As a warm-up to the morning tea that she will be hosting in Perth next week (find details at the end of this post or click here), Sarah Cordiner has kindly written the following article for Learning Matters. Please note that if you can’t make it to the session, an online video of it will…
By: Judith Kors – September 2015 We are VERY excited to announce that the award-winning subject-matter-expert, Sarah Cordiner (Founder of Main Training and strategic partner/lead facilitator at Rhodes Business School), will be presenting at the next Australian L&D Network morning tea in Perth. When?: 8-9.30 am – Monday 21st September 2015 Where?: Saxons Training Facilities – 1/140 St Georges…
By: Sam Russell – September 2015 Recently I was very flattered to be invited to be interviewed by Gerald Pauschmann at an ILP (Institute of Learning Professionals) ‘On the learning couch’ event along with fellow interviewee and subject-matter-expert, James Hanson, Group University Manager for the international engineering firm, Cardno. It was a fascinating experience with…
By: Kerry Brocks – August 2015 Kerry Brocks, founder and CEO of the Institute for Learning Professionals (ILP) is passionate about the L&D industry. She is also aware of its faults and is taking action… I’m concerned for corporate people who are hiring trainers and not getting results. It’s the reason I started ILP. There…
By: Judith Kors – August 2015 (original/source article and free e-book by ‘The E-Learning Guild’ – http://www.elearningguild.com) Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ll know that the DevLearn conference & expo is the place where many of the Learning & Development industry’s most celebrated thought leaders, innovators, and subject-matter-experts meet to network and share ideas. It’s…
By: Rachel Hunter – August 2015 The Global Financial Crises caused a huge ‘knee-jerk’ reaction in companies as, in the panic caused by financial institutions and markets collapsing around the world, many of them sort to safeguard there future, most often via drastic and rampant redundancy schemes. There are several ironies about this, the most obvious one…
By: Judith Kors – August 2015 There seems to be a million and one metrics for appraising people in the workplace these days but, ultimately, isn’t it performance that really matters? Now, we’re clearly not saying that the other stuff doesn’t matter and, let’s be honest, the ‘other stuff’ is all there (or should be) to…
By: Judith Kors – August 2015 There’s something of a paradox going on in the world of Frontline Managers. Basically, at a time when over 90% of a group of more than 600 executives from around the world said in a ‘Harvard Business Review Analytical Services’ study that they felt that a lack of adequate leadership…
By: Daniel McCorry – August 2015 It’s not uncommon that a person with all the necessary skills, experience, and capability to qualify as a manager can still fail in building the relationships needed to be a trusted leader. Here’s four small tips you can use yourself and/or pass onto the managers in your organisation to…
By: Rachel Hunter – August 2015 If you want to truly excel in your role then finding a suitable mentor is an excellent (some would say ‘essential’) part of achieving this. Many organisations offer mentoring programs, however, the most beneficial mentoring tends to come from developing a relationship with a mentor that you have identified…
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