Coaching: how to nurture high performing teams and individuals

Coaching requires the right conditions as well as the right mindset to take effect.
Three soft skills that will increase your company’s profit

Soft skills can directly impact your bottom line – and here are the ones that count the most.
Critical thinking: Six ways to sharpen your analytical skills

Emma Sue Prince outlines the six key areas we need to assess before we can start to work on improving our analytical abilities.
Positives of Learning From Mistakes as a Leader

Making mistakes has become somewhat synonymous with failure and that it is wrong for mistakes to have been committed, but from making mistakes you can accelerate your learning and resilience as a business owner and leader, and even thrive from there on because of them. The pandemic has been the catalyst for so many businesses […]
Money laundering, bribery and corporate liability

“Although there are no exact figures there is a realistic possibility that the scale of money laundering impacting the UK annually is in the hundreds of billions of pounds.” That quote from the National Crime Agency’s website starkly underlines the importance of anti-money-laundering training across UK businesses. [1] And whilst finance, accounting, legal and property […]
How to develop career starters in a hybrid workplace

Disruptions to our working practices have caused a disconnect for many new employees. Now is the time for L&D need to focus on collaboration and communication
We need to ‘build back better’ work conversations

Employees always knew they’d be going back to a different kind of workplace. New health and safety measures; more automation; less contact time; more options for remote working. But there’s something more fundamental happening underneath all of that. The nature of our conversations at work has seen a step-change. That means implications for HR and training […]
Emotional intelligence: The EAR approach

How can leaders better engage with emotions in the workplace?
4 Examples Of Mobile Learning For Skills Training

Mobile learning is the most preferred mode of learning in digital learning methods. It helps you deliver digital learning anytime, anywhere, and on any device. Mobile learning helps employees learn at their own pace by enabling them to access the courses or modules on their devices. Through repetition and smart pacing, learners benefit in terms of better […]
Crediting Your Emotional Bank

One of the more surprising discoveries when we moved to France was that almost no-one here has a credit card. Many banks don’t even offer them, except in the form of a deferred debit card (where the full balance is cleared every month). It feels like the attitude to personal debt here is very different, […]
Personal development: how to stimulate better business thinking

Your people are talented, smart and have knowledge and expertise that you value – they are your experts in their fields. Unfortunately this can sometimes stop them from being innovative because, as an expert, you are expected to know the answers to any business questions that arise relating to your domain of skill and knowledge. […]
Can charisma overcome resistance towards training and development?

Proven techniques to engage learners who are resistant or negative.
Leadership skills: why we all need to learn how and when to lead

All of us can be leaders at any point in our careers and we need to rise to this challenge.
Personal development: why today’s young leaders need individual coaching and mentoring

Why individual coaching is needed in today’s complex professional environment.
Call to Action for Conscious Professionals in 5 Qs

It is trite to say these remain peculiarly disruptive times, yet they do. Disruption in any system inspires change by shifting the energetic field of possibility and potential. So in today’s tumultuous world, we have a daily opportunity to reassess and refocus our activities. More profoundly we have a moment-to-moment opportunity to cultivate our thoughts […]
Personal development: eight ways to be more proactive during a crisis

Tips and tricks for becoming more proactive during the pandemic.
Developing the microskills essential for digital transformation

In an age of digital transformation and automation, we need to explore skills at a more granular level.
Leadership: a tale of two teams

Prioritising your time and attention at work can be challenging.
Positive Goal Setting

One thing I’ve been reflecting on this week is the nature of goals. A few weeks ago, I wrote about how recognising and celebrating ‘little wins’ can help us feel more positive and in control. On the back of this, I realised that our personal goals have an important role to play in ensuring we have those […]
How to build a resilient team in 2021

If there’s one skill this year calls for more than any other, it’s resilience.