Opinion Francis Marshall
By Francis Marshall (February 2010 Issue)
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Visit any respected L&D conference today and you’ll find agendas packed with informal learning, social media and collaborative learning presentations, all heralding these techniques as the future of learning. But are they the right tools to use in the current economic climate?
A colleague of mine recently ran coaching sessions for seven second-level managers, identified as their organisation’s top talent. Despite being highly paid, recently promoted and on fast-track programmes, only one of them would take part in collaborative learning.
A colleague of mine recently ran coaching sessions for seven second-level managers, identified as their organisation’s top talent. Despite being highly paid, recently promoted and on fast-track programmes, only one of them would take part in collaborative learning.
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