Managers are inundated with potential development areas, from technical skills to complex behaviors. But are you focusing on the right ones?

In this week's episode of The Mindtools L&D Podcast, our in-house Insights experts Dr. Anna Barnett and Dr. Nina Harrison speak to Claire about:

• how recent research reveals some unexpected co-benefits to managerial skill building

• how these insights can help us to look at organisational problem areas differently.

You can download the infographic at mindtools.com/thought-leadership/reports/building-better-managers-infographic.

In 'What I Learned This Week', Nina discussed her new reading technique to absorb more of 'Scattered Minds' by Dr Gabor Maté.

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• Claire Gibson
• Dr Anna Barnett