Corporate obsolescence, emotional agility and never changing your mind

Give yourself a well-earned break and take five to catch up on some highlights of this week’s L&D news and opinion. Let us know what you think of the articles we’ve shared, and tell us what you’ve enjoyed reading too! Learning – Learning should be global, but not necessarily digital, say L&D leaders (People Management) – As […]
CIPD Leaders in Learning Feb 2017

Time for L&D to take action CIPD Leaders in Learning is a free to attend network for L&D leaders and I am lucky enough to attend their events, learning from and networking from L&D peers and thought leaders. At the most recent meeting on the last day of February the agenda was focused on two areas; L&D […]
Creating an L&D strategy with the questions-Part 3

This is part of an ongoing series on how to create a learning and development series. You can read the previous article here. Dave told them that though there are six questions that need to be answered, he will only ask them one more question. The last two questions will be answered by the learning […]
Triad structures, goal setting and the positives of frustration

Another week, another round-up of the freshest L&D news, thinking and ideas! Take a look below and get some insight today. Skills Feeling Frustrated Isn’t All Bad — It’s a Sign of Growth (Frank Calman, Chief Learning Officer) How to Identify Skill Gaps in Your Company? A 5-Step Process (Karla Gutierrez, Shift) Developing leaders: what really works? […]
Creating an L&D strategy with the questions-Part 2

This is a continuation from a previous article which you can read it here. Dave writes up the first question for them to discuss which is: What are the most important priorities the organisation wants to achieve this year? Each group has flipchart and paper. They have 10 minutes to answer the question. After 10 minutes […]
Creating an L&D strategy with the questions

Datr is a company that specialises in providing cloud hosted data analytics. They currently need to rebuild their online platform which uses dated technology that has been in place for ten years. The Head of People Development is meeting with the leadership team to discuss how learning and development can support the project, which is currently […]
Trends in the training industry

I am always interested to learn about current and upcoming trends in the training industry and to get the most accurate results I would appreciate if any training providers could complete this short survey: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/training-industry-survey-2017 The survey provides the chance to win a Discovery Workshop session (or remain anonymous) which looks in detail at your current […]
Spaced learning, knowledge sharing and the reality of attention spans

Give yourself a well-earned break and take five to catch up on some highlights of this week's L&D news and opinion. Let us know what you think of the articles we've shared, and tell us what you've enjoyed reading too! Learning – Along for the ride: thoughts from #LT17UK (Niall Gavin) – Five reasons learners […]
10 influencing tactics at work (or at home!)

Influencing is: ‘the ability to affect someone’s beliefs or actions’ – Oxford English Dictionary In work and pleasure, we need to get others to do things for us willingly at times, or persuade them of a point of view, without losing respect or be seen as aggressive. Some top 10 influencing tactics…. 1. Broken Record Broken Record […]
Six Strategy Questions – Questions four to six

This is a continuation of my series on how to create a learning and development strategy. In previous posts I wrote about how to gather information for a learning and development strategy using what I refer to as Six Strategy Questions. The previous post dealt with how to answer questions one to three. This post deals with how to […]
Six Strategy Questions – Questions One to Three

Question one is: What are the most important priorities the organisation wants to achieve this year? This question is about finding out what the most important priorities of theorganisation are. They can include goals that have been set out in the organisation’s strategic plan, changes that need to happen or challenges that must be overcome. […]
Mindsets, machine learning and the next frontier for L&D tech

It's time for another of our weekly updates on the news, opinion and blogs from across the world of L&D, so make sure you're sitting comfortably! Tell us what you think of the articles we've shared, and let us know what you've enjoyed reading too. Performance – Debunking five growth mindset myths (Jeremy Frith, LinkedIn) […]
Creating a learning and development strategy

A learning and developed strategy should be aimed at supporting the most important priorities of the organisation within a specific period. A learning and development strategy can also be created at the divisional and team levels. Learning and development strategies at divisional and team levels should be aligned to the learning and development strategy at the […]
What is a learning and development strategy?

A learning and development strategy is an action plan that clearly identifies what the learning and development team or function in an organisation will do to support the organisation to achieve its strategic objectives. In other words it outlines actions that the function will take to align learning and development with an organisation’s priorities. Having […]
Learning and development strategy, not again!

The topic of this post reflects how I feel about writing on the subject of learning and development strategy, not because so much has already been written about it, but about how disappointed I am with myself. A couple of years ago I started writing a series of posts about this subject, but never completed […]
Learning Technologies, morality and self-directed learning

Take five minutes to savour your coffee and catch up on our pick of L&D news and opinion from across the interwebs. Let us know what you think of the articles we've shared, and tell us what you've enjoyed reading this week too. Learning Technologies 2017 – Learning Technologies 2017 preview (Learning Light) – 14 key […]
Empathy, micro-learning and reinventing work for the future

Take five minutes to savour your coffee and catch up on the week's L&D news and opinion, which we've spent the past few days collecting just for you. Let us know what you think of the articles we've shared, and tell us what you've enjoyed reading too! Learning – An anatomy of the modern learning […]
Public speaking demons – a few tips to keep them at bay

Public speaking strikes fear into many. Here are some handy tips for sorting out those last-minute nerves… A fate worse than death When academic Wallechinsky found that 42% of respondents had a fear of public speaking versus 19% that feared death, it only made us worry about public speaking even more. And now, almost 40 […]
Organisational design: here’s the dirty little secret

Whilst a plethora of books have been written about the right way to link the strategy of an organization to the work that people do and how they are organized to do it, our latest research suggests that the reality on the ground can be very different indeed. When interviewing for our research, we were often […]
Mindfulness for leaders: new research shows sustained benefit

Just 10 minutes of mindfulness practice a day can have a significant impact on a leader’s ability to be more resilient, collaborative and equipped to lead in complex times. This is one of the key findings of the world’s first wait-list control* research study to look specifically at whether mindfulness can help leaders become more […]