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…
Learning & Development Network Session Information After a short extension (requested by Learning & Development Network members), the results of the L&D Network 2018 Industry Survey will be ready to be announced and discussed for next Friday’s network session in Brisbane. SESSION SNAPSHOT: One of the many benefits of being a member of the Australian…
I’m sure you’ll have heard this before from conference organisers, but the Learning Success Blueprint Summit is different from other professional conferences you may be thinking of attending. The Institute for Learning Professionals (ILP) is focused on helping learning and development professionals achieve success, build capability and connect with the industry by offering events, programs and resources that…
Click to participate in The Australian L&D Network’s 2018 industry survey.
Following on from the success of last year’s hugely successful L&D round-table sessions, we’re really excited to announce that we will be holding the network’s facilitated ‘round-table’ discussion of 2018 that will focus on the most common capability development issues our members are facing in the year ahead and, more importantly, how they’re planning to…
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…
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