images/OEP/S%20and%20M%20(Sales%20and%20Marketing)/MSAP/Ten%20Top%20Guidelines.png)

![](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/malcolm.png) By [Professor Malcolm McDonald](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/author/professor-malcolm-mcdonald)

## [Top ten guidelines for excellent, profitable marketing](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/ten-top-guidelines-for-excellent-profitable-marketing)

**Cranfield School of Management’s Professor Malcolm McDonald has established [ten guidelines which you should consider for...](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/ten-top-guidelines-for-excellent-marketing)**

*( read )*

 Tags: [Cranfield School of Management](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/cranfield-school-of-management), [featured learning](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/featured-learning), [featured sidebar all](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/featured-sidebar-all),

<https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/a-senior-executives-guide-to-managing-knowledge>

![A senior executive's guide to managing knowledge](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/ED%20Blog/ED%20Articles/senior%20executive.jpg)

![](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/CGMD%20Blog/Images/CGMD%20Images/Logos/Marques-SoM.png) By [Cranfield School of Management](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/author/cranfield-school-of-management)

## [A senior executive's guide to managing knowledge](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/a-senior-executives-guide-to-managing-knowledge)

#### Knowledge management can help employees improve, innovate and direct organisations, but it’s an underappreciated practice which...

*( read )*

 Tags: [Cranfield School of Management](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/cranfield-school-of-management), [exec-feature](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/exec-feature), [developing leadership](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/developing-leadership),

<https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/a-functional-managers-guide-to-managing-knowledge>

![A functional manager's guide to managing knowledge](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/ED%20Blog/ED%20Articles/functional%20manager.jpg)

![](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/CGMD%20Blog/Images/CGMD%20Images/Logos/Marques-SoM.png) By [Cranfield School of Management](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/author/cranfield-school-of-management)

## [A functional manager's guide to managing knowledge](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/a-functional-managers-guide-to-managing-knowledge)

#### Knowledge management can help employees improve, innovate and direct organisations, but it’s an underappreciated practice which...

*( read )*

 Tags: [Cranfield School of Management](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/cranfield-school-of-management), [exec-feature](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/exec-feature), [developing leadership](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/developing-leadership),

<https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/a-front-line-managers-guide-to-managing-knowledge>

![A front line manager's guide to managing knowledge](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/ED%20Blog/ED%20Articles/front%20line%20manager.jpg)

![](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/CGMD%20Blog/Images/CGMD%20Images/Logos/Marques-SoM.png) By [Cranfield School of Management](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/author/cranfield-school-of-management)

## [A front line manager's guide to managing knowledge](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/a-front-line-managers-guide-to-managing-knowledge)

#### Knowledge management can help employees improve, innovate and direct organisations, but it’s an underappreciated practice which...

*( read )*

 Tags: [Cranfield School of Management](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/cranfield-school-of-management), [exec-feature](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/exec-feature), [developing leadership](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/developing-leadership),

<https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/a-technical-specialists-guide-to-managing-knowledge>

![A technical specialist's guide to managing knowledge](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/ED%20Blog/ED%20Articles/technical%20specialist.jpg)

![](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/CGMD%20Blog/Images/CGMD%20Images/Logos/Marques-SoM.png) By [Cranfield School of Management](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/author/cranfield-school-of-management)

## [A technical specialist's guide to managing knowledge](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/a-technical-specialists-guide-to-managing-knowledge)

#### Knowledge management can help employees improve, innovate and direct organisations, but it’s an underappreciated practice which...

*( read )*

 Tags: [Cranfield School of Management](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/cranfield-school-of-management), [exec-feature](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/exec-feature), [developing leadership](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/developing-leadership),

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