Tag Archives: management
Unconventional: caught being excellent
A while ago, I came across a fantastic example of someone going about their work in an apparently quiet and dilligent way and suddenly being noticed. The unusual thing was the methods she employed the carry out her task and the interest she created.
It made me think about how we need to find a balance [...]
Feedback with a stroke not a poke.
The other day a colleague took me to one side and said “You were very distracted during that session. What’s on your mind?”
His feedback was genuinely intended to be constructive but it took me back a bit as I had no idea why he would think that. I was fairly sure that I hadn’t been [...]
3 Top Tips for Managing Gen Y
For many trainers, 18 - 26 yr olds can be a tough group to engage and motivate. Described by sociologists as the GenerationY (because they follow Generation-X), many prefer the term "millenials" to recognise that their worldview/outlook was shaped as we moved from the 20th to the 21st century.
As a group, they can be hard [...]
It’s not enough to be a professional, you also have to act like one
Great post from Clive Shepherd on why L&D professionals should be acting more professionally.
Clive on Learning - It's not enough to be professional...
Clive's main thrust here is that L&D people should be more assertive about using their experience to to guide managers in what solutions to offer training needs.
Judging by the number of comments, he [...]
Learning should be the emphasis in staff development