LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT BLOG

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How ‘helicopter parenting’ is affecting the business community and our future leaders, now that millennials are entering the workplace.

Learn about the 12 soft skills that all managers need to be successful.

Think you know the impact of unconscious bias? Have a go at our brand new game to discover some staggering statistics.

We are all human and it would be impossible to leave all concerns and worries with your coat when you arrive at work. However, what can be done is controlling behaviour, so the negative emotions aren’t passed on to others with negative words and behaviour.

Ever wanted to make an animation loop without having to resort to animated GIFs? Well, I have found a way of achieving this within Storyline via the use of variable toggles, and am sharing it here.

Management has changed a lot in the past 30 years. When I started my career in retail, the management style was very autocratic, and quite aggressive, however when I left it almost 14 years after I started, the style had moved to a more leadership style, working collaboratively with the staff.

Why do so many managers go from wanting to get the best out of their people, to someone that doesn’t even say good morning to their staff?

Towards Maturity and CIPD’s recent study ‘Preparing for the Future of Learning’ made for insightful reading.

I often get asked how to insert a landscape page in the middle of a portrait document. It can be fiddly, and lots of people seem to get so far but then give up when it goes wrong, so here is a step by step guide on how to achieve it.