By: Judith Kors – July 2015 Here’s a nice simple one to take home at the end of the day (…and week…and month)… It’s strange. The ‘performance appraisal’, something that is ultimately aimed at improving the standards, capabilities, and productivity of the workforce can, if not done properly, do the exact opposite, leaving staff negative,…
By Judith Kors – July 2015 There is one big paradox that seems to affect a LOT of Learning and Development Managers…whilst they are all working really hard to develop the capabilities of their organisation’s staff, they are rarely (if ever) doing anything to develop their own capabilities! There appears to be a variety of…
Building on our previous article ‘5 Simple Ways You Can Support Your Frontline Managers’, today’s article takes us a step before that and looks at ways we can assist Frontline Managers actually make that difficult transition from a team member to a team leader… By: Daniel McCorry – July 2015 Whilst a promotion from being…
By: Judith Kors – July 2015 So we’re almost at August already (where on earth did the first half of this year go!?!?). By now you should have (hopefully) be past the worst of the end-of-financial-year work and, if you haven’t already done so, started thinking about how you’re going to spend your 2015/16 budget by…
By: Rachael Hunter – July 2015 The current buzzword from the learning and development world lately seems to be‘continuous learning’, but what does that mean for your organisation, exactly? It’s all well and good to have ongoing training programs and a variety of curricula for your employees to follow, but unless they are willing participants…
By: Daniel McCorry – July 2015 Being a ‘leader’ doesn’t come naturally for everyone, and even for those few that have an innate ability to lead, it doesn’t mean the role is a simple one…indeed, there’s a huge (and ever increasing) amount pressure that comes with frontline management these days so the more support they…
Developing and Delivering a Compelling Business Case for Learning & Development Programs By: Judith Kors – 18th July 2015 Are you finding that your Learning & Development budget has been shrinking? That winning approval for your training strategy has required far greater sales skills? As any experienced, professional salesperson will tell you, good sales skills…
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