Michelle Parry-Slater

6 Minutes

Blogs Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Employment For freelancers, consultants & small businesses For L&D managers For new to L&D Reflective practice

Learning from life: Trusting my gut

Michelle Parry-Slater 25 October 2024

Trusting your gut can be your greatest asset in the freelance world, guiding critical decisions. Michelle Parry-Slater explores the importance of intuition in decision-making Freelance life offers many benefits, not least the […]...

5 Minutes

Blogs Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Creativity & innovation Employment For freelancers, consultants & small businesses For L&D managers For new to L&D

Learning from life: What I learnt from living with disruption

Michelle Parry-Slater 1 August 2024

Noise, mess, things left behind. Coping with decorating and how that applies to job changes – as explored by Michelle Parry-Slater Despite having lived in the house for four years, […]...

7 Minutes

Blogs Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Creativity & innovation For experienced L&D professionals For freelancers, consultants & small businesses For L&D managers For new to L&D For people managers Skills

Learning from life: What I learnt from parenting puppies

Michelle Parry-Slater 22 May 2024

Michelle Parry-Slater shares puppy cuteness overload and also looks at the importance of knowing your audience, and guest blogger Julie Drybrough adds her experience about letting go A little over […]...

5 Minutes

Blogs Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Creativity & innovation For experienced L&D professionals For freelancers, consultants & small businesses For L&D managers For new to L&D For people managers Marketing

Learning from life: what I learnt from marketing my business

Michelle Parry-Slater 22 March 2024

Michelle Parry-Slater is always Open To Learning, Open To Reflection and Open To Sharing, but this month she looks at being Open To Work I changed my LinkedIn profile to […]...

5 Minutes

Blogs Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Creativity & innovation For experienced L&D professionals For freelancers, consultants & small businesses For L&D managers For new to L&D For people managers For senior L&D Skills

Learning from life: writing a book

Michelle Parry-Slater 20 February 2024

This month Michelle Parry-Slater is an open book about the challenges of writing This month my book, The Learning and Development Handbook is three years old. Writing that book taught […]...

5 Minutes

Blogs Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Delivering learning & training For experienced L&D professionals For freelancers, consultants & small businesses For L&D managers For new to L&D For senior L&D Learning transfer Reflective practice

Learning from life: finding another way

Michelle Parry-Slater 23 January 2024

If you have a detour, do you make the most of it? Michelle Parry-Slater did and reflects upon her experience I turned up to a station in the West of […]...

5 Minutes

Blogs Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Delivering learning & training Learning design Reflective practice

Learning from life: What I learnt from writing blogs for TJ

Michelle Parry-Slater 27 December 2023

Michelle Parry-Slater reviews a year of writing and, as always, considers what she’s learning by doing Debbie Carter has edited TJ for as long as I can remember. She is […]...

5 Minutes

Blogs Coaching & mentoring Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Delivering learning & training Engagement Learning design Learning Needs Analysis Learning transfer Reflective practice Wellbeing

Learning from life: what I learnt from swimming in the sea

Michelle Parry-Slater 20 November 2023

Michelle Parry-Slater doesn’t like to be cold. So when a friend suggests a dip in the sea she was less than enthusiastic I was born in August, so I blame […]...

5 Minutes

Blogs Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Delivering learning & training Diversity, inclusion and equity Emotional intelligence Engagement Reflective practice Talent Wellbeing

Learning from life: what I learnt from having a child move away to university

Michelle Parry-Slater 11 October 2023

Michelle Parry-Slater reflects on our lives as parents and asks if L&D do enough to support colleagues in the emotional roller-coaster of parenting For many parents, September marks a month […]...

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Blogs Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Creativity & innovation Education and skills Engagement Learning transfer Reflective practice Strategy Talent

Learning from life: what I learnt from cutting dogs hair

Michelle Parry-Slater 29 August 2023

TJ’s resident dog lover and regular blogger, Michelle Parry-Slater reflects on what she learnt from learning a new skill Everyone needs a hobby, right? Some people play musical instruments. Others […]...