By Nima Singh – 15th January 2022 Capability development is (of course) MUCH more than just training and can/should include a wide range of other strategies that all align, interlink, and support each other in the overall pursuit of an L&D team’s organisational development goals (no one strategy alone will ever achieve the…
By Lars Sudmann, TEDxUtopia At TEDxUtopia, the question was asked: What would leadership in Utopia look like? In this fantastic talk, Lars Sudmann, a university lecturer in Aachen and Braunschweig, and world-renowned researcher and thought-leader on the topic of what makes the most advanced organizations and leaders successful, shares his key discoveries. To start…
By Helen StJohn – 13th January 2022 Great leadership is, of course, essential at every level for an organisation to be successful. However, Frontline Managers are responsible for ensuring that an organisation’s strategy translates into results and are therefore the linchpin for success. As such, it’s fair to say that very few roles…
By Dave Burns – 12th January 2022 There have been many definitions on what leadership is, for example, Alan Keith of Lucas Digital says; “Leadership is ultimately about creating a way for people to contribute to making something extraordinary happen” and Lindsay Levin of Whites Limited says; “Vision, conviction and courage made the difference for…
By Nima Singh – 11th January 2022 ‘Where does Learning Matters get its Learning & Development industry information for its newsfeed from?’ you might well ask. Well, the short answer is ‘from a variety of sources’, such from experience, from our own L&D subject matter experts, from reading/referencing the books in our [constantly growing] instructional…
By Helen StJohn – 10th January 2022 As the chorus of an old Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers song goes ‘Nothing’s impossible I have found, For when my chin is on the ground, I pick myself up, Dust myself off, Start all over again’. As thousands of years of wars, famines, environmental disasters, disease and…
By Nima Singh – 9th January 2022 The NSW state government has announced that Australian Defence Force Veterans and their partners will be provided with access to free training to improve their career opportunities and assist in, often difficult, transition from service to civilian life. Via the newly created Veterans Skills Program (part of the Australian Government’s Smart…
By Daniel Stringer – 9th January 2020 Australia’s independent tertiary providers have been included in the federal government’s Short Courses Initiative budget extension with the announcement that there will be an extra 5000 places allocated to non-university higher education providers. Troy Williams, CEO of the Independent Tertiary Education Council Australia, said the new higher education short courses…
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