A Lesson from Dunkirk
Of all the articles written about the new blockbuster Dunkirk, I found this article in the Guardian particularly interesting. It shows how the same situation can look very different when your perspective is changed. In Britain, the mass evacuation of allied forces from Dunkirk is generally remembered as an incredible success; a time of great […]
Influencing culture through learning
In the second-to-last article in our series looking at how learning professionals can deliver on five key business outcomes, Laura Overton, CEO and founder of Towards Maturity, provides insights into how the most successful organisations are influencing culture through learning. Creating an organisational learning culture represents L&D nirvana. Organisations that learn are resilient in the […]
Getting people to work better together – what are the stages of successful team development?
Effective team work is the lifeblood of every organisation. Yet my experience is that very little time is spent developing teams that truly work towards a common goal. Most teams I observe are dysfunctional – goals are unclear, there are unhealthy habits such as ignoring team members, bullying disguised as banter, and poor standards of […]
Change management training in an uncertain future
There’s an old saying that goes “the best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry”, whether the cause of this is internally or from matters beyond your control is trivial. For business people in the modern workplace having one ‘best-laid plan’ simply isn’t enough, the magnitude of international political changes over the last year […]
NLP Communication Model
Has anyone got any tried and tested innovative exercises for the NLP Communication Model, particularly around giving feedback. Thanks in advance…all ideas welcome. Has anyone got any tried and tested innovative exercises for the NLP Communication Model, particularly around giving feedback.Thanks in advance…all ideas welcome.
Innovation
Innovation is often core to business strategy. I’m keen to hear experiences, views and ideas on how L&D has successfully supported this business goal. From formal training and social learning through to everyday practices and culture, who is the best in the field and how have you helped build a ‘curriculum’ to foster innovation and a […]
Credit scores: how employers can help employees improve it
With all the big changes in the current political and economic climate, it’s fair to say that millions of employees are feeling a very large and painful financial pinch. In fact, in a survey of over 10,000 employees and 500 employers, 33% of employees said that financial worries are their biggest concern, after health (29%) […]
The debt stigma – how trainers can help
There is a stigma in UK workplaces that employers are rarely tackling, but must. It focuses on the vast levels of debt that millions of UK employees are carrying and which is shown, through mounting evidence, to have a debilitating impact on an employee’s wellbeing, their work and, as a consequence, a businesses’ overall productivity. […]
How defensive behaviour can cost your business
Have you ever been in a meeting where people’s behaviour creates an atmosphere that just isn’t productive? Or chatted on the phone to a customer services adviser and the person on the line just doesn’t want to help you? Creating the right climate between people within an organisation can increase business productivity by 22%; research we’ve […]
Why HR needs to support leaders to take a full break from the office
Taking time for a proper break and switching off from work is vital for our mental health, but why are so many leaders bad at doing it? Did you notice if the busy leaders you support looked refreshed after their holiday? This is vital for organisational health because we know the damage if leaders in terms of say […]
The algorithm for finding your Self-realization
What is a success, and how to achieve it? Despite the fact that written and said a lot, each of us goes its way to the goals. It’s not always easy, not all elections are obvious. We want to help you find yourself and give you the most useful advice on how to achieve your […]
Change: Are you a Driver or a Passenger?
This year, my partner and I drove more than 2,000 miles to Andorra and back on a tour of Western France. It was one of my favourite holidays ever. I loved the freedom, the ability to choose our own destination unfettered by timetables and fixed routes, to detour and stop at any scenic point to […]
Drawing the line for line managers in conflict management skills
It’s a perennial problem that most of us have either witnessed or even been a part of. You are good at your job and get promoted to a position where, very soon, you find that you are no longer doing ‘your job’. Instead, you are managing teams of people with little support or understanding on […]
The Gamification of Learning
“My friend came to stay this weekend and we were talking about work; she said she really hated training days until they got a new trainer in. She was telling me about a game they’d played, with the new trainer. It turned out to be Hold the Front Page!” What a fantastic email to get […]
Apps that Help Productivity in the Workplace
Managing time at work is never easy – especially if you have a high pressured, hectic job. There some impressive project management mobile apps out there that you may not be aware of – here are some of them… Asana Asana is available on Android and iOS platforms and features high-level views of projects through […]
Change or Die? There’s an Alternative
There is a particular word that has become very popular in recent times within business-change speak, that was thrown around a lot on the 1980s American pop psychology scene back in the day: it’s ‘transformation’. At a seminar I attended back in the ‘80s, the facilitator held up an apple and said, “If I were […]
SME Struggling to record on-the-job training
Hello! We have been going backawards and forwards for years over how best to record on the job training. We have very nice looking log sheets and we do yearly appraisals, at which we record any training needs identified and plan training accordingly (and at some point it gets logged in-great). Our main problem is training […]
How to boost performance through learning
In the third article in our series looking at how learning professionals can deliver on five key business outcomes, Laura Overton, CEO and founder of Towards Maturity, provides insights into how the most successful organisations are boosting performance through learning. Which one of us doesn’t want to help colleagues do their jobs faster or better? […]
“I enjoy team workshops as they’re often where we discover what’s really going on in a business.”
We’re always curious to hear how our members and contributors tackle the challenges that the ever-changing world of L&D throws at them. We’ve got a wealth of experience and knowledge across the site, and what better way to showcase the diversity of our community than to get them to walk us through an average day? Want […]
5 Reasons Employee Well-Being Is Key To Motivation
Employees are often encouraged to push themselves in order to prove they’re working hard. Skipping lunch, sleeping less and otherwise throwing yourself into your work “proves” that you’re more dedicated to your job. UK workers don’t know how to take a break. Couple that with a national trend towards poor health, and what we have […]
