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. […]
Microlearning Training Scenarios With Examples
Summary: Microlearning can be implemented as a pre-training solution to get familiar with the subject or as a post-training refresher. In this article, I will share 3 scenarios where microlearning fits best. Microlearning Training Scenarios With Examples In one of my previous articles, I mentioned the following about microlearning: Microlearning focused on a specific objective, cutting out all […]
Employee Engagement as a Way to Go Green
The upsurge of ethical consumerism with growing global demand has emphasized the need for sustainable resources. Besides, it has pushed businesses to tie their identity around a positive corporate image. If managed effectively, employees can provide the momentum towards this vision. However, to make this happen, organizations need to work on a proper employee engagement […]
Shifting focus to capability development in 2022
Mark Creighton discusses how L&D professionals can move past skills and building capabilities to strengthen the future of our nation’s workforce.
Beyond blended learning: Why the future is fusion
The post pandemic landscape is changing rapidly with learners demanding both quality resources and engaging experiences delivered in a variety of ways
Cultivate a culture of workplace innovation
What exactly is it that drives businesses forward? In most cases, it’s your people and innovation. A bright spark that is formed, developed and workshopped until becoming a fully tangible concept, eventually generating revenue and new markets – is the nirvana. But both your people and their innovation need to be nurtured, which was complex […]
National Inclusion Week: Achieving unity through learning and development
To mark National Inclusion Week, Julian John examines how to embed knowledge, empathy and engagement as a learning and development professional.
Digital Transformation Of Your Corporate Training
Digital transformation helps to create learning experiences that enhance the organization’s potential and productivity, catapulting it to the trajectory of sustainable growth. In this blog, I will share tips on making the digital transformation of your corporate training a success. Learning never stops. Training is the raison d’etre to keep the ball of corporate learning rolling. It […]
10 statistics showing L&D has changed for good
As the world attempts to find a new norm, it’s become apparent for learning and development professionals that the changes the field saw over the course of the pandemic aren’t going anywhere anytime soon. Here’s the quick run-down from research in 2021. 1. 70% of SMEs say they plan to train and develop existing employees to […]
Six ways to improve employee wellbeing
Employee wellbeing is a key concern for human resource professionals more so than ever. As Janice Benning, BiteSize Learning’s Wellbeing Lead explains “prevention is so much better than cure – while there are times when an employee needs to take time off, taking proactive steps to promote good mental wellbeing and prevent work-related stress […]
Four ways to drive learner engagement in a world of unknowns
Four key approaches that ensure learning is relevant and engaging for employees, no matter where or when they are learning.
How can L&D professionals better sell themselves to the C-Suite?
How can L&D better sell their offering to business leaders?
How to make learning and development relevant for gen Z
The TikTok generation has no time for useless training.
How furloughed employees can ‘find their flow’ with self-development
L&D has an opportunity to help furloughed employees to develop – but it requires empathy.
Best Ways to Boost Employee Loyalty
When developing a stronger team it is imperative that you build employee loyalty. It’s important to keep and build long-term relationships with employees. Employee retention saves your company money, and it saves you time. Not only does employee loyalty save you money, but it creates a more productive workforce. Your employees will work harder, and […]