Did you know your local CIPD branch will put on relevant events that are free to CIPD members.
Take a look for your local branch here and what events are happening. Remember attending these events are great CPD evidence.
I'm always interested in the distinction between a manager and a leader or in old world 'boss'.
The word 'boss' in this context for me has very negative connotations but is part and parcel of our working lives.
If we look at the language above to
Read more…Coaching someone who doesn't want to be coached can be very difficult indeed. In fact as a coach it's one of the hardest things to overcome.
I've come across a great article that tackles this subject and provides some great ideas for approaching thes
Read more…The quotation on the last slide sums up leadership in the 2014 perfectly.
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Sometimes being a leader involves getting your message across and being able to speak in front of people.
It might mean you need to influence and inspire, motivate and engage people to take action.
So how do you get your message across?
How do you pr
Read more…Morning all!
I'm hoping somebody could point me in the right direction on this one. I am looking for a resource like the DPG community but for Line Managers to provide them with support and also Networking opportunities. Does anybody use a particular
Read more…I came across this article in the Harvard Business Review today and wanted to share as it directly links to social interactions and cognitive strength.
There are numerous studies that show (cited) that more social interactions lead to the brains capa
Read more…Following on from a discussion last week on the pitfalls of email communication & a few videos posted about NVC (non-verbal communication) & the spoken word, I've been thinking about communication in general & how to be an effective communicator.
The
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I read this the other day. I'd love to hear what you think of this.....
Learning just happens.
Many top CEOs don't attribute the success of their careers to a training course or coaching session - it's because they succeeded when given an opp
This article (link below) in the HR magazine, considers the benefits that international experience might offer an HR Director and moots the point that without it, HR Directors are falling behind Finance Directors in the race to become CEOs (!)
There
Read more…How do you make Management Development learning stick?
Returning on investments, delivering on expectations, wanting to see people succeed, a desire to deliver quality learning and looking after our people are amongst the reasons we do what
Read more…Many of our organisations have decades of time-served experience. They learned their skills and honed their craft in a time before mobile technology and digitally social interaction. They were and often still are tolerant of a particular style of m
Read more…Does your company use reverse mentoring?
What do you think about its benefits and the impact on people within the company?
Here is a link to an article about reverse mentoring:
http://adage.com/article/guest-columnists/ad-agencies-reciprocal-mentorin
Read more…I've just been playing around with Google Hangouts. Following my talk at Learning & Skills Conference Julian Staddon was keen to ask some questions and explore some of the themes around social leadership.
Martin Couzins kindly offered to facilitate a
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We're currently refreshing our view on Talent in my organisation and I'd be interested if anyone could share their headline or full view on Talent and A-Players (separately or together!) in terms of how you explain each and how they work prac
You have a personal brand whether you like it or not. So how do you know what it is and how do you develop it? These are great questions and essential questions for Learning, HR & Leadership professionals in my opinion.
Read more…Came across this article this morning from the CIPD website. It's written by @FrankDurell who heads up digital at TMP.
Reaping the rewards of using social tools
It's interesting from my perspective as the themes that Frank brings out are that social
Read more…I came across this article on HBR by Scott Edinger recently and wanted to share it, the title is Get Ready to Fail - you can find the full article below
In the article Scott does a great job in providing some common themes around f
Read more…One of the most fundamental tasks that you have to do over the course of your CIPD programme is to manage your CPD & a big part of this is reflection. Reflecting on what you've done, what you've learnt, how you're going to use this knowledge........
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Read more…Did you know your local CIPD branch will put on relevant events that are free to CIPD members.
Take a look for your local branch here and what events are happening. Remember attending these events are great CPD evidence.
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