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.
Leadership development: Whose job is it anyway?
Leadership development is far more effective when the right stakeholders – beyond HR and L&D – are actively involved. Here, Dani Bacon and Garin Rouch of Distinction Business Consulting, outline the four critical players essential to turn leadership potential into capability.
How leaders can support mental health
Over a third (36%) of workers believe that their organisations have done nothing to help stave off employee burnout. On Mental Health Awareness Week, Thom Dennis, CEO of Serenity in Leadership, urges leader to assess how they support their employees’ mental health.
Leadership development at scale: A case study on building capability without compromise
What does it take to scale leadership development globally – without sacrificing the personal touch? Donna Verdi of Kroll and Julie Havard of LSP Leadership share how they tackled this challenge head-on, revealing the practical lessons behind a real-world rollout.
The business impact of L&D: How to prove your value to senior leaders
The business impact of L&D is no longer a topic for debate – it’s a priority for senior leaders across industries. With pressure mounting to show ROI, Aisling MacNamara of LearnUpon shares actionable insights on how to bridge the gap between learning initiatives and measurable business outcomes.
Line managers: You shouldn’t have gone to Specsavers
Danny Wilkinson, Co-founder of Traction Coaching explores why it’s time for line managers to stop looking elsewhere and to take a good look at themselves.
Rewilding leadership: How to learn from nature’s resilience
Spring has sprung and nature is teeming. But what’s that got to do with leadership development? Thom Dennis, CEO of Serenity in Leadership, believes we can take inspiration from natural ecosystems to help organisations develop resilient structures. Here, he shares practical techniques for applying this progressive approach coined ‘Rewilding leadership’.
The discipline-only trend crushing workplace motivation
What is the discipline-only trend and why is it pushing motivation off the agenda? Coaching expert Matt Somers explores the problem with applying this orthodoxy at work and why ‘wanting to’ still wins.
