What does a modern-day skills assessment strategy look like?
Find out how integrating a 360-degree skills assessment will help build a solid foundation for your organisation.
Retraining the culture
What is your first thought when training is mentioned? Is it perhaps learning a new skill in order to progress through the organisation? Or maybe it is the need to become familiar with a new piece of equipment or a software development? These are fairly standard training requirements and, whether delivered via a one-off module […]
Why flexible learning of critical skills is key to the UK’s economic recovery
The UK is suffering from serious skills gaps – L&D needs to address this now.
Training is Dead. Long Live Learning.
Ed Monk, CEO of the Learning and Performance Institute, of which I am a fellow, recently said, “Learning is now seen as important; its profile has been raised.” Learning is adaptability to change, and as the perceived rate of change accelerates, of course learning is important. The question that I have for you today is […]
How HRZone’s Culture Pioneers are forging ahead with meaningful change
Take inspiration from HRZone’s inaugural Culture Pioneers.
Is learning and development essential for organisational survival?
I have not worked with any organisation – private, public or not-for-profit – where continuous improvement has NOT been a part of the conversation. Often though the concepts of continuous improvement are applied to processes rather than people, and conversations about L&D are separate from the conversations about quality and improvement. As we look to […]
Count Your Little Wins; They Soon Add Up!
After 10 years of procrastinating, my husband and I finally moved to France, in November. It might seem a strange thing to have done during a pandemic, especially as our move coincided with France being in total lockdown. But the truth is, I don’t think we’d have plucked up the courage to actually do it […]
How Delightful is Your Training?
A few months ago, I found an old book of verse, long forgotten, on a bookshelf at my Dad’s house. I remembered it from my childhood but in fact it’s much older than that; it belonged to my Mum when she was a child. It has her name and address written neatly inside the front […]
Learning culture: the five key DNA strands transforming learning today
What five strands of learning are transforming the L&D landscape?
Danger: Defunct rule ahead
Do you know what you are doing? Of course you do! After all you’ve had the training, you’ve been doing the job for a while, and you have the comfort which comes from a sense of ‘we’ve always done it like this.’ Oh, wait a moment. Do historic processes and procedures still hold sway in […]
Linking learning with performance and culture in a remote workforce
Now is not the time to neglect learning – it’s more important than ever before.
Is purpose the way to save learning and development?
Is all this talk of ‘purpose’ real or not – and what does it mean for L&D?
Skills gap analysis: How well do you understand the skills needs in your business?
With so much ongoing change happening, it’s time for businesses to have a skills rethink.
Why ‘pit stop thinking’ is what L&D needs now
The two choices you now have for training.
Protecting Quality Fee-based Training in L&D
Fair Exchange is No Robbery September 2020 has been framed as the time that we all get to experience that ‘back to school’ feeling, returning to our pre-pandemic timetables and wardrobes. As newspapers, fly posters and the Government urge us back to office routines, town-centres and regular commutes, current evidence suggests that many of us […]
How L&D can transition from learning practitioner to ‘learning coach’
The post-pandemic workplace requires a new set of skills from L&D.
Seven steps for upskilling your workforce to meet tomorrow’s business needs
Practical advice on creating a people-focused upskilling programme.
Is Too Much Feedback Negative?
When someone says, “Can I give you some feedback?”, how does it make you feel? Do you feel excited, in anticipation of a gift? Or does a little nervous knot form in your stomach? Have you noticed how much feedback is focused on perceived weaknesses? Perhaps that’s why so few of us enjoy either giving […]
Leading with learning: putting L&D at the heart of your business strategy
The strategic importance of L&D has never been greater than it is now.
Giving learning power to your people in an age of remote working
Why personal learning budgets are vital for remote workers.
