The L&D Forum

The new normal for L&D

hello,

I was just wondering with everything that is going on and the changes being made to organisations, what is the new normal for L&D departments?

How has your L&D changed to cope with the new normal?

What is the new normal where you are? has the L&D

Intro to Apprenticeship for Levy Non-Paying Employer

Hi all, 

I am currently looking into Apprenticeship for our company. We are SME and don't pay apprenticeship levy at this moment so we'd be looking at co-investment apprenticeship. This is a very new topic for me, and I woudl appreciate any advice and

What does an effective new starter induction and manager induction look like?

Happy Friday everyone:)

We are currently relooking at how we are running inductions for new starters in general and new managers.

At the moment we are running the overall induction once a month. It is a one day course and it consists of one day where w

Webinar platforms for delivering training remotely

Hi all,

I work in a global organisation and we currently use BlueJeans as our video conferencing platform for meetings. Most people in the organisation really find it a challenge (I'm not sure why we're still using it!). We are looking to run some rem

1-2-1 with a learning and development leader

Last week there was a major outage of electrical power that affected a million homes and businesses and left people stranded on electric powered trains on the East Coast Mainline.

It obviously wasn’t a pleasant experience for any of those travellers,

Four ways L&D can support digital transformation

Great little article piece from Stephanie Morgan, Director of Learning Solutions, Bray Leino Learning on Training Zone .

Good stuff for all of us in L&D, and particularly useful for any Level 5 L&D participants completing their DBS (Designing & Devel

Mental Health in the Work Place

Morning all

As we are aware, Mental Health is becoming more common in people than ever before. I currently work in a business where we have not got a supporting procedure document in place, nethertheless we of course support our staff if arises, howev

Customer Experience

Hi all

I'm currently looking for someone who would be able to provide a workshop at Team Management level around what a good customer service experience looks like in a contact centre.

If any of you can make any recommendations or if you are this pers

How I have seen L&D change over the years.....

I have worked in L&D since 2001 and have seen so many changes over the years, I thought I would share some of my observations with you.

Back in 2001 the department was called Training and Development (T&D) and we changed to Learning & Development ove

Glasgow meet up - 24th May

The next event for L&D Glasgow is on Thursday 24th May. With a focus on supporting young people in the workplace, we'll share experiences of apprenticeships (and the Levy), innovative approaches to engaging young workforce and insights from Developin

Engaging Modern Learners

There is a great article by Steven Wainwright for the Training Journal that I came across this morning, with some top tips on engaging the modern learner.

Some of the key points I took away from this are :

1. Creating a digital workplace that support