New Year Resolutions for Healthier Leadership
In the spirit of change and personal improvement this January 2018, Mary Sisson takes a look at what New Year Resolutions leaders should be making to ensure they’re Fit to Lead through the volatility that 2018 may bring. Mary agrees that mind and body health are linked to effective leadership. Leadership is as much about […]
The benefits of training with CMI
Being the only charted professional body of leadership and management, the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) provides assurance that CMI qualifications are of the highest quality. If you are thinking about training with CMI, take a look at the following ways a CMI qualification will give your career, your employees, or your team a boost. Every […]
How to Enable Employee Leadership in The Workplace
It’s no longer enough for growing companies to train employees in the skills they need to do their jobs. Team leaders and managers must also help their people develop leadership skills. After all, when current leaders move upwards, they need people who can move into their roles. The time to develop these important skills isn’t […]
To lose one employee….
January 2018: Plans for the year are in place; you have devised a training scheme which will develop the skills needed to deliver the plan and everything is on track. Then the first resignation letter arrives, followed by another and another. All of a sudden your hopes for the year are thrown into disarray in […]
Three Keys For Network Marketing Success
It’s clear that we’re in changing times when it comes to how business is carried out. For example, the baby boomer generation, which consists of close to 80 million people, are on record saying that they’d be open to starting a business — according to studies. The day of the 9-to-5 being the end all […]
How to energise your entire workforce
Most learning and development professionals know that a highly-engaged workforce will perform better – in fact, 50% more according to the report ‘Engaging Hearts and Minds’ by Hay Research Group (2015). But how can you tap into that energy that will ignite the fire within your people? The missing ingredient to most engagement programmes is […]
Payoffs from funding university study
Education is fundamental to starting a professional career, and can be vital to building it and taking it in new directions. While the payoff for individuals can obviously be great, companies also benefit from investing in the professional development of employees. According to the Society for Human Resource Management, 56 percent of employers offer undergraduate […]
Building a SADEL organisation: the framework
Building a Self-Directed, Agile, Digital, Exponential, Learning (SADEL) organisation is critical to survival in a digital world. In part 2 of a 5-part series, organisational behaviourist and learning strategist Kerryn Kohl takes an in-depth look at the framework required to build this type of organisation. In part one I outlined three major shifts that need […]
How to design an effective team dynamics workshop?
I have an assignment for a training/workshop session to facilitate the teambuilding and formation of a project team. The participants are from an NGO working with youth. I have around 4 hours with the group, and I’ve put together an initial session plan, focusing mostly on teamwork and team dynamics, with a couple of exercises […]
Trends shaping team leadership and management
With advancements in technology and evolving working patterns, we are witnessing a fundamental shift in the way organisations are operating and how team leaders and managers are running teams. In order to keep up to date with evolving working patterns, organisations need to be aware of the trends shaping team leadership and management. Rise in […]
Leaders never stop learning
We live in a fast paced ever-changing world. Technological and societal developments are constantly driving us in new and unexpected directions, disruptor companies are springing up to challenge established norms, and areas such as sustainability and social conscience are increasingly coming to the fore. It would It would be reasonable to suppose therefore that leadership […]
5 Reasons to Invest in Language Training
Leaders in global companies will understand that there are challenges in conducting international business when employees don’t speak the languages of current and potential future customers, suppliers and partners. Language can be a barrier to effective communication both inside and outside the company when employees lack language skills—but it doesn’t have to be. There are […]
A Mentorship Framework to Make You a Better Leader
Regardless of your industry, mentoring is a unique relationship facilitating the transfer of knowledge and skills between two people, grounded in a commitment to common goals and based in mutual trust and respect. Both the mentor and the mentee have the opportunity to learn and grow from this relationship, which the recipient gaining valuable knowledge […]
Five strategies for writing an effective improvement plan
Improving quality is a critical step on the (seemingly endless) road to nirvana for training provider leaders. But what does it take to produce an effective plan to carry this out? Like many things, preparation is critical when writing an improvement plan. So is remembering to keep things simple, clear and precise when delivering a […]
What is a SADEL organisation and why should you transition towards this model?
In part 1 of an 8-part series, organisational behaviourist and learning strategist Kerryn Kohl introduces us to the Self-driven, Agile, Digital, Exponential Learning (SADEL) organisation, and highlights the need for companies to move towards this framework in order to be successful within a fast-moving digital age. Learning is fast becoming a business-critical priority. We can all ‘feel’ […]
Strategic narratives: a simple story of successful leadership
“But we’ve told them a thousand times….” This is the frustrated refrain of senior executives when we discuss survey results saying that people have said they don’t know the organisation’s strategy. Everyone would agree the pace of change in business let alone the world means that businesses must be nimble to anticipate and respond to […]
How can mindfulness make you a better leader?
I have been involved in leadership programs for many years, and have often noticed that on them, very intelligent, aware and senior people still surprise themselves by discovering uncomfortable truths about themselves, especially triggers or personal ‘hot spots’. They often feel the need for self-management tools, especially for use under stress. They understand that the […]
Leaders: Stop procrastinating & start working!
So, it is Friday afternoon and the clock is ticking. You are working hard to finish off that meeting with the client and resume the pending task that you promised yourself to finish today. But, instead of doing anything, you start cursing yourself and the time. It is not the time that is affecting you, […]
Succession Planning
I’ve recently joined an organisation in which there is not much business growth and not much movement either – especially in relation to new openings in management roles. Therefore, the non-management colleagues feel there is little opportunity for progression, so are more likely to exit the business to seek other opportunities or remain in the […]
Authority or Anarchy: What’s the Right Balance?
The business medium has become more and more preoccupied with management strategies and there are probably thousands of written and video pieces offering advice on how to balance organizational authority with employee freedom. The new generations impacted company culture, influencing the rise of a more progressive management that focuses on employee experience. The advantages offered […]
