Category Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

Strengthening the backbone: Manager training is crucial for organisational health

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Helping managers thrive is essential for team engagement and organisational success. René Janssen explains how comprehensive training provides the tools to address today’s challenges When you’re a manager, the pressure comes from all sides. Including balancing organisational goals, team dynamics…

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Ignite L&D momentum: Focus on three key areas 

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To drive truly impactful L&D, focus on customised learning, cutting-edge technology, and full organisational involvement – Steve Macaulay has your three-step guide  Are your L&D initiatives fresh and impactful? To cultivate a dynamic and skilled workforce, it’s essential to stimulate…

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Skills England – what to expect from the expected

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Lifelong learning, apprenticeships and partnerships between businesses, education establishments and government – can it all work? Mandy Gill explores the shifting skills landscape Just over a month in and the new Labour government has not delayed in progressing one of…

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From chaos to clarity: Mastering documentation for work processes

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Discover key insights and techniques for effective, process documentation, with clear guidance from Jo Cook I saw a Facebook meme recently that went a bit like this: Me as a youth: Don’t tell me what to do! Me as an…

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Make learning count: Leveraging feedback loops for business success 

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Feedback loops help L&D leaders refine strategies, align learning with business goals and drive success, writes Houra Amin  In the rapidly evolving business landscape, the ability to adapt and continuously improve is critical for success. Central to this adaptability are…

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Learning from life: What I learnt from living with disruption

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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, we had not ‘made it our own’. I often end…

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Facilitate and flourish: Embracing a new season 

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Explore the art of great facilitation, interspersed with connection, curiosity and creativity with Fiona McBride As we see seasons transition it prompts me to consider the potential for change and transformation within our learning and facilitation work. This could be…

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Unlocking employee potential: How adaptive learning is transforming workplace learning

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Disappointed that training interventions aren’t hitting the mark? Then adaptive learning might be your answer! Camilia Miccolis tells us all about it Employees are often a company’s largest expense, but they are also their biggest asset. Like all assets, a…

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Joining the dots . . . on how L&D can drive impact through continuous development

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Do you want to think more broadly and engage more people in the L&D process? Get ready to unlock the potential of continuous improvement, writes Martin Couzins  Return on investment is the Achilles’ heel of learning and development. It is…

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Editor’s blog: Is the people profession unique in the organisation?

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Is the role of the supporting and developing the workforce actually unique? Jo Cook reflects. A lot of questions were posed at the HR Leaders Unconference in London yesterday – everything from AI and organisations processes, through to finding time…

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