Here's our roundup of the most-read TrainingZone articles in 2017. Topics span leadership, emotional intelligance, wellbeing, blended learning, millenials and more. Check the list and make sure you haven't missed out on what your peers have been reading.
1. VUCA leadership: why you need it and how to develop it
By Lindsey Byrne, Senior Consultant, Hemsley Fraser.
2. How to deal with participants from hell
By Michael Maynard, Co-founder of Maynard Leigh Associates.
3. Building your organization’s adaptive capacity
By Erica Seville, Resilient Organisations.
4. Six top tips on how to be more emotionally intelligent at work
By Jackie Grier, Principal Consultant, JCA Global Ltd.
5. Tackling health and wellbeing: why we created the National Forum for Health and Wellbeing at Work
By Professor Sir Cary Cooper, CBE, Founder of Robertson Cooper.
We also took a look at the five most popular articles within each quarter of 2017...
January - March
1. Tackling health and wellbeing: why we created the National Forum for Health and Wellbeing at Work
By Professor Sir Cary Cooper, CBE, Founder of Robertson Cooper.
2. Learning Technologies 2017: Why waste your money on leadership development?
By Nigel Paine, MD, Nigel Paine.Com.
3. Lessons in management: we asked some senior leaders what their first-time mistakes were
By Rob Cahill, Co-Founder and CEO, Jhana.
4. Building your organization’s adaptive capacity
By Erica Seville, Resilient Organisations.
5. The dictatorship of L&D is gone. What’s next for learning?
By Rachel Kuftinoff, Learning Consultancy Director, KnowledgePool (part of Capita Learning Services).
April - June
1. How to deal with participants from hell
By Michael Maynard, Co-founder of Maynard Leigh Associates.
2. 10 reasons to use video in L&D
By Martin Baker, CEO, Clear Lessons & The Charity Learning Consortium.
3. VUCA leadership: why you need it and how to develop it
By Lindsey Byrne, Senior Consultant, Hemsley Fraser.
4. The new rules to leading people through change
By Carole Gaskell, Managing Director, Full Potential Group.
5. How to develop digital leaders
By Christine Overby, Principal, Post*Shift.
July - September
1. Busting 4 blended learning myths
By Stephanie Morgan, Director of Learning Solutions, Bray Leino Learning.
2. Why ‘Keep Calm and Carry On’ is damaging the workplace
By Lee Lomax, CEO & Co-Founder, Beem.
3. Six top tips on how to be more emotionally intelligent at work
By Jackie Grier, Principal Consultant, JCA Global Ltd.
4. The most annoying workplace phrases - and what to say instead
By Paul Russell, Founder and managing director, Luxury Academy.
5. Are you underestimating your introverts?
By Paul Russell, Founder and managing director, Luxury Academy.
October - December
1. Forget millennials! Focus on training the modern learner
By Tony Glass, VP and GM, EMEA Skillsoft.
2. The value of feeling valued
By Matt Stephens, Founder & CEO, Heartbeat.
3. Introducing workplace mediation at Sony
By Mark Clements, Sony Europe Limited.
4. The boss blues – are you the cause of employee stress?
By Liz Walker, HR Director, Unum UK.
5. How to get on the HR speaking circuit
By Paul Carter, HR Management Advisor, Insolvency Service.