Michelle Robinson Hayes offers five important factors that managers need to know about the menopause Women of average menopausal age are the fastest growing in the workforce and yet the experiences of this segment are often poorly understood and overlooked.…
With the gender pay gap reports due soon, TJ asked a variety of female leaders in technology about how organisations can improve women’s equality The battle for gender equality has been around for hundreds of years, being traced all the…
Here are TJ’s latest selection of research findings, insights and stories for all those working in talent, skills and people development curated by the editor, Debbie Carter Lack of digital and green skills holds back UK productivity Investment in skills…
Chris Thomason on how to select and combine the best creative ideas to allow flexibility and adaptability of work in progress When you’ve got one big issue you need to overcome, and lots of ideas that have the potential to…
Ross Garner urges L&D professionals to learn from marketing and make their learning initiatives short, easy to access, promoted often and absolutely essential The world of work is complicated. As an absolute baseline, employees and managers are expected to perform…
Frederick Hölscher’s second contribution on diversity and inclusion, co-authored with Sharon Olivier, looks at four narratives to help leaders on their D&I journey Diversity and inclusion (D&I) are very much mainstream HR themes and D&I is becoming even more important as organisations…
This month Michelle Parry-Slater reflects on a poor experience and reveals the lessons learnt from the situation Recently I went to a very popular supermarket, and it was awful. The shelves were largely empty. The stock was messy and hard…
In the first article of a series aimed at those aspiring to senior roles in L&D, Cathy Hoy looks at the evolving role of the chief learning officer In recent years the role of the chief learning officer (CLO) has…
Digital badges are a proven way to measure training while raising awareness and engagement with learners. Read Credly by Pearson’s latest White Paper on digital credentials and how to improve skills in your organization now. Most organizations put business growth…
Collin Poage explores the importance of L&D and how learning leaders can communicate this imperative to the C-suite. Inspired by the famous Ben Franklin quote “Nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes,” author Tom Collins noted…
