An interesting TED Talk by Adam Grant, author and a professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, on the ‘Giver’ and ‘Taker’ personality types and how they can positively or negatively impact on an organisation’s culture, productivity, and success. FOLLOW FOR FREE – To receive the free ‘Learning Matters’ daily news via email, simply click on the ‘Follow’…
Written by: M.S. RAO, PH.D. “A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.” ― Mahatma Gandhi Soft leadership is a new relationship-oriented leadership style that effectively blends soft skills with leadership. This style emphasizes transformation of people more than transaction of tasks. It…
How would your organisation fare if its leadership development program was evaluated and benchmarked against the systems seen by an experienced practitioner? What would be the strengths of the program currently in place at your organisation? Where would the opportunities for improvement in your program reside? Attempt to score the leadership development program at your…
Author: Roei Deutsch is the CEO and cofounder of JOLT, a marketplace for live talks given by professionals to teams who wish to keep up to speed with rapid market changes. He founded and sold his first company at the age of 15 and by the age of 18 served as new-media consultant for a…
Karen Schmidt from Let’s Grow! is the frontline leadership expert. She helps organisations grow their frontline leaders so they perform better, which improves team productivity, giving senior leaders peace of mind. To learn about her services visit http://www.letsgrow.com.au. To book her to speak at your next event visit http://www.karenschmidt.com.au. Frontline leaders are vital to the…
By Steve Penfold – Elucidat Empowering organisations to author more effective elearning, faster Steve Penfold is Customer Success Director at Elucidat. In 2015, the Chartered Institute of Personal Development (CIPD) issued its annual Learning and Development (L&D) survey report. This report covered the latest Learning and Development trends and practices and explored the rise of…
By Karen Schmidt – November 2016 Leaders and leadership are not the same thing, even though the two terms are often used interchangeably. In order for your organisation to grow, you need both. So what is leadership, why does it matter and how do you help the people who run your organisation to develop this…
By: Sam Russell – May 2016 First of all, a sincere apology for not having posted anything for a week or two. I’m afraid that, what with all the networking sessions we’ve been organising and running over the past few weeks and other work commitments, we’ve been busier than the proverbial ‘umbrella salesman in a…
By Scott Howe – April 2016 “When you command you ought to know each man in that command better than his own mother does. You must know which man responds to encouragement, which to reasoning, and which needs a good kick in the pants. Know your men.” – Field Marshal Sir William Slim A…
As a ‘warm up’ to the ‘What is mobile learning and how can it be used to reduce costs and increase capability?’ sessions that he will be presenting for us at our upcoming networking events in Perth, Sydney, and Melbourne, Dawid Falck (MD of BabbleWire Learning Group and acknowledged subject-matter expert in field of online and mobile…
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