Unconscious Bias training activities
Hello, Can anyone help me in sharing any activities that demonstrate unconscious bias – I remember an activity with a plane from a long time ago – but can not remember this! Hello,Can anyone help me in sharing any activities that demonstrate unconscious bias – I remember an activity with a plane from a long […]
Redundancy recovery: how to get back on track
Redundancy is something many of us will have to deal with during our careers, and it's never a nice experience when it does happen – no surprises there. But what may raise a few eyebrows is just how many people would choose to keep news of their redundancy to themselves. Almost half of those who […]
Who are you under your suit?
Steve Jobs once said that intuition is more powerful than intellect. As it turns out, he was onto something big. And the scientific community backs him up. It seems we’ve been giving intuition far too little respect. “Intuition will tell the thinking mind where to look next.” – Jonas Salk The importance of slowing down […]
21st century skills: 5 steps to better development
Not too long ago, a focus on soft skills in academia was met with a serious amount of scepticism. By now however, ‘21st century skills’ has developed itself to a ubiquitous buzzword and the sense that students need more than just academic intellectual ability is growing. But how to prime them for success in this […]
Influencing- it’s all in the preparation
We have been working with a national organisation developing staff's influencing skills. Demands on their services are set to increase significantly in this decade to over 1 million service users. This places significant demands on the organisation and their ability to provide a first class service. Influencing has been identified by the charity’s leadership team […]
“I deeply value the opportunity to spend time with people talking about what is meaningful to them.”
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? […]
Harnessing the power of youthful imagination
The Greek philosopher, Aristotle allegedly said – "Give me a child until the age of seven and I will show you the man". This quote probably was based on the assumption that by the age of seven, education would have prepared the child for adulthood. Whether or not this is the case, what is clear […]
Is Learning Obsolete?
When I began working in learning and development many years ago, we didn’t call it learning and development, we called it training. But the word training became unfashionable – it suggested something directive, something given, rather than received. Over time, Training Managers became Learning and Development Managers. But did anything really change? I’ve been wondering […]
Lost at Sea Copywrite?
This exercise has been around for ages now and I've seen it used loads, but does anyone know who owns the copywrite for Lost at Sea? I want to do the right thing with regards crediting the owner etc, but I cannot find anything concrete (Google seach is inconclusive). Cheers lovely people. This exercise has […]
Strategies To Keep You Sane When You Hate Your Job
Very few people are lucky enough to go straight from college into the career of our dreams. For most of us, there is at least a little time spent in jobs that we loathe. If you are currently in a job that you just can’t stand, here are our seven tips on how to get […]
Don’t Buy Fiat Drivers a Christmas Present
I loved last week’s excellent Managers’ Library Insight from Frances, ‘A Different Perspective’, and it inspired me to revisit a human trait that disappoints and fascinates me in almost equal measure. I’m talking (again) of Confirmation Bias, that strange phenomenon that goes some way to explaining stereotypes, prejudice and ill feeling, and which, importantly, also […]
Responsibility at work: using it to solve value incongruence
There's so much rich insight coming out of the academic sector that HR professionals need to know. At Academics' Corner we feature the best HR researchers that tell you what they’ve found and what you need to do differently on the back of the research. Get connected to the academic sector through Academics’ Corner and […]
So, you think you’re SMART enough?
We all need to know the direction in which we are headed; what is required of us to get there; how well we are doing in terms of progress and achievement along the way. Task based objectives are frequently set. Managers sometimes assume staff know how well they are doing or what to do in […]
MBTI Activities
I am running a team building workshop for a small marketing team and would like some ideas for exercises and activities looking at the whole type and type dynamics. I have heard about a desert island and space survival challenge that I would love to see if anyone has as well as other activities. Everyone in the team has already […]
Voice & body language exercises
Has anyone got any unusual voice and body language exercises / activities. (Particular emphasis on Sales and Customer Service training) Has anyone got any unusual voice and body language exercises / activities. (Particular emphasis on Sales and Customer Service training)
The Learning Zone and what a horse can teach us…
I can think of no better way to explain what I mean by the Learning Zone than to revisit one of the proudest achievements of my life to date; training a young unhandled horse from scratch and teaching him to be ridden. I wasn’t sure if I could do it. I’d only owned/ridden one horse […]
Can you share resources for training international employees on American workplace culture?
Are there any books or articles you have come across that illustrate a need for training on American/local workplace culture for international employees? Or what to aspects to focus on? Are there any books or articles you have come across that illustrate a need for training on American/local workplace culture for international employees? Or what to aspects […]
Five things that great teachers believe in
The desire for quick fixes, and the lure of catchy publication titles has in some ways reduced the process of improving learning for L&D professionals to sets of 'top tricks', snake-oil tools, and the latest innovations in secret sauce. It’s how our practice becomes one of fragmented bricolage rather than scalable and sustainable development. Walking […]
Skill or Will is the answer – what’s the question?
The question of staff performance management boils down to 3 simple questions: Knowledge: Do they know what to do? Skill: Do they know how to do it? Will: Do they want to do it? "As a leader you must understand the needs in individuals and how they operate, so that you can work with […]
So you think you can’t draw?
The first time I saw one of my Dad’s drawings was September last year. We were visiting my brother’s house and my niece was gently encouraging (i.e. pestering) him to draw on her blackboard. He drew a tree and a boat. At that moment I realised I had never seen my Dad draw before. It was quite […]
