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Tayloring learning: Effective Leadership Skills and Being Overwhelmed 

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Are you leading, or managing? Daniel Taylor explores the many skills needed for effective leadership Before I start this blog, take a moment to consider what you think are the skills needed to be an effective leader? Stop when you…

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The future of work: From skills-based to capability-driven

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Discover how shifting the emphasis from skills to capabilities fosters growth, innovation and mental wellness with Ben Satchwell Skills, skills, skills. We’re hearing a lot about the skills revolution. Should we become a skills-based organisation or a skills-driven organisation? Are we…

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Emotions and impact: How to normalise emotional expression in the workplace and why it’s important

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Encouraging emotional expression at work can reduce stress, build trust and enhance overall job satisfaction – Phil Willcox shares practical steps to create a more supportive workplace In the workplace, people lie about how they feel.  Daily.  And lying is…

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Facilitate and flourish: Embracing a new season 

Exploring Psyche's Depths of Shadow and Transformation

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

Implementing personalized employee development programs to boost morale

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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Learning from life: What I learnt from parenting puppies

Puppies (c) Julie Drybrough

Michelle Parry-Slater shares puppy cuteness overload and also looks at the importance of knowing your audience, and guest blogger Julie Drybrough adds her experience about letting go A little over two years ago we welcomed two puppies into our family,…

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Online course creation top tips: are you using quizzes properly?

Are you ready for a quiz?

Ginette Tessier shows you how to make your quizzes count   Quizzing functionality is often highlighted as a key benefit of online course hosting solutions. The ability to offer a quiz at the end of every lesson is assumed to be…

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Learning from life: what I learnt from marketing my business

Black woman leadership, whiteboard business analysis and presentation for meeting, workshop planning and team mentor. Manager talking, training and working vision, strategy idea and finance analytics.

Michelle Parry-Slater is always Open To Learning, Open To Reflection and Open To Sharing, but this month she looks at being Open To Work I changed my LinkedIn profile to show the #Open To Work banner on my profile photo.…

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Bridging the gap with killer communications: the power of storytelling for building a learning culture

Paper plate, glasses, notepad, pen and pencils on the white background. Business concept. Text THE POWER OF STORYTELLING

Kerry Jary weaves a tale about story telling in L&D An embedded learning culture – we want this, we need this! But just how do we achieve it? In an ideal world, learning and development forms the backbone of our…

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