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How to turn conversations about stress into meaningful interventions in the workplace
Stress is everywhere, particularly in today’s working environment. And when someone finally speaks up, what a manager says next can change everything. Joseph Conway explains why giving managers the tools and confidence to handle tough conversations isn’t a nice-to-have. It’s a business-critical skill that can protect employees’ wellbeing and performance Stress has been widely described as a modern-day epidemic – and the research is stacking up to prove just how true this is. According to Mental Health UK’s Burnout Report…
Proving learning’s worth in volatile tech environments
Catherine Dock explores how L&D can demonstrate its value and measure impact in fast-moving, complex technology environments. From stakeholder engagement to meaningful metrics, she outlines practical strategies for aligning L&D with business outcomes—and why communities, clarity, and curiosity are key to making an impact that stakeholders notice and trust. One of the hardest things in Learning and Development is to justify the real impact of learning on organisations and strategies to stakeholders. We know how powerful showing the return on…
Spotting the risk from within: why training matters when tackling the insider threat
Employees can be your strongest defence… or your greatest vulnerability. As insider threats rise, cybersecurity issues grow and bottom lines are hit, L&D leaders have a crucial role in shifting culture and building resilience within. Rachael Tiffen explores how strategic training can turn awareness into action – before risks become headlines. In today’s fast-paced, digitally interconnected business landscape, fraudulent threats are no longer limited to external hackers or sophisticated criminal networks. Increasingly, danger lies within an organisation’s own walls. Insider…
Attention is earned, not given – what L&D needs to learn from marketing
Marketers know how to grab attention and inspire action in people — so why isn’t L&D learning from their approaches and methods? In this smart crossover, Ricci Masero shares how marketing’s best strategies, approaches tactics can supercharge learning engagement, from storytelling and UX to journey mapping and business metrics inspired design. As a marketing professional working in the EdTech space, I see a closely shared common goal with learning and development: capturing attention and driving behaviour change. While marketers have…
L&Ds role in meeting expectations of early career professionals
Emily Goldsack and Alanna Harrington explore how learning and development can be the deciding factor for early career talent. Their research reveals what young professionals expect from employers — from onboarding through to long-term growth — and how L&D can help organisations meet these needs to build engagement, trust and future-ready leaders. In a world where organisational success is defined by speed and adaptability, attracting early talent is essential to stay ahead. They bring innovative ideas, a hunger to learn,…
Using behavioural science to maximise the impact of L&D programs
If some of your department’s training misses the mark for people, perhaps behavioural science can change that trend. Ravinder Tulsiani explores how L&D teams can boost engagement in sessions, the motivation to learn and retention to increase performance, by designing programmes that align with how people really learn and behave Traditional training methods often fail to translate into real-world behavior change, however applying principles from behavioral science, programs can be more engaging, impactful, and aligned with how people naturally learn…
How to stretch your budget to achieve high-impact L&D
Tight budgets don’t have to mean low impact. Steve Macaulay shares smart, strategic ways to do more with less in your L&D department, so you can look at boosting learning, increasing performance, and sparking innovation – without breaking the bank. From internal expertise to open-source tools, it’s all about working smarter! Many L&D professionals struggle to stretch their budgets to meet growing organisational demands. Surveys consistently highlight budget constraints as a top concern for HR and L&D professionals worldwide. Underfunded…
Securing buy-in for L&D when budgets are tight
When budgets are under pressure, learning and development is often first on the chopping block. But cutting back could mean that companies miss out on long-term wins. Caroline Evans shares how L&D teams can get the decision-makers on-side, prove their value and deliver high-impact learning, even when every pound counts In an ever-changing business landscape – from AI adoption, all the way through to staying afloat in an era where geopolitical tensions are impacting the supply chain – we’re seeing seismic…
Human before leader: Rethinking leadership for a new world of work
Think leadership is just about performance? Think again. Sara Hope and Emily Cosgrove show how empathy, connection and courageous conversations are helping leaders ditch the old-school playbook for a new approach. With research-backed results and real-world impact, human-centred leadership is the power move for thriving teams in today’s fast-changing world The landscape of leading and managing in organisations today seems to be shifting at an ever more rapid pace. Political changes and economic fluctuations have pushed us into an…
5 practical strategies for effective conflict resolution in the workplace
Conflict is part of working life, but unresolved tensions can derail even the best teams and impact working life. Simon Phillips shares a practical, people-first approach to transforming conflict into progress, grounded in leadership insights, lived experience and proven impact. Clear, calm and collaborative – this is culture work that sticks Conflict at work is inevitable. Having worked with CEOs and leadership teams across many sectors, dealing with some of the toughest challenges they’ve ever faced, I’ve witnessed how unresolved…
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