Category Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

Embracing your creative potential: a guide inspired by Cat Hase’s story

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In this feature as part of International Women’s Day, Cat Hase explores what creativity can bring to your work and personal development Would you call yourself creative? It’s a question that, unfortunately, far too many people answer with a “no.”…

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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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Learning from life: writing a book

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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 me so much about myself and expectations on learning new…

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Navigating the evolving landscape of the L&D Job market: insights and trends for 2024

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Exploring the job market for job seekers and those in hiring roles, four L&D experts share their experience and suggestions in this detailed feature As the year 2023 unfolded, the Learning and Development (L&D) job market underwent a profound transformation.…

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The show must go on: leveraging 8 performance techniques for dynamic presentations

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Karl Green unleashes the power of performance with his approach for mastering presentation skills As someone from a performance background of over a decade, and recently pivoted career from dance and musical theatre to coaching and development, I have witnessed…

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L&D skills for the digital world

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Is the current state of technology overwhelming you? Or is your organisation asking you to focus on something when your passion is elsewhere? And is technology the most important thing anyway? Harri Le Claire and Jo Cook share more in…

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Learning matters: how to make the most of the three forms of reflection

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We all know about reflecting back on something – but how many of us do so going forwards? This blog from Andrew Gibbons is here to shine a light Think for a moment about the word ‘reflection’. Doesn’t it imply…

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Preparing for the Evolving L&D Landscape in 2024

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Three L&D experts, Tommy Richardson, Kyile Stair and Dr. Jill Stefaniak, share their predictions and advice for 2024, stressing the importance of AI training, time-sensitive training, and keeping up to date with evolving regulatory landscapes Employee demand for corporate training…

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Conversations, relationships and learning: jumping right in

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Julie Drybrough questions where and when we start our learning and reflection Can you begin in the middle? The middle of a month? The middle of a process? Can you take that neat list of intentions and bang right through…

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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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