Blogs

A few weeks ago, I was working with some team leaders on a leader development programme and the topic was "Performance Management". We started off with a great activity called the "Printers Box", which beautifully demonstrates the principles of perf

In this blog, I will discuss 10 very simple, yet effective ways to accelerate learning in a an organisation. For those of you not familiar with accelerated learning, it is sometimes known as brain friendly learning, brain based learning or speed teac

18th and 25th June 2014 - Free 2 Day, Online Event

We've all probably heard of the big annual L&D and HR Conferences, but how many of you know about the Virtual Learning Show?

Now in its third year, the events are held twice a year in Summer

What an exciting title, for me it conjures up a whole host of emotions including excitement for a new challenge, fear of the unknown, happiness for being given the opportunity to make a difference and sadness for leaving a group of people that I have

We all do it.

There’s always that task that we put to one side and ignore – until it builds up and ends up touching the ceiling. It’s a bad habit, especially if you’re working in a busy environment or a professional workplace, but we all do it and i

I have never written a blog before so I guess I am a blogging virgin! After attending my first workshop on the new ILM Coaching & Mentoring Programme, I really wanted to share my passion for Coaching & Mentoring in the workplace. I believe it’s a pow

The CIPD Gloucestershire Coaching Network (GCN) is a community of people with an interest in coaching. They run a few events each year to develop their skills, share knowledge and network with other coaches. A topic of interest for each meeting is ei

Here is a simple view of one of the most famous Learning Styles theories.

Take a look at the diagram below and see which speech bubble comes in to your head when you are trying to learn something new.

Do you think you fit in to one of these boxes o

I didn't go to every Session at the new-style CIPD L&D Show in Olympia this week, but the following are the Curated Tweets from the sessions I went to on Wednesday- hope you enjoy 

Creating a New Generation of Trustworthy leaders http://t.co/wUlY6

On the 30th of April we had the 3rd Brain Friendly Learning Group meeting in Leeds attended by 12 people from a wide range of industries and organisations. To name a few, we had representative from Leeds Building Society, Asda and Capita as well as a

CIPD Learning and Development Show - Live Blog

Embedding Social Media for Collaborative Learning

I’m at the CIPD L&D Show for a session on Embedding Social Media for Collaborative Learning.  First up is Helena Moore.

 I’m quite looking forward t

CIPD Learning and Development Show

It’s Day 2 of the CIPD Learning and Development Show in Olympia London and there’s been some great sessions today. As I write this I’m sat in the session on delivering engaging eLearning through Virtual Classroom

Day 2 is here!

Yesterday was great and I'm sure today is going to be just as good here at the 2014 CIPD Learning and Development show in London.

I'm tweeting today on behalf of DPG and you can follow my tweets on Twitter @dpgplc and get in touch

Creating a Manager-Led Coaching Culture

I’ve attended some great sessions today at the 2014 CIPD L&D Show.  This afternoon I’ve been on the Creating a Manager led coaching culture session.  The session was delivered by Sue Miller, Learning and Dev

Blending on and offline learning - A live blog from CIPD Learning and Development Show

It’s the first session of the day at the CIPD L&D Show 2014 and the topic is Implementing Blended e-Learning and Offline Strategies for Greater Impact. I’m real