Could a culture of continuous learning tackle the biggest obstacle to workplace learning and development (L&D)?
How can HR help accidental managers develop the skills to become effective 'people' people, and handle the human side of the role?
Leisure centre management company Fusion Lifestyle worked out its talent problem by partnering with Arden University to offer exciting career development opportunities. Millicent Machell reports.
Employees are completing course after course, yet failing to implement the learning in their day-to-day jobs. Claire Muir investigates the perceptions and disconnects around learning and development,...
Many frontline workers who had their training reduced or moved online during the pandemic have not seen it recover.
‘Why is our company in business?’ and ‘What can our people do to support that purpose?’ If two questions have followed me during my 20-plus-year career as an HR professional, they are these.
Fourteen years ago, I went to see Richard Olivier deliver one of his Shakespeare Mythodrama sessions in a small hotel in Edinburgh. My then boss called me the week before and said, “I’ve booked us...
The need to invest in people and expand employee skillsets isn’t anything new or unexpected. Yet many organisations still lack a genuine learning culture where continuous, structured upskilling is a...
Companies across the UK are looking to introduce new people-related positions into their business as the role of HR continues to grow.
Employers are placing too much emphasis on degree-style learning rather than focussing on skills, according to Andreas Schleicher, director of the directorate for education and skills at the...
Social media platforms like Tik Tok and Instagram could be having an influence on workplace training programmes.
Despite a digital skills crisis, and a need to hire and upskill fast, we continue to present school leavers with a binary choice when it comes to continuing their learning – go to university or take...