How good are your listening skills?
Listening to your team can transform communication, build trust and improve leadership effectiveness. But only if you’re doing it well. Dani Bacon and Garin Rouch of Distinction Business Consulting share common barriers to good listening and how to remove them.
Building resilient organisations: The leader’s role in cultivating resilience
Investing in the resilience of leaders can yield significant returns for any organisation. When leaders are resilient, they can inspire and lead their teams through any challenge, ensuring the organisation not only survives, but thrives.
Personal development: 20 tips for tackling imposter syndrome
How to get out of your own way and find the path to success.
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?
How to embrace innovation as a Chief Learning Officer
Chief Learning Officers today will fail if they do not wholeheartedly embrace innovation and step away from the comfort of traditional training approaches. Cathy Hoy, CEO of CLO100, outlines four foundations to successful innovation in L&D.
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.
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.
Are we losing expertise to AI?
There are rising concerns we will lose expertise as we increasingly use generative AI to perform work-related tasks. TrainingZone columnist Robin Hoyle examines whether this is a worry we should pay attention to.
Engaged managers: The secret ingredient to a happy workforce
New research shows manager engagement is critical to wider employee engagement. Cultural architect Chris Hardy offers five ways to equip managers with effective strategies to nurture high-performing, engaged teams.
Gareth Southgate as a leader: What went wrong?
What is it about Gareth Southgate’s leadership skills that captured our attention? And where did it all go wrong? L&D expert Nigel Paine investigates…
Skills England: A Beacon of hope or a missed opportunity?
Could Skills England address the skills gap, where the apprenticeship levy and other government initiatives have fallen short? TrainingZone columnist Erica Farmer is not new to this game and will not be fooled.
Angela Rayner: What does it take to keep your leader in check?
As a self-proclaimed “rebel with a cause”, Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner will be unafraid to keep Prime Minister Keir Starmer in check. Blaire Palmer, author of “Punks in Suits – How to lead the workplace reformation” considers how valuable such a role is… but not everyone is cut out for the job.
Four workplace culture trends observed in 240 progressive organisations
From analysing the activities of 240 people-first organisations, HRZone’s Culture Pioneers campaign reveals four workplace culture trends to pay attention to. As a media partner for the campaign, TrainingZone examines these trends and offers key takeaways for L&D professionals.
Navigating generational perceptions of GenAI
Deloitte research highlights both worry and excitement among Gen Z with regards to Generative AI. Erica Farmer explores how accounting for different generational experiences of GenAI is a strategic imperative for employers and L&D.
Share the load with AI to create great training
Training designer Sheridan Webb explores why your role in learning and development is safe if you collaborate with AI rather than compete with it – and how to do it.
Reckoning with Pride… and the rest of the year
In the final instalment of this content series on reckoning with DEI, Lior Locher and Dr Christy Allen explore life after Pride month, and how to ensure your DEI activities continue for the other 11 months of the year.
Marketing mastery: A guide for learning leaders
As a learning leader, you’re not just an educator or facilitator, you’re also a marketer. This dual role is critical in today’s competitive business environment, where the success of L&D initiatives often depends on effectively marketing them within the organisation.
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.
Is our learning world really changing?
In the learning industry, there’s a gap between L&D programmes and their impacts that needs to be closed. But how? We need to do more to be led by the needs of each person and be clear on purpose and expectations. We need to act as true agents of change.
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.
