Nothing against soft skills, they’ll absolutely help you become a great people development or L&D leader. But they’re a little too vague and surface-level to really help you nail an approach that wins over the right people and helps them grow in the right moments. For that to happen, you
Getting employees to complete compliance training is the workplace equivalent of trying to give a dog a bath! You’ll get met with resistance, ignored altogether or have people just run away a lot of the time. And in the same way that you can’t really blame a pooch for not
94% of employees recently stated they were feeling stressed! That’s why the workplace mental health conversation is one that continues to snowball at speed – and rightly so! From a practical perspective, teams that feel emotionally supported will perform at their best, deliver sharp outcomes for the business, and innovate
We’re not trying to break up that famous training and development duo, but it’s about time we added learning to the mix permanently. There are plenty of forward-thinking companies who’re already shifting their focus to learning and development to use training differently! That’s why we’ve put together this guide,
What do the Karate Kid, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Luke Skywalker, Frodo Baggins and that Chef from Ratatouille all have in common? Every single one of them had a mentor, one who passed on wisdom and helped them build the skills that made them the best Jedi, superhero or
The days of just you and your spreadsheet fighting to keep everyone up-to-date with compliance and repeating courses are well and truly over! When a resource needs to be revisited every month, quarter or year, there’s no time for the manual processes of checking documents, sending reminders and keeping track
We were all so busy moving our learning content online and making it an engaging experience that somebody forgot to tell compliance training! Well, not exactly, but there is a lingering, ironic air that the one mandatory type of learning is something to be dreaded. The one-size-fits-all content and typically
At the heart of the learning needs analysis is a pretty straightforward concept, understanding which skills need to be developed to get your company and people closer to your goals. It’s an assessment of the skills needed to perform current or upcoming roles better, and the tools for understanding the
When Toby Newman joined us to discuss the fascinating topic of creating small online private courses, we were itching to share all those webinar nuggets with you in a blog post. But then we thought, what’s even better than us summarising the session? Hearing from Toby himself in a guest
Tracking progress is an amazing way to help your people and get to the bottom of how they really feel about their job. It’s also a great way for managers to stay in touch and keep an eye on employee performance, in a way that is a lot more progressive
