Right now the world of employee development is going through a transformation. Growing numbers of organisations are putting people right at the centre of their strategy for success – and there’s increasing awareness of the fact that coaching has a fundamental role to play. But harnessing the benefits of coaching requires a shift in perspective.
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Meetings. Around 70% of us wish we had fewer of them. And when we talk to people in business, the worst offender is the remote or virtual meeting. Being in different physical locations seems to exacerbate everything that is wrong with many face to face meetings, and it also brings tech challenges along with the
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Most people focus on the “doing’ of presentations: content, slides, scripts, how to introduce yourself and all that jazz. However, that’s not the part that can unlock brilliance. Nor is it the part that will stop you having presentation nerves, keep you from getting tripped up along the way and losing your train of thought,
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Artificial intelligence is poised to revolutionise the world of work. Learning and performance, HR, IT… every department is set for a machine-led overhaul. As the pace of change continues to speed up, adapt to survive becomes technological imperative as well as a biological one. No business will stay competitive without utilising machine learning and all
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People spend their lives looking for ways to feel good – and the feel-good factor is both subjective and found in a wide variety of places, pastimes and pursuits. For some it’s a spa weekend, for others it’s a bottle of wine, or maybe even a day’s trainspotting. But the one universal constant that makes
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Martin Baker explains his Fairy Liquid approach to marketing. It’s simple and effective, and works for marketing almost anything, but you’ll have to wash the dishes yourself! So, you’ve bought the most fantastic LMS and filled it with relevant, bespoke resources. You have (to adapt the well-known phrase often used in learning and development) built
...More InfoIf I may, I’d like to have a word with your elephant.
Have you heard about the concept of the elephant and the rider? It’s my favourite. It’s actually a theory that started out in business psychology, but it’s all about effecting behaviour so it quickly made its way into Learning and Development circles. It’s a metaphor for understanding the relationship between the rational and emotional parts
...More InfoHow high employer trust levels and e-learning can counter fake news
A range of research studies published in recent years have shown that most traditional institutions – politicians, businesses, the media, even charities and traditional ‘pillars of the community’ like doctors, are less trusted today than they have been in the past, with politicians suffering most from the decline. But one group seems to be bucking
...More InfoTop 30 misunderstood business words by non-native English speaking workers
Dual meaning words including onboarding, compensation, resignation, delegate, and phrases ‘in a nutshell’ and ‘go the extra mile’ cause most problems Walk into almost any service business in a UK city today and at least half of the people employed do not have English as their first language. Coffee shops are the obvious example, but
...More InfoWhy don’t you dare to do data?
A little story Once upon a time there was an L&D Manager. This manager was happy and a real ‘people person.’ They were in touch with the best companies to design and deliver courses and they always ensured that post course feedback evaluation sheets were completed and the results analysed. Everyone was happy. Then one
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