LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT BLOG

Identifying and closing soft skills gaps in the modern workplace is proving to be a real challenge. Traditional methods are no longer working so it’s time for a change. To help facilitate this change, Stephanie Morgan has put together a few innovative ways you can help your whole organisation – from learners to leaders – identify and close soft skills gaps.

Society can’t rely solely on the government to tackle global issues, so we are turning to business leaders to face these challenges in place of slow governance and regulations. Because of this, L&D needs to develop a new kind of leadership to ensure businesses remain successful and sustainable.

This week I explore how learners can support YOU in creating a fantastic learning culture and improving learner engagement. From promoting learning to their peers, to getting their line managers on board.

There are many ways a learner can support you, so for the next two weeks my blogs will focus on how. This week I look at how taking ownership of their own learning can have a huge impact, from identifying skills gaps to paving the way for a successful learning transfer.

For many L&D professionals, measuring ROI can be a bit of an enigma despite it being increasingly important in proving the value of learning. To help demystify measuring ROI in learning and to inject some inspiration at the beginning of the financial year, Stephanie Morgan deconstructs the basics.

How do leaders create an engaging environment and foster motivation during times of uncertainty? Something you could do right now to help maintain the motivation and engagement of your team(s), is to take a strategic approach to how you communicate.

There are a lot of conversations in L&D surrounding low learner engagement and the challenges of proving ROI. It can be difficult to cut through the noise and find a solution to both obstacles which is straight forward, cost effective and yields the results you are looking for… That’s why I am shouting about success stories!

The Personal Learning Network toolbox provides you with six invaluable tools for continued professional development – helping you be at the centre of your own learning

The UK is number one for global organisations to locate their European headquarters, which means that many L&D professionals are faced with the challenge of creating engaging, bilingual learning to a wide audience. This is no small task, but L&D professionals need to tackle this head on should they want to create global relevancy with their solutions.

The benefits of mentoring are no secret – in L&D we understand the impact that it can have and the development it gives our people. Reverse mentoring has grown in popularity in recent years, predominately impacted by the boom in social media and technology. The beauty of this is that the process recognises that there are skills gaps on both sides.