Category Education and skills

3 pitfalls to avoid during recession

It’s easy to make rash decisions as the economy starts to slump, Giora Morein urges organisations make measured choices when faced with difficult economic conditions As a recession looms large on the global radar, markets are jittery, employees are anxious,…

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Fighting the war on cyber crime

The corporate battle against cybercrime is raging every day, don’t be a casualty, follow Joseph Carson’s tips and keep your systems safe War, in all its forms, has had a significant impact on society throughout history, with battles won and…

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Agile – an antidote to quiet quitting

As lack of motivation and engagement grips organisations Giora Morein suggests that agile methodology could be the way to re-energise flagging employees While quiet quitting isn’t new, the pandemic brought this phenomenon into sharper focus. In remote work, employees literally…

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What’s an ambivert, and does it matter?

Extravert or introvert – what about a hybrid variation? Thom Dennis looks at the characteristics of the ambivert Some of us have been through psychometric testing and the know of the extraversion to introversion scale, originally conceived by Carl Jung,…

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Learning from life: what I learnt from getting an electric vehicle

Charging of an electric car

This month Michelle Parry-Slater tells us what she learnt from getting an electric car and the pleasure of having acquired new knowledge and skills of finally ‘going alone’ Until last autumn we were driving around in an 18-year-old Volvo XC90…

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The successful modern L&D leader

In Cathy Hoy’s penultimate article in her series for senior learning leaders, she focuses on building a learning strategy that supports business goals In the rapidly changing and increasingly competitive business world of today, investing in learning and development is…

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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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