How strong leaders tackle the talent challenge
Ron Stewart examines how business leaders can successfully identify and tackle the challenges of the coming year. With the ever changing global landscape, businesses are expecting to face a fresh set of challenges in 2015. A vital part of strong leadership is the ability to identify these challenges and decide how they can be tackled […]
L&D news round-up: 8 Jan
It’s the first news round-up of a new year! We’ve got stories on skills, leadership and, um, Lego. A new year’s resolution for the NHS: let’s deliver a new leadership approach – The Guardian In anticipation of Sir Stuart Rose’s report, The Guardian calls for leadership reform. These Are the Skills You Need if You Want […]
TrainingZone interviews: Margaret Davies pt2
Sift Talent's Matt Evans concludes his interview with Margaret Davies, occupational psychologist at The Glass Lift, about what defines a successful leader and about her work designing and delivering female leadership development programmes. For an organisation which is committed to developing and increasing the number of female leaders, both now and in the future, what […]
TrainingZone interviews: Margaret Davies
Originally published on our sister site Sift talent, Matt Evans talks to Margaret Davies, occupational psychologist at The Glass Lift, about what defines a successful leader and about her work designing and delivering female leadership development programmes. Can you tell us about you and your role at The Glass Lift? I’m an occupational psychologist, which […]
Caption comp: Dec/Jan 2015
We have a winner! Congrats to SSweeney who won with this joke: “Put super glue on my plate again, bah humbug!” Entry is free and open to all members. We have a winner!Congrats to SSweeney who won with this joke:”Put super glue on my plate again, bah humbug!”Entry is free and open to all members.
L&D news round-up: 18 Dec
Last news round-up til 2015. But it’s a good one… Scottish councils to share £6.5m for vocational training – BBC Scotland But is it enough? 7 Leadership Takeaways From The Battlefield To The Boardroom – Forbes Some interesting insight from Forbes – complete with a great Einstein quote. There Is No Shortage of Leaders – Harvard Business Review Apparently […]
L&D news round-up: 11 Dec
A week off last week because of Online Educa, but it’s back! Yes – it’s news round-up time. Ed Vaizey: Why we must not underestimate the importance of digital skills – City AM Do you code? Maybe you should give it a whirl. Can better training and a clear career pathway raise the profile of care […]
Have you got the confidence to be a great leader?
Elaine Wilson gives us some great advice on leadership development. It’s one of those attention-grabbing questions, albeit for not quite the right reasons. Who doesn’t want to be a great leader, or think they have what it takes? As those posing and framing referenda or opinion polls are aware, the phrasing of the question can also […]
L&D news round-up: 27 Nov
Ok news lovers – it’s your favourite day of the week. Look beneath for tasty news nuggets of L&D goodness from all over the web. Don’t call me a leader – The Financial Times Bernard Garrette espouses the value of business schools. British companies struggle to find domestic workers with right skills – The Guardian Making […]
L&D news round-up: 20 Nov
News time. A fine selection of L&D stories from all round the world, covering leadership, skills, technology and more. Why Bad People Make The Best Leaders – Forbes Forbes know how to write a good headline. Why I decided to join the NHS graduate training scheme – The Guardian The pension? (kidding) UK firms consider hiring ex-hackers to […]
L&D news round-up: 13 Nov
Extra extra! News time once again – this week is particularly skills-heavy. But until that problem is addressed properly, it’ll continue to be news won’t it? School-based teacher training of more benefit than university route find researchers – Academies Week Well whaddaya know? Automation ‘Threatens A Third Of UK Jobs’ – Sky News Seems a little high […]
L&D news round-up: 6 Nov
A positive story to end for people who work on the move, but it’s mostly lot of skills stories this week, and guess what? They’re not positive. The Silver Economy: Engineers lured back to fix ‘skills crunch’ – The Financial Times How can colleges encourage more women into leadership positions? – The Guardian Teachers ‘don’t have the […]
Seven soft skills that every leader should develop
Kelly Smith dishes out seven key soft leadership skills that make for great success in management. Business prowess and the ability to command and lead have for a long time been associated with efficient management and leadership, but big changes are on the way. Together with various transitions in business, management is also changing to […]
Caption competition: Nov/Dec 2014
A WINNER! credit: iStock/Thinkstock Congrats to ‘zonypony’ who came up with this 90s throwback zinger. ‘Where are they now? catches up with the real voice behind Milli of Milli Vanilli’. A bottle of wine is winging its way to you. A WINNER!credit: iStock/ThinkstockCongrats to ‘zonypony’ who came up with this 90s throwback zinger.’Where are they now? catches up […]
Women, are you ready to climb on board? pt2
RADA in Business tutor Lisa Åkesson concludes her interview with Gillian Karran-Cumberlege, founding partner of boutique executive search company Fidelio. The next step is voice. Effective female leaders have voices that are heard with authenticity, authority and gravitas. They need to bring themselves to the table but know how to connect this to their personal […]
The TrainingZone podcast: October 2014
This month Jon welcomes Jamie back to the hot seat as they discuss HR Tech Europe, next year’s L&D, alignment and leadership no-nos. Elysian Training’s Chris Atkinson is this month’s guest. Subscribe free Please ensure that you have iTunes installed before subscribing. This month Jon welcomes Jamie back to the hot seat as they discuss […]
L&D news round-up: 22 October
It’s a day early this week – here are the best news stories from the last few days. This Is How Agencies Can Win With Transformational Women Leaders – Adweek Doctor Who’s new web game aims to teach children programming skills – The Guardian Why growing companies need great finance skills – The Nottingham Post ‘Science gives children […]
Women, are you ready to climb on board?
RADA in Business tutor Lisa Åkesson spoke to Gillian Karran-Cumberlege, founding partner of boutique executive search company Fidelio, to get her take on how important effective and flexible communication styles are to women hoping to take the next step to the boardroom. Recently one of the bastions of male industry, Glencore has become the last […]
Want to build your business? Prioritise your project managers
Project management is key to commercial success, but delivering the organisational bottom line depends on valuing and retaining people over skills, writes Lindsay Scott. In recent years project management has emerged from the traditional bastions of construction and heavy industry, permeating pretty much every sector. The Project Management Institute (PMI) predicts that we will need […]
L&D news round-up: 9 Oct 2014
Here are some of the best stories on the web from the last seven days. Couldn’t resist with the last one (it was a genuine search result). 5 Unforgettable Leadership Qualities for Successful Entrepreneurs – Entrepreneur Sound advice here from Entrepreneur if you’re starting your own training business. Senior HR practitioners must continue to develop […]