What should your talent management strategy look like?
Over the last 10 years there’s been an epic shift in talent management strategies. The silo view of each HR core function (i.e. workforce planning, learning and development, recruiting and hiring etc.) is slowly disappearing to be replaced by a holistic, integrated set of HR and talent management systems. But why? Companies worldwide are fighting […]
The benefits of training with CMI
Being the only charted professional body of leadership and management, the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) provides assurance that CMI qualifications are of the highest quality. If you are thinking about training with CMI, take a look at the following ways a CMI qualification will give your career, your employees, or your team a boost. Every […]
To lose one employee….
January 2018: Plans for the year are in place; you have devised a training scheme which will develop the skills needed to deliver the plan and everything is on track. Then the first resignation letter arrives, followed by another and another. All of a sudden your hopes for the year are thrown into disarray in […]
How to energise your entire workforce
Most learning and development professionals know that a highly-engaged workforce will perform better – in fact, 50% more according to the report ‘Engaging Hearts and Minds’ by Hay Research Group (2015). But how can you tap into that energy that will ignite the fire within your people? The missing ingredient to most engagement programmes is […]
Big data is affecting your Business – Need to know
There can be no doubt that in today’s digital-heavy world, data is king. It has an impact on so many aspects of our everyday lives, and with the Internet of Things concept gaining traction, big data isn’t going anywhere. With so much data being produced and distributed – IBM estimates that 90% of today’s data […]
Key Trends and Best Practice for L&D in 2018
With the New Year nearly upon us, training and development professionals alike are preparing for 2018’s key L&D trends and best practices. Learning and Development is a key factor for businesses alike and (as discussed in our previous blog) must keep up with modern adaptations such as VR/AR, mobile technology and social learning tools to […]
What common mistakes do new managers make?
It is an invigorating experience to be in the presence of a newborn manager, when they tend to approach their promoted roles with much enthusiasm. They demonstrate an eagerness to get stuck in, and to prove themselves to many people: to prove their abilities; that their seniors made the right decision by choosing them for […]
Avoiding burnout at work
We’ve all either experienced it, witnessed it or been on the receiving end of it. The one too many late nights or weekends working, the pressure to meet never-ending deadlines, the juggling act to keep the plates spinning in the air whilst you swap hats between being boss, leader, work colleague, mother or father, sister […]
Attending L&D events can improve your teams output
In today’s extremely competitive business environment, having any advantage over the competition is not only useful, it is critical. One of the most important tools a company has is its sales team and people. The selling environment today is more competitive than ever, which is why it’s so important that your business stays one step […]
Five tips to a people-centric approach to learning and ongoing performance
In the past, the performance management process was very much backward looking. Typically, an annual performance review meeting would make a judgement on past performance and use it to determine learning and development plans for the next year. But HR and L&D leaders know this approach just doesn’t meet the needs of today’s workforce. According […]
Stuck doing work that doesn’t come naturally?
Gallup tells us that employees who play to their strengths are six times more likely to be engaged. Nice work if you can get it, but what happens if you don’t have the opportunity? What if your team relies on you to do the kind of work that just doesn’t come naturally to you? You can’t […]
Why you should be using performance consulting to address performance and capability gaps
Learning needs analysis (or training needs analysis) provides only a limited view of what organisations need from L&D, when the remit of the function is to improve performance and capability in delivery of an organisation’s goals. By only looking for learning activities, the opportunity to make real impact is largely lost. This is why performance […]
Holding your ground against the outsourcing wave
Globalization has made it possible for people from different countries and cultures to successfully coexist and work together. Moreover, globalization has fueled the development of multinational companies and it has facilitated companies to expand their business to other countries. Then, due to the differences in the development of national economy, the next logical step was […]
Moonshot thinking: disrupting the norm in business
Maybe you’ve thought about your core values, your mission statement or your vision but what about your moonshot? Yes, your moonshot. Mission, values and vision can often sit on a shelf gathering dust. A moonshot is different. Origins Originating from the Apollo and Soviet lunar programmes aiming to land humans on the moon, the term […]
You can’t handle the truth: Are you being bullied or performance managed?
You’re being bullied, but an inner voice is telling you it’s performance management. You’re good at your job but whatever you do is never good enough for your manager. When you try to discuss your concerns, your manager says, “I don’t control how you feel, only you control how you feel”, making you feel victimised. […]
How to align your team with good co-ordination
Better managers recognize that the art of management is something they need to learn. No one becomes a fully competent manager overnight. There are, of course, many ways of learning how to be an effective manager. There is no doubt that experience is the best teacher – the time you have spent as a manager […]
Strategic narratives: a simple story of successful leadership
“But we’ve told them a thousand times….” This is the frustrated refrain of senior executives when we discuss survey results saying that people have said they don’t know the organisation’s strategy. Everyone would agree the pace of change in business let alone the world means that businesses must be nimble to anticipate and respond to […]
Annual appraisals are dead. Long live…?
New research by YouGov in the UK has found that over half of UK employees think annual appraisals are “pointless” or “time consuming”, and see them as outdated. So, are the days of annual appraisals numbered? If so, where did they go wrong, and how can we build something better? Appraisals are often a form-filling […]
The New Learning Organisation: what is it and how to get there
This is an interview with Jane Daly, Head of Strategic Insights, and Genny Dixon, Head of Research, at Towards Maturity. It was conducted off the back of the release of Towards Maturity’s free new report, In-Focus: Driving the New Learning Organisation. Jamie Lawrence, Managing Editor, TrainingZone: What are current trends suggesting the future of workplace learning will […]
Business development through big data
All the leading brands recognised as world-class companies share one common quality. Design thinking. Modern-day marketing is not just about having the perfect logo or the perfect social campaign, you must form a genuine connection with your customer. Design thinking allows leading brands to engage with their clients psychologically and outmanoeuvre the competition. On the […]
