How to meet GDPR requirements?
Have you considered what changes you will make to processing your training company data in line with the upcoming GDPR? Here are a few ideas: https://www.accessplanit.com/blog/training-companies-how-to-ensure-data-processed-ethically-gdpr-requirements I’d love to hear yours! Have you considered what changes you will make to processing your training company data in line with the upcoming GDPR?Here are a few ideas: https://www.accessplanit.com/blog/training-companies-how-to-ensure-data-processed-ethically-gdpr-requirementsI’d love to hear […]
New court ruling could limit by Employer spying
In us, on the subject of your employer looking you at work, the regulation is clear: it is able to, and it in all likelihood does. the enterprise you figure for has the huge latitude to peek into your slack chats, a screen which websites you go to, study your emails, and document your each […]
Showing genuine appreciation in the office; why it’s so important
I often ask business leaders I meet when they last expressed gratitude to a colleague for their work, and the question is almost always met with some contemplation, before an answer of ‘a few weeks/months ago’. Even managers don’t seem to realise that appreciation of staff members is greatly neglected, and that this has a […]
An illusion of progress: women in senior roles
It was recently announced that the number of UK women earning over £1 million annually has doubled over the past 5 years. In the same breath, the report also claimed that women are still outnumbered by men 10 to one in senior positions. An illusion of progress There is an illusion of progress when it […]
How are games rewiring our brains and shaping behaviours of the future?
When I hear the word ‘gamification’, a part of me dies inside. Gamification can often sound like a buzzword, but I never heard or used the word once throughout the 8 years that I worked in mobile games. Our aim was just to create great gaming experiences that were completely player-focused – simple! Having come […]
Effective learning can’t be a one-size-fits-all approach
Personalisation is becoming a key feature of the most effective technology, tailoring the experience to our preferences to make life easier. We now take it for granted that Netflix offers us content suggestions based on what we’ve watched before or Amazon offers us products we might like based on our previous purchases. Yet when it […]
“The urgent challenge to HR leaders is to apply a consumer and a digital lens to the HR function.”
Jeanne Meister is the founder of HR advisory and research firm Future Workplace. In 2015, Jeanne was named to the list of the top 50 Influencers in Corporate Human Resources and Recruiting by Glassdoor. She will be keynoting at Learning Live on September 6th and 7th on what employees will look for in the future workplace and what this […]
4 tactics to help learning leaders influence culture
Our latest benchmark report, Unlocking Potential, shows that learning leaders are hungry to achieve culture-related outcomes. In our last article looking at developing a learning culture we explored the opportunities for L&D to help the organisation learn for itself. They want to increase the sharing of good practice, personalise learning according to individual need and […]
The digital learner: a new breed of learner in the digital age
We have plunged into the digital age. There are many of us who would have preferred to dip a toe in first; however, with the pace of technological advancement, change no longer happens gradually. These days there is only one speed of change… breakneck! And the only way to keep pace is to become an […]
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 […]
Building the global business case for language learning
Businesses operating across borders face challenges ranging from poor communication, having to redo work due to misinterpretation and errors, and lack of trust due to cultural misunderstandings. It is increasingly difficult to engage employees as operations go global and many organisations are looking to motivate employees and attract new recruits by offering training. The key […]
Your mood: the great game changer?
How smart you are depends on your mood. Yes really. As a concept, this seems both absurd and common sense in equal measure. Think of the things you regret doing or saying when you are angry, your inability to think straight during times of stress, or your pure optimism during moments of euphoria. The negative […]
The case for and against: are millennials really that different?
There are plenty of contentious issues in HR and the workplace, and we think it’s important to get a balanced discussion going on some of the bigger questions out there. In this series, we’ll be asking HR experts and practitioners to give us opposing viewpoints on a key issue, and we welcome your input too! If […]
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 […]
The five styles of human communication that consultants need to know
The well-known business adage, ‘people choose to do business with people they like’, should remind us all that whilst the consulting profession may be many things to many people, it is above all and hopefully, forever will be, a people business. It should come as no surprise then, that successful client outcomes are most often […]
How to harness the power of a compelling vision
Vision, one of the most popular buzzwords in business, has been discussed in management literature, offices and boardrooms around the world. Yet I think it remains one of the most misinterpreted and underused concepts in business. Here’s an example of the word “vision” that has become so common. At a recent meeting with Stan, the […]
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 […]
Employee onboarding: how to get new starters off on the right foot
The first six months in a new job can be a difficult time for both the employee and the hiring company. For the former, they want to know that they have made the right choice, are settling in and feel they have the support and tools to show what they can do and become a […]
Driving process improvement through learning
In the third article of 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 fine-tuning business outcomes. As learning professionals we are regularly asked to use technology to help fine-tune the learning process. […]
“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 […]
