Category Education and skills

The importance of managers in supporting menopausal women

Michelle Robinson Hayes offers five important factors that managers need to know about the menopause Women of average menopausal age are the fastest growing in the workforce and yet the experiences of this segment are often poorly understood and overlooked.…

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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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Diversity and inclusion in the new world of work

Frederick Hölscher’s second contribution on diversity and inclusion, co-authored with Sharon Olivier, looks at four narratives to help leaders on their D&I journey Diversity and inclusion (D&I) are very much mainstream HR themes and D&I is becoming even more important as organisations…

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Sponsored content: How Digital Credentials Support Business Growth for Training Providers

Digital badges are a proven way to measure training while raising awareness and engagement with learners. Read Credly by Pearson’s latest White Paper on digital credentials and how to improve skills in your organization now. Most organizations put business growth…

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Promoting L&D investment during a downturn

Collin Poage explores the importance of L&D and how learning leaders can communicate this imperative to the C-suite. Inspired by the famous Ben Franklin quote “Nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes,” author Tom Collins noted…

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