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Selfish leaders can drain confidence, distort reality and trigger burnout, but support can be a turning point. Drawing on a case study, this article shares coaching tools to build awareness, protect boundaries and respond strategically. Josefine Campbell shows how clients…
Treat customer and partner education as a business system that speeds adoption, cuts support demand and lifts renewals. Start with outcomes, design for decisive journey moments, and prioritise time-to-value over course volume. Embed guidance in workflows, build modular role pathways,…
The New Coke fiasco in the ‘80s shows why L&D keeps repeating the same mistakes. When we design learning for the ‘logical human’, engagement, behaviour change and budgets suffer. Design instead for real people, who are time-poor, emotional and context-driven,…
Technology isn’t the blocker, work design is. Many organisations trap people in low-value tasks while layering AI onto old workflows. Johnson Wong argues leaders must shift from updating job descriptions to transforming how work flows at task level, prioritising high-impact…
Budget cuts are squeezing L&D, yet the cost of stagnant management capability shows up in burnout, disengagement and lost productivity. This article argues for shifting from transactional coaching training to enquiry-led habits built into daily work. It shows how to…
AI adoption is racing ahead, but most organisations are blocked by people, not technology. Skills gaps, weak data fluency and shaky governance turn pilots into bottlenecks. Mehdi Paryavi explains how HR and L&D can build AI literacy, upskill leaders, embed…
Workplace stress is surging, executive burnout is a systemic risk to organisational performance. In a DUSTy polycrisis world, traditional wellbeing initiatives barely touch the root causes. Steve Macaulay sets out a practical HR and L&D roadmap to redesign roles, build…
Most leadership programmes scale fast on assumptions that only unravel in the room. A genuine pilot surfaces hidden beliefs, resistance and the workplace conditions that make behaviour change stick, before the full investment lands. Jimmy Burroughes argues against biased, stacked…
Skills-based pay is gaining traction as organisations seek clearer returns from workplace learning and really embedding this in culture. By linking skill development, assessment and reward, companies can boost motivation, target critical capabilities and strengthen agility. Johnson Wong outlines a…
L&D can’t make impact visible an important from the side-lines. The TJ Readiness Enablers Index shows that the biggest bottleneck to meaningful change is access to decision-makers about strategy, budget and priorities. While L&D has momentum, readiness is inconsistent, and…
