Tackling a problem like the skills crisis
Assessments and metrics are sorely needed if we are ever going to begin to narrow the skills gap in the UK.
Five unexpected barriers to learning transfer
Failure to embed learning transfer is costing businesses money and hindering employees’ learning. Here are some ways to stop the cycle.
Employee feedback: How to design shorter 360 surveys without losing impact
Maintaining employees’ attention span while collecting valuable feedback requires a robust survey design.
What we can learn about debriefing from the world of flying
How the debriefing process – essential to success in the world of flight – can help leaders achieve excellence.
What are we trying to achieve through learning interventions?
Jackie Clifford explains what we can do to help enable team members to turn knowledge into action when returning from learning interventions.
Training requests: Why L&D must do more detective work
L&D need to do more detective work to truly add value.
Managing leadership performance with effective 360
Elva Ainsworth discusses the merits of utilising 360 within management performance – outlining six ways in which leaders can maximise the benefits.
Why we need ethical leaders
To lead with the type of compassion and insight that the world needs, leaders have to understand themselves and others – they have to be ethical.
Why space for reflection is critical in learning and development
By making reflection a habit, L&D practitioners have the potential to offer so much more value.
The great learning transfer swindle – and three ways to avoid the trap
Don’t be fooled. When it comes to measuring learning, quick and easy numbers don’t tell the whole story.
How to pick the right skills assessment method for your learners
How to pick the right assessment method to evaluate a learner’s current comprehension of topics and assess business needs
Why Work Isn’t As Meaningful As You Thought
The journey of work is an odyssey of self-knowledge and self-development that consumes most of your time as an adult human – which is perhaps why 36% of adults admit to being unhappy with their experience of employment – this stat coming from Indeed’s most recent Work Happiness Score – which measures data for […]
Beyond knowledge: Five ways to ensure learning is applied
L&D expert Robin Hoyle outlines five ways to ensure learning is applied.
Is it time for the death of learning culture?
Learning culture has been a ‘new concept’ for a while now. But is it time for the ‘learning culture’ we’re familiar with to move forward, asks Jo Wright.
How L&D can partner with managers to surface meaningful learning data
Digging beneath the figures is the only way to understand the true impact of learning
Strategic Alignment of Learning Programmes
Strategic alignment, which aligns learning programmes with the business needs and objectives, is universally considered among the top challenges for learning and development professionals. Strategic alignment involves starting with the end in mind, determining the performance objectives of the learning programmes, and then designing and delivering training to achieve those specific objectives. To master strategic […]
Learning analytics: how to make a small bit of data go a long way
Securing quick wins from your existing data will help get buy-in from management to take your analytics to the next level.
Inspiring Your Conscious Career Move For 2021
In the last months of my career as a Barrister there were signs telling me that something was off in my life. My relationship with my boyfriend was no longer bringing me joy, inspiration, or fun. (If I am honest, there was a voice in my head for quite a while telling me to jump […]
Four learning metrics that improve business value
A data-driven approach is key to assessing the efficacy of your learning programmes.
People development: how to match learning styles to the learner
One size doesn’t necessarily fit all when it comes to learning.
