LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT BLOG

We take a look at the affects of agile working in the modern workplace, with our latest infographic.

There are many struggles of managing performance in an agile working environment. We offer some top tips on how to make it work, regardless of location.

I am a great believer in planning and preparation. In fact, I totally agree with that saying that the harder you work the luckier you seem to become. Acquiring a board position is a little bit like that.

Thinking of introducing a mindfulness initiative into your organisation? We take a look at where to start and what to expect with our latest blog.

Keeping in contact is a key factor in helping an absent member of staff return after long-term absence. This can be a complex topic as every situation is different.

Quite often you will find that any strength put under pressure will have a dark side, one which does not serve you well. What’s important is to know when you are about to step over to the dark side and how can you save yourself!

As part of her wellbeing strategy, line managers still need help with absence management, which is one of the key focuses around our recent talk of mindfulness, given that an estimated 70 million working days lost to sickness absence due to mental illness in 2014.

Introducing mindfulness into the workplace has outstanding benefits, but it's important to be clear what sort of mindfulness based intervention you would like to use. We highlight six ways you can do this.

As ever, the New Year starts with a fresh sense of optimism. For L&D departments, some will be continuing with their current programmes of learning and some will be striving to bring a modern and fresh approach to their offering to keep them out of the ‘dark ages’.

Many companies tell me how hard it is to engage learners. When I probe a bit deeper, I often come up with the same old reasons as to why their learners don’t engage, but are they just smokescreens and excuses?