How to maximize your compliance training impact
The reality of compliance training for most organizations goes something like this: Legal responsibilities and regulatory requirements continue to increase, budgets shrink, and seat time pressures rise — not quite the formula for a winning training solution. 53% of decision makers in organizations list having limited training hours available as one of their top two […]
Help with coaching workshop
Hi everyone! I'm currently working on bringing to life coaching content for a store managers workshop and wanted to know if anyone has activities or ideas on "Engaging your team through coaching". Thank you Clare Hi everyone!I'm currently working on bringing to life coaching content for a store managers workshop and wanted to know if anyone has […]
Encouraging women into STEM – what can we do?
There's been a lot coverage on the need to develop more women for roles in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics), due to the clack of representation across these industries. But where does the responsibility to change mindsets and expectations sit – with schools, universities, L&D departments, or at home? Colleen Smith is responsible for planning, […]
Soft skills secrets: let’s look at President John F Kennedy
Born on this day, 29th May 1917, John Fitzgerald Kennedy was president for 1036 days, has had over 40,000 books written about him and is the president that most Americans would like to see immortalised on Mount Rushmore. Famously charming, we look at JFK’s soft skills style secrets. JFK’s childhood shows little sign of the […]
Bring on the intrapreneurs
The performance is about to start. It’s taken about 40 minutes to attract and engage a crowd that is willing to pay a couple of dollars each. Various members of the troupe have sung, danced, and performed acrobatics, teasing passers-by, gently cajoling young couples, and creating balloon animals for fascinated children. It’s hard work, but […]
Sales Training – Looking for a provider to deliver Sales Training & Closing the Deal
I work for a multi-national recycling and asset management company. The business has identified that the sales team need further development specifically in closing a sale. They currently struggle in their ability to clearly articulate the business value proposition, the differentiators, in defending price points and in up-selling other services. I am looking for a provider to design and […]
How Is Stress Affecting You?
It’s now the leading cause of workplace sickness and affects one in five of us. When will organisations realise that they or their people can no longer afford to ignore stress? In 2014/2015, stress accounted for 35% of all work related ill-health cases with 9.9million working days lost and with less than three out of five […]
So you want to be an eLearning Developer?
I was sitting in a cafe yesterday when I came across a meme on Tumblr that had me literally LOL-ing. In response to the question “Why do you want this job?”, the job applicant responded, “I’ve just always been very passionate about not starving to death”. Although I’ve been working happily in the e-Learning Development […]
A or B?
6 Days ago I posed a question illustrating two training room layouts as per the picture below. One had only documents and papers lying on the table, the other was strewn with materials for fidgeting, handling and playing with. The question was simple; You're attending a training event, you enter the room, which table layout […]
Have You Asked Yourself These 5 Questions About YOUR Development?
We get so swamped in the day-to-day that our own personal development is often the first thing to fall by the wayside. It’s time to ask yourself some tough questions! We all have hopes, dreams and ideas for the future; what we would like to be doing, things we would like to have or places […]
It’s my 25th Anniversary!
Well, well, well… It dawned on me today that I've been in the "training zone" (see what I did there?!) for 25 years. Training children, young people and adult clients – and the staff who work with them – for a quarter of a century! What is it that keeps you "hooked" about learning and development? […]
Upskilling In Corporate eLearning: What eLearning Professionals Need To Know
Skills are one of the most valuable assets in the modern workplace. They cannot only make an organization more profitable and productive, but also lead to greater advancement opportunities for employees. In this article, I’ll share what eLearning professionals need to know about upskilling in corporate eLearning. 6 Strategies To Promote Upskilling In Corporate eLearning […]
The strategic importance of continuous training
If there is one thing that many sectors have in common in this economy, it is that new developments constantly succeed one another. Markets change and organisations that do not adjust their strategy on time, live to regret it. In such an environment, continuous training is a tool that should not be underestimated. How can […]
Have degrees had their day?
Once upon a time a degree used to be a rite of passage into a great job for University graduates, but with accountancy firm Ernst and Young, and now publishers Penguin Random House dropping the degree requirement, it's time to ask if degrees have finally had their day. This could be the best news ever for […]
Leadership is a journey
As we move through life there are some encounters which we have almost forgotten before they have begun whilst others, fleeting though they may be, stay with us long after the initial encounter has passed. One such encounter was a quote from John Donahoe, currently PayPal Chairman, on the subject of leadership: “Leadership is a […]
Which training resources would you recommend?
We have recently wrote a blog post listing our top 5 learning and training resources that help us keep up to date in the industry including websites and LinkedIn groups. The full list can be found here: Round up: 5 top resources for learning and training professionals It would be great to hear of other […]
Changing Negotiation: From ‘What’s in it for me?’ to ‘What’s in it for us?’
We all need to negotiate – it’s an everyday part of our professional and working lives. Negotiations can be relatively simple: Agreeing who’s going to walk the dog or cook dinner – or at work, who’s going to respond to a customer complaint. Or they can be complex – negotiating with major stakeholders in a […]
Skills required for in-house content authoring
In-House Content Authoring is regularly cited as one of the big eLearning trends to keep an eye on. So it comes as no surprise that organisations are increasingly developing custom eLearning materials in-house. This trend has been spurred on by organisations attempting to reduce training costs and saving time in roll out training courses. Given the […]
When will people learn? – The dangers of untrained staff
According to the Office for National Statistics, UK productivity is lagging behind every G7 advanced economy bar one last year. It estimates that output per hour and output per worker were both 20% lower than the average achieved by the US, Germany France, Italy and Canada. This marks the widest productivity gap since figures began […]
Standing at the front is dead scary!
Over the years, I've observed a lot of practitioners delivering training to groups. Recently, we've been working with a Careers company where, as part of their Level 6 qualification, the Managers had decided to choose: "Plan, deliver and evaluate career-related learning in groups" as an Optional Unit. The reason being to stretch, challenge and develop staff and […]
