DO YOUR MANAGERS HELP OR HINDER CAPABILITY DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSFER OF LEARNING?

By Sam Russell – 2nd February 2022       Whilst there’s clearly a number of factors that contribute to the success of a capability development initiative, in my experience, one of the key things that will ensure success or failure is the managers of the program participants. If managers… don’t see/understand the value of…

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IN THE NEWS: WHAT IS SERVANT LEADERSHIP?

By Pamela Hogle, Learning Solutions Magazine. January 31st 2022 What seems to be lost on many managers is that, by definition, to be successful, their team needs to be successful. This means their role is to provide their team with the resources, training, and support to be successful. This article (which includes advice for L&D…

Great leadership starts with self-leadership

L&D VIDEO: TEDX – GREAT LEADERSHIP STARTS WITH SELF-LEADERSHIP

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…

WHAT IS LEADERSHIP?

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…

5000 INDEPENDENT PROVIDER PLACES FOR THE SHORT COURSE INITIATIVE

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…

LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT NOT VALUED BY ORGANISATIONS

Written by: Karen Higginbottom, FORBES CONTRIBUTOR I’m a freelance journalist who writes about HR (human remains as I like to call it) and employment topics for Thomson Reuters GRC and supplements for The Times. I began my career as a reporter for HR trade journals in the U.K. before branching out in 2004 as a freelancer for…

TEN HABITS OF ULTRA-LIKEABLE LEADERS

By Dr. Travis Bradberry   Dr. Travis Bradberry is the award-winning coauthor of Emotional Intelligence 2.0 and the cofounder of TalentSmart® the world’s leading provider of emotional intelligence tests and training serving more than 75% of Fortune 500 companies. His bestselling books have been translated into 25 languages and are available in more than 150 countries.…