Change: Are you in the Driving Seat?
Over the past three years, I’ve been spending a lot of time reviewing and updating face-to-face training activities I’ve written for Trainers’ Library so that they can be delivered remotely using Zoom or Teams. One that I recently revisited was Passengers, a change management module, that uses a car journey as a metaphor for change. […]
Walking the walk when it comes to talking the talk: Investing time and resources into listening to your workforce
Julie Chakraverty discusses the importance of providing the time and resources for staff to have meaningful, candid conversations where they feel truly heard.
How to use journey mapping in learning design
Journey mapping is a great way to identify opportunities to improve the learner experience. If you’re new to the process, this quick guide will help.
Seven secrets of inspirational speakers
There are seven important things to remember if you want to be an effective presenter.
How conscious leaders cultivate immersed employees
Forget engagement – employees desire work immersion. But how can leaders nurture this?
Should I tell my team they’re stars?
Someone told me the other day that they never tell anyone that they’re a star. Which drew my attention to the fact that I do. All the time. I even tried it with my French teacher but apparently it’s not a phrase the French use. She suggested I use instead, “Tu es un as” (You […]
The Art of Desk-Bombing
Desk-bombing; it’s a thing apparently. One in a long line of office catchphrases. It describes the act of approaching someone at their desk to talk to them, without warning. Apparently, in some circles, this is considered scandalous. So, let me confess upfront, I am a desk-bomber. I delight in it; always have. My most cherished […]
People at the heart of effective governance
At the end of March 2023 there were 4,645,402 entities on the effective register of UK companies. That’s an increase of 1.5% on the number seen at the end of 2022 and a 3.2% increase on the number as at the end of March 2022. Whilst many of these organisations will be small private companies, […]
How to roll out ADHD coaching and promote inclusivity
8 ways organisations can implement ADHD coaching to create an ADHD-inclusive culture.
How to kill your learning culture in one simple step
Follow these steps to ruin your organisational culture and demotivate your staff
Employee visibility: Time to step up and be seen
Being seen at work comes easily for some but for others, it is a challenge. Thom Dennis gives his tips on making an impact at work.
Making the four-day week work for your team
Teams need to work smarter, not harder, to meet the demands of a new workforce which no longer believes in the traditional nine-to-five way of working.
Engaging in training
Once upon a time in a workplace far far away one of our colleagues was being trained on, or to put it more accurately instructed how to follow, a new process. When they asked for clarification in order to better understand the reason behind the process they were told that they didn’t need to understand, […]
The 12 ways that mentorships can catalyse personal and professional growth
Is 2023 the year to encourage mentoring in your organisation to improve communication and boost EI?
The new social contract: Rethinking L&D to make work ‘work’ for your employees
Is it time for L&D to strategise its career development offerings to help boost employee expectations?
Six tips to help solve L&D content chaos
Employees are bogged down in ceaseless resources and it’s killing their focus. Explore six savvy ways to refine and create compelling content.
Poetry From Esalen
Wisdom and Nonsense In Equal Measure Well, I think I needed that! There is a depth of personal healing and permission in some places that simply aren’t available anywhere else. For me, that place is the Esalen Institute on the spectacular Pacific coast of Northern California. Perched above an ocean of whales and teeming […]
Beyond knowledge: Five ways to ensure learning is applied
L&D expert Robin Hoyle outlines five ways to ensure learning is applied.
Podcasts: Your next learning and development offering?
The increasing popularity of podcasts makes them an invaluable addition to a training managers tool kit
Employee Engagement & The Great Resignation
The Great Resignation is a phenomenon that doesn’t seem to be going away. A recent report has suggested that close to three quarters of workers in the US are thinking about quitting their job and in the UK, an article from Bloomberg reported that nearly half of employers surveyed are seeing higher staff turnover than in 2019. […]
