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 […]
People not on board? Getting buy-in for your learning initiatives
Motivating learners to adopt new initiatives and securing stakeholder and senior leadership buy-in are just some of the many challenges L&D professionals face when implementing a learning programme says Russ Becker, and often the reason why new initiatives collapse. So how can you overcome such challenges? It’s all too easy for deadlines to be missed, […]
L&D news round-up: 20 August
Thursday already? Here’s a bumper week’s worth of news stories. Comment: Helping young people get the skills employers expect – The Scotsman Deloitte: 8 key trends in learning and development – Consultancy.uk Can you change a tyre, read a map or knit? 20 vital skills that are dying out – The Grimsby Telegraph 5 Facts All Leaders […]
11 key indicators of good team performance
How well do your teams perform? Take some advice from Liz Bennett from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. There are 11 key indicators to consider when completing a comprehensive evaluation of your teams performance, enabling you to build the firm foundations required for creating an efficient and effective team: Understanding of roles Teams perform best […]
Expanding for success
Anna Morrish talks us through the concept of 'expander leadership'. More often than not it seems that the employees within a business join with hopes, goals and fresh ideas only to be faced with a manager that can single handedly crush these with a restrictive rulebook within a matter of weeks. The employee will stay, […]
What are the traits of been a successful Entrepreneur ?
Running a successful organisation is not a cakewalk. It takes huge dedication,motivation and futuristic visions to taste the zenith of success. What else do you think makes a good professional leader . Running a successful organisation is not a cakewalk. It takes huge dedication,motivation and futuristic visions to taste the zenith of success. What else […]
L&D news round-up: 6 August
News time! Oh yes it is. Read on for the best stories on wearable tech (for and against), leadership and whistleblowers. 5 Leadership Fallacies To Dispel – Forbes ‘Brain training’ game helps people with schizophrenia live a normal life – The Independent Japan Rethinks Higher Education in Skills Push – The Wall Street Journal 7 Ways to Improve […]
A return to outsourcing?
Neil Georgeson discusses why the time is right to rethink your training resource management strategy. Short-termism is often a necessary evil in times of recession. But unfortunately it seldom pays off. Organisations that brought the production, fulfilment and distribution of training materials in house during the economic downturn are now being left behind. Yet, gradually […]