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Hope everyone is well today.
I've a question on coaching, which I think I have an answer to, but wanted to check myself with you clever people first to make sure I'm on the right track.
For me, the best coaching model I've warmed to and used over the y
Earlier this year I was lucky enough to go to America for three weeks. A fantastic holiday of a life-time where I visited my sister Lucy in Minnesota for a week before heading down to the sunshine state of Florida for some Disney mayhem.
There was a
The African Wilderness
Some time ago, I spent 4 days trekking through the African Wilderness on the ‘Umfolozi Wilderness Trail’. As we sat around a camp fire on the first night, the ranger asked us to take our watches off and hand them over. It seem
On the back of my earlier posting around the subject of EQ, this clip from The Big Bang Theory is a light hearted fun example of Sheldon - high on IQ (as demonstrated by his fantastic flowchart) and his low EQ in his ability to interact with people.
T
The Accelerated Learning Handbook Dave Meier and it's link to Knowledge Management
I'm just doing some work on Knowledge Management (what else to be doing on a Sunday you might ask!) and it's been quite good.
But randomly, in the middle of this, Exerc
As someone who spends a large proportion of time working from home –I have given a lot of thought of how to be as productive as possible whilst not being tempted by the biscuit tin, Jeremy Kyle or even the odd spot of cleaning!
As you can see from
My drive to work is a pleasant enough 35 minute drive through the Dorset countryside. I rather enjoy it - it gives me time to shift into/out of work mode, and there are always deer, buzzards, egret and the like to make it all the more interesting.
Tod
As I sit here after 11pm after two days on the @DPGplc stand at a buzzing #CIPD13, I can’t get away from a few thoughts and feelings. It’s niggled me all day so I’m just going to put it down and see what happens.
This morning I attended HR Unscramble
We have a situation at work where we employ relief workers as and when required. I just wondered if anyone could help me out; do they need a zero hours contract, and if so what goes in and what doesn't? Thanks anyone.
Catherine
Sharing knowledge is important and if you look at the difference between tacit and explicit knowledge, it's easy to see why this is the case.
So I've been thinking about what the barriers to knowledge sharing could be. How many of these apply in yo
So I’ve recently not had the time to write a blog every week, like I said I would, but this one’s going to be about time management and maintaining ahead of your schedule.
The first time I heard these words was at Bootcamp training with The Apprentice
Having just completed Workshop 8 on Evaluation, I thought this was a great article on going beyond the 'happy sheet'. Printing a copy for my team meeting tomorrow as this is definitely and area we need to improve :-)
Hi All,
If you're working through HRD Level 5 Contemporary Developments Assessment, I thought you might find the following list of links and references useful. I did. If you have any more please post them below.
Thanks
Ady
If you sat down for 2 minutes and considered the important role CPD plays in the achievement of your aspirations, you are likely to think this is a ‘no brainer’ and engage immediately.
So my question is, “Why don’t we engage”?
Having trawled th
“Continuing professional development is the action we take to maintain, update and grow.”
Beavers & Rae “Learning & Development Practice” 2010
Very simply it is about: planning your learning, reflecting on it and then adapting so that what you h
Morning All,
For the benefit of me and my fellow study crew on the 2013 Spring Manchester Group, I’ve put my notes below on how I might tackle the first task on the assessment for Workshop 6: Managing the HRD function. If this is any use to anyone e
Peter Honey recently commented on Nudge on the People Management website in the article When managers choose to behave badly which prompted me to think about my own introduction to Nudge theory a few years ago. I was working on a project with a const
OK so perhaps the title should be “Assumed Constraints and Elephant Thinking” but lets go with it as it stands and see what you think at the end.
I’ve been reflecting a lot recently prompted by a rather good post you can read here called - can we be
Recently in our LinkedIn group we brought up the idea of whether trainers used clips from films and television shows in order to make or reinforce a point they were making. The reaction was that trainers did do this on occasion and they found that de
