Communicating the value of L&D
What is the true value of L&D on performance and how do we measure this impact? Focusing L&D activities on measurable performance improvement is the key.
Why it’s time to ditch the annual appraisal
There are some issues when it comes to traditional performance review systems but that doesn’t mean we can stop reviewing performance. Matt Somers suggests a more continuous process revolving around five central questions.
How leaders can support mental health
Over a third (36%) of workers believing 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.
How to make a difference when nobody’s listening
How can L&D professionals navigate the challenges of limited time, resources and a lack of receptive audience? Joanne Lockwood shares strategies for making a difference in the employee experience, even when no one is listening.
The building blocks of resilience
Are we overusing the word resilience, or do we even know what that means for us as individuals? For Mental Health Awareness Week, let’s look at how we can create resilience.
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.
How learning leaders can craft the optimal learning environment
By taking a holistic approach that considers the psychological and physical dimensions of learning, CLOs can craft spaces that catalyse learning.
How making invitations can elevate leaders
Inclusive and intentional invitations can improve leadership quality. They can motivate and empower and provide an opportunity to make a difference.
When we focus on the competition, who really wins?
At a time where becoming brilliant at learning is key to success, we need to stop focusing on competition. Only by prioritising customers over competitors can organisations truly set themselves apart.
Can ethical leaders make a difference to your company culture?
Leaders have a big part to play in creating an ethical workplace. A passive approach will not suffice.
Transforming L&D from ‘nice to have’ to ‘need to have’
In the ever-evolving landscape of organisational dynamics, learning and development (L&D) often finds itself relegated to the status of a ‘nice to have’ department rather than being recognised as the operational imperative it truly is. It’s time for a paradigm shift.
What is a good leader and how do you become one?
In the field of leadership, we often talk about effective leadership, good leadership or great leadership. But how do we know and measure if a leader is good, great or effective?
Neuroscience at work: How to have more productive conversations
How neuroscience can help you have better conversations at work.
A future we cannot fathom: Learning Technologies 2024 gets down and dirty
This year’s Learning Technologies offered an energising, supportive environment for L&D professionals grappling with heavyweight problems and seeking to prepare for a future we’re ill-equipped to fathom.
Navigating the future: A step-by-step for strategic thinking in your team
Better strategic thinking might be on your wishlist but how can we, as leaders, develop it? Dani Bacon and Garin Rouch provide a series of small, medium and large steps to unlock strategic thinking in your team.
Responsive strategic workforce planning for future-fit organisations
How can organisations use responsive strategic workforce planning and development to overcome ‘permavucalution’? Here are some practical ideas.
2024 Culture Pioneer Awards: Entries now open!
This year’s Culture Pioneer award entries have officially opened! Enter the learning category for the chance to be recognised for supporting your organisations and employees to grow and succeed!
There is no innovation without intrapreneurship
Established organisations are increasingly recognising the significance of intrapreneurship as an attractive skill but when it’s hard to quantify it can be difficult to foster without purpose behind it.
In L&D leaders we trust… or do we?
Trust is waning, in L&D leadership and beyond. In fact, research found that more than half of employees would trust a complete stranger before they would trust their own manager. The Nine Habits of Trust and Leadership Trust Index are tools that organisations can use to promote a culture of trust.
Had enough of managers who are too busy to care? It’s time to build a coaching culture
A good workplace culture is arguably more important than ever before. Workplaces where managers are just too busy to focus on their people is a huge problem for organisations. Could a coaching culture be the answer?
