Busting four blended learning myths
Recent years have seen a rise in organisations reducing their use of face-to-face training in favour of a blended learning approach. However, Towards Maturity reports that only 22% of learning is delivered through fully blended solutions, and while this is has grown in recent years, there is still room for improvement. At Bray Leino Learning, […]
Why Become an Entrepreneur in the Global Economy
How safe our jobs today? We have seen many of your friends, colleagues, or family members losing their jobs due to layoff, or downsizing, or cost cutting measures in companies. Due to rapid technological development, automated business processes, and interlinked and networked economy, many traditional jobs vanishing rapidly. Global Economy We are more aware our […]
Empower employees to ‘skill up’
When you hear the term ‘skill up’, what comes to mind? For all you gamers out there, it might remind you of advancing to a new level or gaining new skills to use to your advantage against a hard-to-beat, virtual villain. For learning professionals, the definition of skill up is similar to some extent. Only, […]
Get Gigging with Belbin!
“Gigging” is on the rise. It’s broadly described as freelancing or taking on a series of short-term contracts, rather than working in permanent employment. In the UK, 15% of workers are now self-employed, with the expansion of self-employment playing a large part in dropping unemployment figures. In the States, it’s a whopping 34% of the […]
5 Ways to Raise Capital for Your Startup
You know, what’s the best feeling other than love? A COOL Startup Idea! I’ve recently experienced this feeling and been working on it with a bag full of zeal. The growing trend of startups and all these million dollar ideas are taking over the industry with a storm. However, having an idea isn’t just enough […]
Learning in circles: The 4 stages of David Kolb
When we try to understand the process of learning and training, the name of one particular man and his model often emerges: David Kolb. In the ‘70s and ‘80s, educational theorists Kolb and colleague Ron Fry developed the Experiential Learning Model (ELM) which consists of four stages. To really learn something, one has to go through […]
How defensive behaviour can cost your business
Have you ever been in a meeting where people’s behaviour creates an atmosphere that just isn’t productive? Or chatted on the phone to a customer services adviser and the person on the line just doesn’t want to help you? Creating the right climate between people within an organisation can increase business productivity by 22%; research we’ve […]
Ways to Develop Communication Skills at Work
What skills is a successful employee supposed to have? First of all, your boss expects you to be productive. They want you to do your job well, meet deadlines, and contribute towards the company’s growth. They invest in you as an employee, so they expect a return on that investment. You’re not expected to do […]
The five styles of human communication that consultants need to know
The well-known business adage, ‘people choose to do business with people they like’, should remind us all that whilst the consulting profession may be many things to many people, it is above all and hopefully, forever will be, a people business. It should come as no surprise then, that successful client outcomes are most often […]
How Executive Coaching Leads to Bigger and Better
After to fit your personality, this expert will help take your personal and business life to the next level. One great aspect of coaching many students appreciate is the ability to get bigger and better promotions at work after going through a coaching program for an extended period of time.You may be wondering how executive […]
Align sales training with your business strategy
Your business’s strategy, goals, and needs are what makes you unique in your field; they provide a foundation for each department, product, and employee to grow upon. It might seem obvious that training should align with the roots of your business. But how do you actually plant the seed that allows for employee development? Training […]
What sort of mindset do you adopt when you come up against obstacles or difficulties?
Emma Sue Prince is the founder of Unimenta, a free resource for practitioners delivering experiential learning or soft skills. Join them today. Let’s face it – we are all overwhelmed with information these days coming at us from every angle. From morning to night we are all suffering from a massive dose of information be […]
Choosing and utilising outside training providers
As someone responsible for delivering the training function of your business, you may feel an onus to provide the entire program solely rather than relying on others to assist with the delivery itself. A core responsibility for the Learning & Development team at any organisation is to identify the most efficient, cost-effective methods of up-skilling […]
“I enjoy team workshops as they’re often where we discover what’s really going on in a business.”
We’re always curious to hear how our members and contributors tackle the challenges that the ever-changing world of L&D throws at them. We’ve got a wealth of experience and knowledge across the site, and what better way to showcase the diversity of our community than to get them to walk us through an average day? Want […]
The best ways to become an ABAP specialist
ABAP is an abbreviation for advanced business application programming. Just like any other programming language people can learn and apply this advanced programming method. It originated from Germany where it was initially created for their SAP servers. According to experts at Third Wave, the programming language is considered as one of the best 4th Generation […]
7 trends in training that impact your organization
I often talk to training agencies in the field of communication skills development as well as HR managers who involve such agencies. Lately, we can distinguish 7 trends, each with its own influence on both sides of the field. And on the trainee, of course. What are these trends in training? Hot topics: sales, coaching […]
Improve Your Customer Support Training Programmes
According to the Customers 2020 Report, the importance of customer service will outweigh product and price as making the difference in customer loyalty. 65% of consumers already surveyed stated they had abandoned a brand after a single poor customer service experience. And, if they have a poor experience, how many of them are spreading the […]
360-degree feedback can lead to worse results – we can’t let it
Real-time feedback tools have been around for a number of years. JP Morgan is only the latest to launch its own. The tools promise a great deal. They allow employees and managers to give feedback on their colleagues in real-time on their smartphones. But are we in danger of solving one problem only to create […]
Change or die? There’s an alternative: change by choice
There is a particular word that has become very popular in recent times within business-change speak, that was thrown around a lot on the 1980s American pop psychology scene back in the day: it’s ‘transformation’. At a seminar I attended back in the ‘80s, the facilitator held up an apple and said, “If I were […]
Literary masterclass: How to write well
The most common concept of “well writing” is relative. Well – for whom? One reader will find that it is written well, others will turn their noses. It’s like with singers: in principle, the notes all fall, but someone you listen to as spellbound, but someone you can not stand. But he has his fans, […]
