Category Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

Pathways to re-joining the workforce 

Kevin Vashi looks at some of the barriers preventing the unemployed from returning to work The UK is currently in the grip of an unsustainable job market. The rate of unemployment in the UK reached a historic low of 3.7%…

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5 ways to engage, train and develop a global workforce

Ramesh Ramani explores how technological innovation is transforming how L&D can deliver to dispersed hybrid teams They say change comes in waves. If that is indeed the case, what has unfolded in the last two years has been a tsunami.…

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Why you need to understand skills technology

What are the skills HR and learning and development need now to ensure future organisational success. Simon Haines reveals the research and some answers Leading organisations in the field of HR are standing out by prioritising specific market-leading skills. These…

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Learning from life: what I learnt from having a straight-talking mentor

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This month Michelle Parry-Slater reveals what she learnt from a bold and very exacting mentor At a recent meeting, I heard about a new venture the Charity Mentors Network. Mulling the subject over on the train home I had a…

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Self-development – a win for both learners and organisation – part 2

In the second of two articles, Sarah Cook and Steve Macaulay introduce some practical ideas to establish personal development in organisations with some examples of leaders in the field The first article proposed the case for strengthening self-development as a…

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Self-development – a win for both learners and organisation

Sarah Cook and Steve Macaulay maintain that self-development is key to achieving organisational change, in the first of a two-part article they explore the tools to support personal growth Increasingly, it is recognised that personal and self-development form an essential…

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If learning matters, make it a campaign

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…

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Learning from life: what I learnt from supermarket shopping

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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…

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