Line managers: You shouldn’t have gone to Specsavers
Danny Wilkinson, Co-founder of Traction Coaching explores why it’s time for line managers to stop looking elsewhere and to take a good look at themselves.
The discipline-only trend crushing workplace motivation
What is the discipline-only trend and why is it pushing motivation off the agenda? Coaching expert Matt Somers explores the problem with applying this orthodoxy at work and why ‘wanting to’ still wins.
‘Termite biases’: What you need to know about them and what you can do about them.
A joke, compliment or remark: What’s wrong with them, right? Think again. These ‘termite biases’ might be just what needs to be addressed to nurture inclusion.
Untangling wicked problems: Build connectivity, resilience and trust in organisations
How can you enable employees to solve your organisation’s wicked problems? It requires the power trio of connectivity, resilience and trust, says L&D expert Nigel Paine.
How brain diversity drives collective intelligence: Four useful techniques
Kate Lanz, CEO of MindBridge, shares four techniques to help you harness, rather than hamper, brain diversity to access collective intelligence.
Who has cultural intelligence and who doesn’t?
Cultural Intelligence or Quotient (CQ) enhances connections, fosters mutual understanding and encourages good business, but who possesses this skill and how can you identify them?
Four critical gaps in performance review training for managers
Leadership consultant Nik Kinley outlines four ways to make performance review training more effective for managers and their teams.
How to sharpen your leadership skills (without another futile training programme)
Why not use the turn of the new year to strengthen your leadership skills? L&D expert Nigel Paine shares three recommendations for becoming a better leader (and none of them involve an expensive, yet futile training course).
Three learning and development trends for 2025
How will the world of learning evolve in 2025? Continuing the TrainingZone tradition, Robin Hoyle embarks on his yearly effort to predict the learning and development trends for the coming year.
Understand your ‘overthinking’ and use it to your advantage
Sinead Keenan, Chief Innovation Officer at EZRA, explores how the key to managing your overthinking is understanding it.
Five ways to build adaptability and unlock human advantage in 2025
Should adaptability be a strategic priority for your 2025 L&D plans? Marcus Wylie, Head of Culture at Insights, believes so. After all, it unlocks a competitive edge that technology alone can’t replicate.
Five dysfunctions of a team – and how coaching can help
What are the five dysfunctions of a team? And how can coaching overcome each of these? Coaching expert Matt Somers breaks this down – dysfunction by dysfunction.
How to defuse tensions at work
Global conflict, political division, plus job and cost-of-living insecurity are being mirrored at work. Shifting the workplace mindset from adversarial to collaborative is crucial, says conflict resolution expert Jane Gunn.
Behaviour change lessons from the world of health and fitness
TrainingZone columnist Jackie Clifford examines four behaviour change lessons from the fitness world that can be translated for use in our organisations.
Strategy: It’s that time again
It’s the time of year when a learning team’s thoughts turn to strategy. Robin Hoyle explores…
Here Comes Everybody: Leadership as raising collective intelligence
Nigel Paine scrutinises how leadership can raise collective intelligence.
‘The Magic of Conflict’ – when conflict is useful
Whilst negative, damaging conflict should be avoided, when acting as a catalyst for change, conflict is often necessary and positive as an opportunity to create new outcomes that add value.
Festival of Learning ‘Have a Go’ Month: Time to try thinking differently?
Inspired by the Festival of Learning’s ‘Have a Go Month’ of September, Jackie Clifford considers how L&D can practise what it preaches and try something new!
Enhancing the brand of L&D
Paul Matthews explores what people say about L&D when the professionals have left the room. And what to do about it…
A neuroscientist’s top 10 ways to excel at work
By better understanding our brains we can improve productivity. Neuroscientist Lynda Shaw shares 10 tips for thriving in the workplace.
