If you want to get Lean, get active
‘More or Less’, the BBC Radio 4 programme on statistics in public use, regularly uncovers and tries to lay to rest Zombie Statistics. These are figures that are often taken as fact despite often having very little firm evidence. A good clue for spotting Zombies is the difficulty in finding the original research behind the […]
Career Development
I am working on a career development strategy and keen to hear from others how they are implementing a career development strategy and their successes and watch outs? I’m also keen to hear how this dove tails into other HR processes such as performance review and succession planning. I am working on a career development […]
The erosion of control
I got told off once, in my first ever job, for making a decision. Taken into the back office and told not to do it again. I was chastised. The surprising thing is not that it took a week for this to happen: the surprising thing is that I thought I was in the wrong […]
Skill based competency framework
Hi, I need help on the following Skill based competency framework How does mapping people benefit the HR, Orgn What is the best approach to go about it for a 3000 employee company Any help is appreciated as I have never done this before. I need to be able to fininsh this in two months time Thanks […]
How will L&D affect the jobs of the future?
I was in my gym a few days ago with a father of one of my son’s friends discussing their careers. Both are in jobs that didn’t even exist a few years ago but are now an important part of the new technology-based working landscape. My son is an e-commerce assistant and his friend works in […]
Why should you hot-desk?
Richard Morris explains how hot-desking can help freelance trainers and smaller training businesses make the leap to the next level. Setting up your own business requires organisation, dedication and focus. Attempting important planning and administrative tasks from your home office (often just a kitchen table or convenient desk) might seem like a solution. But the […]
Bridging the gender pay gap: How small businesses can make a big difference
David Ingram says there’s a lot more to do to close the gap in pay between men and women. The gap between men’s and women’s earnings is at the narrowest it has been since records began, official figures report, but are we celebrating too soon? Despite the 1970 Equal Pay Act, the Office for National Statistics’ […]
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 […]
The human face of robotics
Forget Arnold Schwarzenegger and Lance Henriksen; Neil Bentley talks about the positive side of AI. It’s perhaps not surprising that a recent TV drama about robots was called ‘Humans’. As people, one of the more thought-provoking aspects of current and future technology is the implications that robotics has for us, particularly as more sophisticated robots […]
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 […]
If we were creating the ideal workplace, it would look like this
Michael Moran gives us a few pointers to improve employee engagement. We know the business case for increasing employee engagement but let’s consider a fresh perspective. Vineet Nayar, CEO of HCL Technologies, globally one of the largest I.T. outsourcing firms, says HCL achieved this position by putting employees first and customers second. He says: the […]
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 […]
The TrainingZone podcast: Learning Live 2015
Jon and Kate round up all the goings-on at this year’s Learning Live. Themes of the conference included networks, working out loud, BYOD, organisational development and a heck of a lot more besides. This year’s keynote speaker Jamil Qureshi was funny, subversive and kicked the day off nicely. Subscribe free Please ensure that you have […]
How to tackle apprenticeship snobbery
Training Manager Fay Gibbin currently oversees over 700 childcare, management and catering apprenticeships. Here, Fay offers her views on the value of apprenticeships and how to overcome the misconceptions surrounding vocational qualifications. During the General Election, the subject of apprenticeships and youth unemployment was a key topic, with party policies promising more support for those […]
What will learning look like in the future? pt2
Duncan Brown and James Cory-Wright finish their two-parter predicting the future of learning. When smartphones and tablets become one The use of apps to deliver the training of the future suggests that as well as overcoming possible cost barriers, old attitudes and connectivity issues, objections around screen size will also go away. There is a […]
What will learning look like in the future?
It may be in a constant state of change, but Duncan Brown and James Cory-Wright’s comprehensive two-part feature makes some well-reasoned predictions about the future of learning. Let’s assume first that we’re talking about technology and second, about learning in the workplace, in which case it’s not really about ‘what will learning look like in […]
Training millennials: Do businesses need to change?
Are the younger members of the workforce that different to the rest of us? Guy Cooper gives us some strategic insight. Millennials are the self-proclaimed most ambitious generation, yet it seems that many British businesses may be missing out on the opportunities this presents. 37% of people between 18 and 34 said that ambition is the […]
How to sustain healthy organisational development
The global growth ambition is pushing employees, organisations and economies to their limits. Karen Tidsall argues that business needs a more sustainable way of leading and developing people for long-term success. Today’s business mantra is ‘growth at all costs’. It’s become so endemic and so mainstream that we don’t even question it. But this global […]
How to balance organisational goals and individual learning needs
Laura Overton continues her series looking at how to serve both the workforce and the business with your L&D strategy. In the first of our series on using evidence to drive change within L&D, I looked at delivering an L&D strategy fit for a VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous) world. In this second article I […]
Delivering an L&D strategy fit for a VUCA world
It’s benchmark time again. Towards Maturity’s Laura Overton gives us some evidence-based insight into how to navigate L&D through these uncertain times. Today’s business landscape is very different from the one we had 10-15 years ago. It’s what is called a VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous) world. In all likelihood, there will be many more […]
