Category Collaboration

Designing conferences that foster innovation, collaboration, and real impact

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Ed Bernacki rethinks the design of conferences and the skills participants need to make the most of them. Oh, and tells off the TJ Editor… Following the World of Learning 2024 London summit, Training Journal asked people on social media,…

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The strategic mind: elevating your leadership game in uncertain times

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Michael Watkins, author of The Six Disciplines of Strategic Thinking, explores how to unlock your potential and develop your strategic thinking muscles Strategic thinking is a vital skill for leaders navigating their businesses through today’s turbulent waters. Your capacity to…

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Years older, or years better?

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David Buchanan and Steve Macaulay explore the perceived challenges and the positive advantages to a workforce with a variety of age ranges The changing demographics of an ageing population and declining birth rates pose a pressing people management challenge. To…

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Conversations, relationships and learning: Spotify Tag

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Julie Drybrough takes us on a tour of Scotland, music and collaboration A couple of years ago we rented a campervan and meandered our way up the west coast of Scotland to Skye. As you can imagine, there were a…

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Unlocking the power of neurodiversity

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In this feature, Steve Macaulay looks at the benefits and importance of neurodiverse employees Every manager aims to make the best use of all the resources available so that their employees feel fulfilled and satisfied that they are reaching their…

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Bridging the gap with killer communications: the power of storytelling for building a learning culture

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Kerry Jary weaves a tale about story telling in L&D An embedded learning culture – we want this, we need this! But just how do we achieve it? In an ideal world, learning and development forms the backbone of our…

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The art of building winning hybrid teams

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James Scouller sets out principles from managing teams to ensure that even when you aren’t together, you can still achieve One question clients often ask me is, “How should my approach to building a winning team change when we’ve switched…

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Timeboxing – book review

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Book: Timeboxing: The Power of Doing One Thing at a TimeAuthor: Marc Zao-Sanders Always on the lookout for new ways to live a more intentional life, I was excited to peel open the pages of “Timeboxing.” Timeboxing is a planning…

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TJ podcast: Challengers and practitioner focus – episode 312

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The TJ podcast has a host of L&D experts talk through the challenges, leadership and practitioner focus for workplace learning. Speakers include: Links from the discussion: ⁠CIPD report L&D: New challenges, new approaches⁠ ⁠Future of Jobs Report from the World…

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Complex times means we need to develop leaders with vision

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Graham Clark explores a term many know well, VUCA, but flips the script and focuses on the positive solutions developing leaders with these skills can bring Business leaders are continuing to battle the seismic shifts in the workplace since the…

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