Coaching models explored: POWER
Here’s another entry in Tim Hawkes’s occasional series dissecting popular (and not so popular) coaching models. The POWER model The POWER coaching model owes much of its origins to gestalt methodology and uses the same gestalt to shape the coaching process. Perceive: Based on the present moment, perception is that to which you pay attention. In […]
Six digital roles you never knew existed
SEO Rock Star? Dream Alchemist? Nick Williams looks at some ridiculous job titles. The rise of the internet has meant that hundreds and thousands of people now have job roles that didn’t even exist a couple of decades ago. It’s weird to think about what people would be doing as jobs if the digital world […]
Coaching models explored: Introduction
In the first of a series of many, Unlimited Potential’s Tim Hawkes tells us about the myriad coaching models that are out there. Which one will pique your interest? Coaching, whether as a one-to-one transaction or as part of an overall coaching culture, is a learned skill, and the learning process often makes use […]
Tips for managing effectively
In today’s highly competitive business environment, being an effective manager requires a diverse set of skills. As such, if you have just been appointed to a managerial position or are currently serving as a manager and want to improve in this capacity, you should read the following from Alice Harrison. Managing your time To accomplish […]
How to make young people ready for the workplace pt2
It’s a story that’s popping up across many different industries, but Kasmin Cooney has a few ideas of how to get the next generation workforce ready for action. Read part two of her feature here. Start with the end in mind Covey’s phrase ‘start with the end in mind’ is a good place to start. […]
How to use profiling tools successfully
Profiling tools are rightly viewed with scepticism in some quarters, but Mike Cooney tells us how to use them effectively in conjunction with other methods. There are few activities in the learning and development world that have a more consistent and broad appeal than personality profiling questionnaires or psychometric tools. The profiles of which reveal […]
Free resource: Coaching readiness assessment tool
It's coaching month and Susie Finch, once of this parish and now part of the Corporate Elearning Consortium, has pointed us in the direction of this great coaching assessment tool. For more info on the Toolkit for Managers click here It's coaching month and Susie Finch, once of this parish and now part of the […]
Why your business needs a managed LMS
Paul Service of Comms Learning examines how organisations can gain relatively quick, inexpensive entry into sophisticated learning technology using a managed service. What is a managed LMS? A managed LMS is when a third party provides and manages your learning management system for you. Users of managed LMSs fall into one of two categories. Either […]
Is your business training its graduates out the door?
Naysan Firoozmand gives a few pointers on how businesses can hang onto their young talent. Graduate recruitment has – at least for the graduates – been a difficult area in recent years, but there are signs that optimism is increasing, with The Association of Graduate Recruiters (AGR) has recently predicting a 10% rise in graduate opportunities this […]
Leadership is not just for the boardroom
With the rise in ExecEd, it could be easy to forget that leadership is a skill set for every part of the business, writes Erica Sosna, Author of Your Life Plan. The proliferation of material concerning leadership theory over the last 20 years, could lead one to believe that it is the exclusive concern of […]
Failure: A training manager’s perspective
Training managers are increasingly faced with a need to justify L&D initiatives or hold their own against critical scrutiny from the higher levels. Kerry Bellamy questions, shares insight and invites debate around some possible failings of the training manager function. In a climate of reduced resources, increased targets and failing frontlines, there is little tolerance […]
Challenging leadership: The uncomfortable debate zone
Ian Day and John Blakey continue their series on challenging leadership. This time the focus is on conflict. John Donne wrote the poem 'No Man Is An Island' which represents the truth of our connectedness. This is equally the case for leadership; the quality of relationships is crucial for individual and organisational effectiveness; we have […]
Future leaders: Are you sure you know how to pick them?
Naysan Firoozmand looks at how businesses can develop – and retain – future leaders. Accurately identifying talented individuals, particularly those with leadership potential, is key to the long-term success of any business. What’s more, identifying staff members’ potential and working actively towards developing it, fosters higher levels of engagement and encourages greater loyalty. But all […]
The return of the manager [infographic]
We recently received this infographic from L&D experts Mind Gym, underlining the importance of a good manager. To download a copy of the accompanying whitepaper click here We recently received this infographic from L&D experts Mind Gym, underlining the importance of a good manager. To download a copy of the accompanying whitepaper click here
10 Influencing and Communication Quotations
Use on training handouts, noticeboards, newsletters and campaigns. Here's our top 10 favourite influencing and leadership quotations………. “The most important thing in life is sincerity. If you can fake that, you have it made” WOODY ALLEN "I know that you understand what you think I said, but I am not sure you realize that what […]
The talent exodus: Why now is the time to protect your business
Every business wants to keep its best people, right? David Smith assesses the best way to make this happen. Have companies become complacent about talent retention in the last few years? Yes there will always be those technical specialists or company superstars that are wrapped in cotton wool, but what about the others – are […]
Top 10 Inspirational Leadership Quotes
Use on training handouts, noticeboards, newsletters and campaigns. Here's our top 10 favourite leadership quotations………. “It is a terrible thing to look over your shoulder when you are trying to lead – and find no one there” FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT "It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when […]
What next for management training?
Stephen Walker takes a look at the development of management and the new skills needed in the immediate post-recession future. The art or science of management has developed over the last 200 years. Sun Tzu’s writing on how to manage a war is often included as an early example of management theory in 500BC, and […]
Knowledge management pt2: Can Big Learning Data bridge the gap?
The companies that will succeed in future are the ones that understand big data. But how will it impact on knowledge management and innovation? Janet Garcia concludes her feature. This growing capability of firms to derive meaning from data means that knowledge management systems can provide the platform for which knowledge-based companies can improve their […]
Knowledge management and innovation: Can Big Learning Data bridge the gap?
The companies that will succeed in future are the ones that understand big data. But how will it impact on knowledge management and innovation? Janet Garcia tells us more. The convergence of knowledge management systems and big data will see the emergence of big learning data as a key element of competition, innovation and growth […]
