Why soft skills and managerial skills are important across the company
For many businesses, ensuring your sales and marketing staff are properly trained in soft skills is a high priority. However, many make the mistake of ignoring this same principle with staff in other areas. This can mean that valuable resource can be lost across the business due to a lack of efficiency, especially in the […]
Coffee Briefing: Recognition, language and the benefits of Slacking
Have you been keeping up to date with the latest L&D goings-on? Fear not if you've been too busy to scroll through Twitter or your favourites blogs and websites, we've done the hard graft for you! Here are our picks of the weeks news and opinion from across the industry – feel free to let […]
Coffee Briefing: Digital detox, resilience training and learning how to programme your colleagues
We hope you're sitting comfortably with your favourite beverage, because it's time for us to walk you through our picks of the week's L&D news and opinion. Let us know what you think, and feel free to tell us what you've also enjoyed reading this week. Tech – How technology benefits learning (eLearning Industry) – […]
Coffee briefing: Microlearning, ‘Smart Drugs’, and handling your emotions while training
Welcome to another of our weekly round ups of news and opinion from across the L&D industry. Thank you for your feedback on Twitter to say how much you're enjoying the series – we always love to hear how our content is being received. We hope you find our picks useful, interesting and entertaining – feel […]
How Mindfulness Enhances Productivity
The benefits of mindfulness can span many areas of our lives. Those can include heightened awareness, improved efficiency, better task performance and higher productivity, alongside many other professional and personal benefits, such as inner peace and harmony. Too often mindfulness is confused with meditation. However, the two are not the same, although the latter leads […]
5 Vital Negotiation Skills Every Sales Person Needs to Have
How successful a deal is typically all depends on yourself as a sales person and your skills in negotiation. If a negotiation goes well you could be looking at a lucrative deal that you’re really happy with but, a bad negotiation could lead you to a deal that doesn’t really provide you or your company […]
Coffee briefing: Brain maps, negative feedback & talent management at Disney
It's time for another of our weekly updates on the news, opinion and blogs from across the world of L&D, we hope you're sitting comfortably! We're really enjoying your feedback on the series, so do let us know what you think in the comments or over on Twitter, and feel free to tell us which […]
It is (not) business as usual for careers advice under the new government
The ascension of Theresa May to the highest office in the land presents a real opportunity to inject some energy in to the previous government’s skills policies. Despite pledging to create an unprecedented 3 million new apprenticeships by 2020, the Government Careers Strategy has been severely delayed and policies such as the Apprenticeship Levy […]
Eight ways women can get more career-savvy
Women are often so focused on proving themselves and doing a good job that they overlook the need to plan and manage their careers. But being more strategic and having a clear plan will give you them better chance of realising their career ambitions and achieving a more satisfying working life. This is the core message […]
Memorable Sales Techniques
Cheeky request for help coming up….. 🙂 For work reasons, I am on the hunt for tales of when you've encountered people who were either brilliant at selling or the times when the experience made you cringe, cry or even get VERY mad indeed! Garnering as many stories as possible will make me a very happy […]
Soft Skills Secrets: Lady Diana
Born 1st July 1961 Lady Diana was loved the world over. 750 million people watched Lady Diana marry Princes Charles on July 29th 1981 with over 2.5 billion mourners watching her funeral which was broadcast to over 60 countries. Here we consider the soft skills style secrets that made Diana such a beloved figure. A […]
Strengthening the route to apprenticeships
It is less than 12 months until the introduction of the Government’s Apprenticeship Levy, and there are still a great deal of unknowns. Employers are still unclear about how they can maximise the financial opportunities it may offer. The aim is to make hiring apprentices more systematic, and ultimately to help meet the Government’s target […]
The Consumer Learner at Work: Is L&D Ready?
Seismic shifts in how work is done present a huge challenge for L&D professionals. At the core of this challenge is the impact of new ways of working on how individuals learn. Pervasive mobile technologies mixed with easy access to content and peers put learning in the hands of individuals. Employees are no longer passive […]
The five elements of a modern training ecosystem
The 21st century has changed a lot in the modern human’s brain. Our increasing digital dependence is joined by a shorter attention span and distractions from all sides. Conventional training lacks the answer to these challenges. A modern training ecosystem requires five elements. Only 15% of newly acquired skills are successfully implemented. No wonder three […]
Training Cycle video recommendations
Hi I'm looking for a short video which explains the training cycle in a fun way. many thanks HiI'm looking for a short video which explains the training cycle in a fun way.many thanks
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 […]