How to Fix the Leadership Gap in Your Organisation
In today’s modern, fast-paced business environment, staying relevant can require complicated and ambitious strategies and initiatives, which often depend upon effective cross-organisational delivery. As a result, a company can build a team of qualified business leaders with varied skill sets, devise a quality strategy and still find themselves unable to implement it properly, due to […]
L&D news round-up: 13 Nov
It’s another round-up! Here are some of the best news stories from the last seven days. 5 Dead Giveaways You’re Not A Credible Leader – Forbes Women in Wales are less likely to receive employer training, new research finds – WalesOnline World Bank turns to MOOC for development finance learning – Devex LinkedIn Shares Soar as Learning and […]
Level 5 Leadership: The Four Keys to Personal Humility
Some weeks ago, my Vistage CEO advisory group were treated to a session with Carole Gaskell, a leading coach, entrepreneur and speaker. It was inspiring watching Carole engage the group; she ‘walked the talk’ by coaching them through a learning cycle rather than putting on a showy performance. Though she was one of the most under-stated […]
Leadership lessons: Teachings from Sun Tzu
In the second of our series of guides looking at what leaders from history can teach us about leadership, we look at Sun Tzu’s approaches to conflict resolution. When did handling conflict become such an integral part of leadership? Whether managing interpersonal conflicts between employees, management disputes over strategic direction, or external disputes with stakeholders, […]
Leadership – Nature or Nurture?
Exactly what is leadership? According to most researchers on the subject, it is the ability to influence a group of people to do what you want them to do. How you apply that “influence” relates to style, not leadership itself. So, the question that has been on the minds of researchers, forever it seems, is […]
Conquer and lead: Leadership lessons from Alexander the Great
In the first of a new series, Paul Russell looks at inspirational leaders from history. Successful leadership isn’t about stamping authority, leading from afar, issuing directives that are all façade with no depth of understanding behind them. It’s a motivating force that comes from watching a good leader march forwards, showing the way, and inspiring […]
Shaping tomorrow’s leaders, today
Recent research* shows that over the next two years nearly half (48%) of organisations will be focusing on building future-proofed leadership teams. With middle management skills gaps becoming evident and a growing expectation for middle managers to connect the strategic goals of an organisation to the tactical responsibilities of employees, formal processes for developing tomorrow’s leaders need […]
TrainingZone interviews: Mark McCarthy
In advance of their upcoming event on 29 October in London, Meta-LUCID’s Mark McCarthy talks us through the concept of Fixed and Growth Mindsets in business, and their partnership with best-selling author Matthew Syed. The concept of the ‘Growth Mindset’ has been around for a while but has only recently become popular in corporate performance […]
L&D news round-up: 15 Oct
Is it Thursday already? Well it must be news time then. Read on for all the L&D news (and one climate change story) from the last seven days. Learning Behavior Change From Criminals – Chief Learning Officer 5 Things To Adopt On Day One As A New Leader – Forbes Apprenticeships are crucial in developing key skills […]
The TrainingZone podcast: October 2015
This month Jon and Jamie discuss TechCrunch Disrupt, robot bartenders and the Sports Direct dilemma amongst other things, and we hear from Kim Morgan about the world of coaching. Links to stories: Sports Direct site ‘called ambulances dozens of times’, 5 reasons companies should invest in maternity coaching, Intelligent Machines: The jobs robots will steal first, Digital Skills A […]
The leader as a worth creator pt3
Shay McConnon concludes his three-part feature on leadership. Developing leaders People are often promoted to managerial positions because they are technically good. This role requires new and complex skills of motivating, influencing and empowering. We don’t inherit these skills, we are not taught them at school and many of our work models are inappropriate. Your […]
L&D news round-up: 1 Oct
Round-up time! Here’s a selection of the best L&D stories from the last seven days. UK’s skills gap clouds hopes for stronger economy – Reuters Africa Union launches its Learning and Development Strategy as a critical step towards the achievement of the Agenda 2063 Vision – Africa Brains How 6 Powerful Women in Media and Marketing Redefined […]
The leader as a worth creator pt2
Shay McConnon continues his three-parter on leadership. Motivation Influential leaders know their people. They know the value mix that drives an individual’s behavior and they appeal to these to create effective relationships. The leader recognises that to get people to do a worthwhile job he has to give them a worthwhile job to do. A […]
L&D news round-up: 24 Sept
It’s Thursday, so it must be news time. Read on for all the latest L&D news from around the world. Here’s what you can learn about leadership from ‘Everest’ – Fortune Let’s Work Together: What the region has to say about the skills gap – Chronicle Live The Strategic Importance of Recognized Leadership – Sustainable Brands 4 Reasons […]
The leader as a worth creator
In the first of three parts, Shay McConnon analyses what it takes to be a leader of worth. The secret to your leadership success is not written in this article, it is not in seminars, books or audio programmes. It is locked away in your people, in their minds and hearts. To access this information you need […]
L&D news round-up: 17 Sept
Well that came around quickly. Here are the news and views from this week. A bumper edition, we think you’ll agree. Leadership Lessons from Humans of New York – Forbes 5 reasons companies should invest in maternity coaching – Women’s Agenda Honing the skills that defined the Yorkshire landscape – The Yorkshire Post Staff writing skills ‘a […]
To change or not to change your style in a man’s world
Inge Woudstra talks female leadership in today's business world. Many women are working hard to progress in their career and get to the top. But it’s not easy to get ahead and what is the best way? The corporate world is a man's world, with systems, structures and policies that work particularly well for men. […]
Line Managers – The Credibility Question
Becoming a manager of people is probably, for most of us, the biggest single change that occurs in our working lives. I can remember very clearly my first day as a line manager. To be honest, I felt a bit of a fraud as my team gathered around me for the first time. Many of […]
L&D news round-up: 3 Sept
News round-up time. Here’s all the L&D stories you need for the week. And the final story: we’ve all done it, right? Why Leadership Development Programs Fail: Revolutionizing On-The-Job – Forbes An entire generation of young American workers is missing crucial skills – Quartz Are You Making These 4 Leadership Mistakes? – Entrepreneur Google expands Android Wear smartwatch […]
To build or to buy?
Skillsoft’s Kevin Young suggests that the key to closing the skills gap for many businesses lies within. As businesses put the global financial crisis behind them, other challenges have emerged which are potential hurdles to growth. In the UK the business community has identified a widespread skills shortage as a major area of concern which […]
