“I am generally a satisfied and positive person, but I know that I need to keep a fine balance between improvement and complacency.”
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? […]
Bring success through exceptional first line manager training
Global uncertainties, including political disagreements and economic upheavals, is creating a world that is constantly changing and bringing new challenges to businesses. For this reason, First Line Managers (FLMs) need to be constantly up-to-date with industry knowledge and on the ball with the latest technology. FLMs are some of the most important people in a company, […]
4 Tips For Managing Your Remote Team Of Employees
Remote employment has never been more robust than it is today. More and more professionals desire telecommuting positions, and almost every industry imaginable is accommodating this change in workforce behavior to some degree. 30% of telecommuting employees in a report stated their remote position allowed them to complete more work in less time, and 24% […]
Leadership and the importance of body, mind and spirit
Every week a new piece of scientific research is published that reveals yet more insights into what’s going on in our bodies and minds, and how this impacts the way we act. This covers everything from finding out what leads to consistent high performance through to the study of happiness, personal growth and what it […]
A healthy view of learning
When we talk about leadership, when look towards engaging hearts and minds and empowering people to deliver of their best what do we really mean? We may be forgiven for focusing our efforts solely on helping people in order that they can deliver great business outcomes but is that really the best approach? Let’s take […]
Using big data to improve course design
“Big data” is a term that’s made its way into the business world vernacular over the last few years, and it won’t be going away anytime soon. In fact, an understanding of what big data is and how to use it in your business is more relevant than it’s ever been. This understanding is even […]
Six Common Teamwork Myths put Straight
In 2011, Professor J. Richard Hackman, late Edgar Pierce Professor of Social and Organizational Psychology at Harvard University, wrote an article outlining “Six Common Misperceptions about Teamwork” from his considerable research in the U.S. intelligence community. Here, we revisit his findings and explore them in a little more detail from a Belbin perspective. Myth […]
Why accelerated learning increases your L&D ROI
HR departments are always under pressure to reduce costs and reduce returns. How can you get better value for money? Can you really deliver more with less? Using accelerated leaning could be the answer. Advanced training methods based on the latest psychological research Accelerated learning is an advanced training method, designed to speed up and […]
5 Reasons Why 3D Learning Is The Next Big Thing
In this article, PulseLearning explores the possibilities of 3D learning and the opportunities it can bring to the corporate training landscape. WHY 3D LEARNING COULD BE THE NEXT BIG THING 3D learning is an exciting, developing area of the eLearning industry. With the technology reaching maturity, it’s easy to see that it won’t be long before […]
Increase The Completion Rates of Your Ecourse
MOOCs (Massive Online Open Courses) are extremely popular. People use these to learn about a variety of subjects and connect with a variety of learning resources. This includes ivy league schools and world class speakers and instructors. In spite of this popularity, the completion rate of these courses is less than 10%. Now, many MOOCs […]
Competency frameworks: how can we beat cultural bias towards extraversion?
Are you an “introvert” or an “extravert”? Chances are, you already know the answer to this question – as it’s the basis of many personality tests, a common topic of small talk and a very simple way in which to classify both ourselves and those around us. However, when we consider that these two types […]
A Strategy to Move to an Engaged Corporate Culture
The workplace has changed drastically over the last few years. This is partially due to digital disruption, but also because the employer-employee relationship has changed. There are strong parallels between the characteristics of a modern employee and a modern customer; we have been describing employees as “internal customers” for some years now, without really analyzing […]
10 reasons to use video in L&D
Everyone loves video, but does it help learning stick? Martin Baker looks at the research into its effectiveness. Our love affair with video it seems knows no bounds – YouTube statistics are jaw-dropping, with more than a billion users and hundreds of millions of hours of videos watched every day. Video is great at sharing […]
FAQ – New Name
I’m looking for a creative / unique way to call FAQ’s for Training sessions. Typically when we talk about FAQs they aren’t actually Frequently Asked Questions at all, but questions that the Trainer creates that we think our participants will ask during our training. What would you, or do you, call your FAQ section of […]
Trainers – Who needs them?
Increasingly businesses are wanting to put their learning on line. Turn it into an ‘app’. Make it accessible 24/7 from anywhere in the world. This (they argue) will mean more people are learning more of the time. Accessibility and flexibility is key. Yes… …and no. How many of you have fitness DVDs/games at home? What […]
3 Key Tips to Drive Customers to Your Startup
When your startup or small business runs on a tight marketing budget, reaching out to the target audience becomes a daunting task. The market has many new and established competitors vying get the customers’ attention. To grab a market share for your new company, you need to be extra vigilant about the moves of your competitors. […]
Creating a Work Culture Focused on Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity at the office doesn’t begin and end with the IT department. In fact, it takes everyone to truly create a secure network. That means you need to foster a culture of cybersecurity from the CEO down to the clerks and assistants. Everyone needs to know how to protect the network from viruses and hackers. […]
Is ‘radical candour’ really a new approach to management?
If you pride yourself on your care and consideration for colleagues and your ability to sidestep potential conflict, you might smugly consider yourself to be doing rather well. But I have news for you: your lack of candour means you’re in dangerous territory known as ‘ruinous empathy’, or so says former Google executive Kim Scott, […]
Unfreezing the middle: how to unleash your middle management potential
In just the last few months, I’ve heard many executives say, “We are frozen in the middle.” These leaders are frustrated that their organisations are stuck by misaligned goals, unclear accountabilities and poor handoffs between levels of leadership. Others have added, “We have good people. What is going on?” Executives want help unfreezing the middle and […]
The secrets of simple graphics
Because graphics are concerned with hand drawn images style and quality vary hugely amongst presenters, facilitators and others who use graphics in their work. Much like the way handwriting is a unique insight into someone’s personality, their humanity, hand drawn graphics offer us a similar observation. No two persons’ drawings are quite the same. It […]