Four tips for coping in a BANI world
The world has moved beyond VUCA. A framework that captures today’s reality more honestly is BANI – brittle, anxious, nonlinear and incomprehensible. If our challenges feel harder to grasp, it’s because they are. Here, L&D expert Nigel Paine offers four practical strategies to help your workforce not just survive, but flourish in this unfathomable new world.
When learning and development labels become limiting
Are we so entrenched in debates about terminology that we forget the bigger picture? That learning and development is, essentially, about providing help? Leadership coach Matt Somer invites us to ditch the rigid definitions, remove the unnecessary boundaries and see the difference we can make.
The new rules of delegation: Trust first, tasks second
Delegation isn’t just about sharing workload – it’s about building trust and creating psychological safety. Dr Anna Barnett of Mindtools explores how shifting from task-focused to trust-first delegation transforms teams, drives innovation, and empowers both leaders and employees.
Is generational stereotyping limiting your leadership potential?
Are your leaders falling into the generational stereotyping trap? Deborah Wain of LDL Leadership Development reveals how the real challenge isn’t managing different generations – it’s letting go of age-based assumptions that may be limiting leadership potential. Discover four practical strategies that prioritise individual connection over generational labels.
Skills-based organisations: The role of learning and development
Skills-based learning is gaining ground, but what exactly is it? And how can learning and development support the transition towards this future-ready approach?
Personal development: 20 tips for tackling imposter syndrome
How to get out of your own way and find the path to success.
Five 2025 training trends: Addressing the knowing-doing gap
What training needs are organisations investing in right now? Workplace expert Matt Dean explores the knowledge gaps organisations are looking to close in 2025 – and what they reveal about the current employment landscape.
Leadership development alone won’t build a high-functioning team
Despite what many assume, leadership training alone doesn’t create high-functioning teams. In this article, Dani Bacon and Garin Rouch of Distinction Business Consulting share hard truths about the gaping hole in leadership development – and how to actually fix your stuck teams.
Five ways managers can leverage neuroscience to drive team success
Behavioural specialist and neuroscientist Dr Lynda Shaw shares how using neuroscience is giving savvy organisations a competitive advantage, and how managers can make the most out of this gold mine.
Is your L&D team playing on ‘defence’ or ‘offence’?
By reflecting on and challenging the priorities that currently inform your L&D goals and strategies, you can enable and accelerate significant change.
Resistance to change is your ally, not your enemy
Those who are resistant to your change programme are not the villains. Dani Bacon and Garin Rouch of Distinction Business Consulting share five reasons why resistors are, in fact, your friends.
Is it weak to focus on strengths? Is it strong to examine weakness?
While coaching practices vary, there is a trend towards developing strengths. But it’s important to balance strengths and weaknesses. Here are some practical considerations to empower individuals to reach their full potential.
How your childhood affects your leadership skills
Did you know that early childhood experiences can shape the leaders we become? Leadership expert and consultant Nik Kinley and IMD Business School Professor Shlomo Ben-Hur explain how our understanding of this can help optimise performance under pressure.
Nine tips for securing the learning investment you need
Learning and development is an important investment for organisations. Here are nine tips for creating a robust learning investment strategy to drive forward organisational success.
Four accountability traps and how managers can avoid them
Lack of accountability among team members can be frustrating for leaders and damaging for organisations. Dani Bacon and Garin Rouch explore common traps that undermine accountability and provide practical tips to avoid them.
Is your leadership style spreading fear?
According to a global study, nearly one-quarter of UK leaders are leading with fear. How can we tackle and alleviate fear and, most importantly, ensure we aren’t propagating it ourselves?
Four hard questions L&D professionals must ask themselves
Are you asking the tough questions that drive impact? L&D expert Nigel Paine urges the learning profession to stop making surface-level inquiries and, instead, interrogate the root of problems, get curious about AI innovations, and seriously consider L&D’s future.
Active listening in coaching: A leadership essential
Coaching expert Matt Somers explores how Julian Treasure’s five listening practices can transform your leadership. Discover how active listening in coaching builds trust, boosts performance and creates deeper, more meaningful conversations with your team.
AI leadership skills: Genuine asset or digital window dressing?
Leaders are racing to add AI skills such as ‘prompt engineering’ to their LinkedIn profiles – but are they real or just for show? L&D expert Robin Hoyle explores why genuine AI literacy matters, how HR and L&D can bridge the adoption gap, and what’s at stake if leaders get it wrong.
L&D leaders, get set for complete change
If shifts like LMS to LXP, microlearning, video learning, and gamification felt disruptive, the next wave of L&D change will be even more revolutionary – and that’s a good thing, says global HR analyst Josh Bersin.
