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 […]
Seven tips for making confrontation in the boardroom productive
Nick Williams tells the community how to take positives from potentially explosive situations. Confrontation is something that no one really wants to deal with, but when you’re in a boardroom it’s often unavoidable. However, confrontation doesn’t necessarily have to be a bad thing. Take a constructive approach to confrontation and you can make it positively […]
L&D news round-up: 30 July
News time! Read beneath for the week’s news of leadership, skills and Facebook benevolence. 6 Really Simple Ways to Boost Learning and Development – Excellence in Government What Donald Trump’s outbursts say about leadership – Fortune HR needs to rethink M&A tactics to boost its influence and impact, says study – CIPD Digital skills for a digital generation; […]
How L&D leaders can ensure they recruit the right person
How do you navigate the minefield of new hires? Read this piece from Marie Faulkner to start with. “L&D leaders are under pressure to respond with a modernised learning and development strategy” – Towards Maturity. For any organisation to achieve its business objectives, it is, of course, essential to have in place a strategy that […]
ACL Exercise
Hello I am in the process of developing an Introduction to Management course for employees who are considering that nest step into management. As part of the course I would like to use the ACL model and am looking for ideas for exercises to demonstrate this. Can any of you help Thanks Helen Richardson helenrichardson@merseyfire.gov.uk […]
Need help on Situational Leadership
Hello, I am looking for case studies on situational leadership for my training. I am looking at a case study on skill and will/motivation issues. Any help is appreciated. Thanks Hello, I am looking for case studies on situational leadership for my training. I am looking at a case study on skill and will/motivation issues. Any help is appreciated. […]
The business benefits of listening
Friends, Romans, business leaders – lend me your ears. David Kay talks listening tips in business. Companies sell a product or service to generate revenue and profit – simple. So how can listening help? Simply too much focus on the product or service without listening to the customer can cause declining revenues and profit. Malcolm […]
L&D news round-up: 2 July
News time again – all the best L&D, skills and humans-kept-as-pets stories of the week. UK school leavers ‘the worst in Europe for essential skills’, report says – The Telegraph Smartphones and internet may give you ‘digital amnesia’ – Business Standard The 9 Traits That Define Great Leadership – Time Google warns of AI skills shortage challenge – V3 […]
Retaining and engaging female talent
Simon Birchall outlines steps HR professionals can take to ensure they provide a positive working environment that engages with female employees. The report published in March by Lord Davies signalled considerable progression when it comes to women securing positions on the FTSE 100 board. The report showed that in four years the number of women who […]
Leadership – faking it
How well do you listen? In an excerpt from his new book, David Kay questions how well we listen to our leaders, and how well they listen to us. Have you ever attended an all-hands meeting/call or Town Hall meeting? Ever looked forward to it? Well, call me strange, and many people have, but I […]