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).
11 expert predictions for learning and development in 2025
What is in store for learning and development this year? We’ve asked 11 industry experts to share their key predictions for 2025.
‘What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger’ – and other resilience myths
It makes sense to upskill your workers to boost resilience. But what you believe to be true about resilience – and what it takes to build it – might be wrong.
The power of reflection time
Reflection can be a very empowering process, if you implement it in the right way.
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.
Back to basics: How to build skills and capability frameworks
Learn what a skills and capability framework is, and how to build an effective version for your organisation.
What managers need to STOP doing to become effective coaches
The biggest challenge for coaches in the making is not grasping new techniques, it’s letting go of bad habits. Coaching expert Matt Somers explores…
TrainingZone’s 2024 most popular reads
As we reach the end of 2024, it is time to reflect on the learning and development themes that caught your attention throughout the year.
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.
Widening the window of tolerance: Three ways to lead through discomfort
Leaders must be equipped to help staff build their resilience to deal with moments of discomfort. Karen Liebenguth outlines three ways to approach this by supporting safety, dignity and belonging at work.
You do you and I’ll do me: How to meet in the middle in a polarised world
How can colleagues come together when they have little in common? Joanne Lockwood urges us to overcome entrenched and polarised beliefs and bridge the divide.
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.
Compassionate leadership: Soft option or strategic necessity?
Compassionate leadership is a new management and leadership approach providing strategic advantage to many businesses, but is it really worth it?
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.
‘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!
How good are your listening skills?
Listening to your team can transform communication, build trust and improve leadership effectiveness. But only if you’re doing it well. Dani Bacon and Garin Rouch of Distinction Business Consulting share common barriers to good listening and how to remove them.
Building resilient organisations: The leader’s role in cultivating resilience
Investing in the resilience of leaders can yield significant returns for any organisation. When leaders are resilient, they can inspire and lead their teams through any challenge, ensuring the organisation not only survives, but thrives.
Personal development: 20 tips for tackling imposter syndrome
How to get out of your own way and find the path to success.
Skills-based organisations: The role of learning and development
Skills-based learning is gaining ground, but what exactly is it? And how can learning and development support the transition towards this future-ready approach?
