Designing learning events for senior managers that include the principles of personalisation and collectivism is key, Rob McWilliam says

Investing in the leadership skills of your managers is a highly effective way to get your talent management strategy on track, Alice Withers says

It's time to seize the moment and start coaching, Bloomberg says

Workplace learning needs to be treated as a much more human matter, not just a formality with a fixed beginning and an end, Armin Hopp says

Without the natural and innate learning abilities of the people we are teaching, our efforts would amount to nothing, Paul Matthews says

Creating a succession plan is something we tend to do as a contingency measure, Eddie Kilkelly says

Mentoring offers a personal touch and opens up interaction across the company as a whole, Fay Sharpe says

Leaders have to wrestle with positivity but must make sure they have the right amount of it, Matt Bolton-Alarcon says

The new Global Capital Trends survey has important implications for L&D, Tim Baker says

Constantly building the confidence and capability of your team will stand you in good stead, Liz Hill-Smith says

It’s not always appropriate to conduct a full training evaluation for every programme, Alice Withers says 

L&D professionals don't shout loudly enough about what they do, Richard Griffin says

People in our profession use the terms 'training' and 'learning and development' interchangeably. But they mean different things. Training is a subset of learning and development. 

Effective talent management can contribute to a variety of strategic objectives, Alice Withers says

Becoming a high performer requires ultimate self-discipline, Eddie Kilkelly says

A strategy that utilises project-based workers can give companies access to highly-skilled talent, Armin Hopp says

Designing learning for our senior leaders is a challenge when it comes to finding the balance, Rob McWilliam says

Virtual teams will always be behind traditional teams in terms of their development, Matt Bolton-Alarcon says

There are many behaviours that will make a new leader successful, Bloomberg says

Training evaluation can be used for a lot more than just assessing a return on investment, Richard Griffin says

We need to help leaders get used to working out what is going on for them at an emotional level, Liz Hill-Smith says

We appear to be entering the general election without any proper debate around the state of training, Martyn Sloman says

There is much more to performance than can be provided by training alone, Paul Matthews says

Finding a mentor is also an important process of continuing development, Eddie Kilkelly says

Our workforce needs to understand the benefits and potential downsides of a flexible working culture, Armin Hopp says

The way we spend so much time internally reporting rather than dealing with the outside world needs immediate attention, Matt Bolton-Alarcon says

L&D can support middle managers in how they learn to influence, Rob McWilliam says

Martin-Christian Kent highlights the key points to remember when conducting an evaluation

One of the major impediments to developing a productive workplace culture is the traditional approach to learning and development, Tim Baker says

Richard Griffin stresses the need for more partnership-led training