Latest Blog Posts
Race equality: Great progress comes from great discomfort
Tracie Jolliff explains why working through discomfort in pursuit of insight and understanding can achieve great progress when striving for race equality.
Winning with an inclusive workforce
Here's how to win with an inclusive workforce, says Armin Hopp.
Drop the Mehrabian communication pie charts, now
Jo Cook tells us why we shouldn't be quoting that famous 'only 7% of our communication is the words' research.
How long should a training course be?
A one-day training course is never enough, says Paul Matthews.
What does compassion mean to me? pt2
Clare Price-Dowd concludes her piece on compassion in healthcare.
Cross the digital language divide
English can only get you so far on the global stage, says Armin Hopp.
What does social learning look like in your business?
Where are you on your social learning journey in business, asks Lyndon Wingrove.
What does compassion mean to me?
Clare Price-Dowd talks about her experience of compassionate nursing and discusses why it’s so important in the NHS.
Better public speaking pt4: Diction
Nick Gold offers expert advice on how to hone your public speaking skills. This week he addresses Diction.
Three rarely seen coaching skills
Andrew Gibbons takes aim at coaching culture.
How to wreck your training results
What do baking and training have in common? Ask Paul Matthews.
How can L&D support diversity in business?
Lyndon Wingrove talks talent and diversity in his latest blog post
Servant leadership - quotes and thoughts
Looking at the field of leadership and focusing on ‘servant leadership’, Andrew Gibbons shares some quotes to get us thinking.
L&D strategy: Measuring the benefits
How do you measure the benefits of your L&D strategy? Armin Hopp has few tips here.
Is your culture ready?
Robin Hoyle looks at the impact of culture on a learning programme and, ultimately, organisation performance.
Better public speaking pt3: Content
Nick Gold carries on his series about better public speaking. This month it's the turn of content.
VR in learning: The opportunity of a lifetime for L&D
Is L&D ready for virtual reality? Almost, says Lyndon Wingrove.
Better public speaking pt2: Context
Nick Gold carries on his series about better public speaking. This month - context.
Digital learning for L&D made easy
Fiona Quigley asks some pertinent questions about L&D.
Those are not my goals!
Paul Matthews emphasises the importance of learning goal alignment.
Language training: Building a business case for scalable learning
Speexx's Armin Hopp talks scalable learning in his latest blog.
Five steps to e-learning engagement – how to get more clicks
Issy Nancarrow develops the points she is sharing about getting your e-learning to be more popular for your staff.
How to make your organisation more inclusive
There’s a growing body of evidence to show that diverse, inclusive organisations - led by inclusive leaders - are more innovative, productive, customer-focused and financially successful than their
Don’t call it learning
What do you mean I have no charisma! Moi? You can’t say that to me! Then again, maybe you can. You’re my boss.
Better public speaking: Body language
In this short series of blogs, Nick Gold offers expert advice and top tips on how to hone your public speaking skills to ensure you give a speech which the audience remembers for all the right reas
How to build a learning culture to support change
In an era when change is the new constant, organisations need a flexible learning culture if they are to survive.
Rome wasn’t built in a day – and neither is a good leader!
A piece of research in the 90s asked successful senior leaders in a range of different organisations where they thought they had got their skills and knowledge from.
Learners as consumers: How does L&D need to change to keep up with the evolving needs of their audience?
People love to learn. They are doing it all the time in their personal lives, and this lust for learning and the pick and mix approach is quickly spilling over into the professional realm.
Apprenticeships: Earning while you learn
Conor talks us through education and costs.
I learn it when I do it
How can we get to the point where people operationalise what we give them in the classroom?