Guidance, tools and trends for HR and L&D professionals under pressure to deliver training that lands and lasts.
You’ve designed and delivered your training programme, and the early signs are that the learning was a success – but your job is not done yet! It’s now time to implement your training follow-up action plan to cement the learnings and ensure new behaviours, skills, tools and techniques are put into practise. Providing your staff […]
If you’re looking for a different approach to traditional learning and development programmes, microlearning could be the answer. Microlearning, broadly defined as training delivered in short bursts on a narrow topic, can take many forms and styles. Videos, podcasts, webinars, infographics, interactive Q&A sessions, E-learning modules or even plain text-based emails. Microlearning can be delivered […]
It wasn’t long ago that learning and development budgets were small or non-existent, and L&D involved little more than a one-off training session here and there. But these days workplace learning has become an essential part of just about every successful organisation. According to a recent LinkedIn report only 27% of L&D professionals surveyed cited […]
The UK L&D Report, which conducted an in-depth survey of more than 100 companies, shows that 94% of top-performing businesses are putting employee L&D at the heart of their strategy, and enjoying higher staff retention rates and increased competitiveness as a result. There’s no doubt that having a strong learning and development culture is great for […]
If you’ve been invited to speak at an industry panel event, you have a great opportunity to share your knowledge and experience, while also enhancing your professional reputation. But the key to success, like so much in life, lies in the preparation and planning. For many, presenting at a panel event can seem less intimidating […]
What a great time it is to be a presenter. There is so much innovative technology out there to help you bring your presentations to life, not to mention a multitude of other tools to help you prepare. Using the right technology won’t make you a good presenter, but it can certainly help bring out […]
Behavioural analysis and personality questionnaires. You may have done them at school or university, or perhaps just for fun. But in a professional context, these profiling tools can help to manage interpersonal relationships and give understanding and acknowledgement of certain behaviours others may find alien. Understanding the behavioural and personality traits of your colleagues can […]
Effective communication in the workplace is of critical importance to your professional image, your contribution to the greater strategy of your company, being recognised for your efforts, and your subsequent advancements and promotions in your industry. Yet many women in the workplace sometimes inadvertently exhibit communication behaviours which subtly undermine how confident and knowledgeable they […]
The 70:20:10 approach first emerged from research into how effective & influential managers believed that they had learned; 70% from practical experience, 20% from influential people in their orbit, and 10% from formal training. This macro formula quickly grew into a blueprint at a micro level too for designing and executing training programs. This division […]
Your company’s core values are called that for a reason – they form the very centre of your company’s day to day operations, and inform everything about the way the organisation does business – from your processes and principles, to your short and long term company goals, staff recruitment policies, sales process, and commitment to […]
