Category: Professional development
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The Belonging Paradox: How Fostering Togetherness Ignites Professional Triumph
In the ever-evolving landscape of the modern workplace, there is a growing awareness that achieving professional success is not solely about individual talent or skill sets. Instead, a nuanced interplay of belonging, inclusivity, and collaboration has come to the forefront. This phenomenon can be aptly termed “The Belonging Paradox.” This article delves into the multifaceted…
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Building a Strong Leadership Pipeline: Developing Future Leaders Through Corporate Training and Development
Great leaders inspire others with their values and their behaviours. They set an example for others to follow and help to shape the direction of an organisation. Building a strong leadership pipeline to support and grow tomorrow’s great leaders is critical for any organisation to ensure a robust succession plan and growth. While mentoring and…
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How Professional Skills Development Can Benefit Your Organisation?
It is said that there is nothing soft about soft skills when they are going wrong: professional skills development is a vital component of any corporate training strategy. As a result, any developmental curriculum should include a strong focus on practical dynamic empathy as well as technical upskilling. It may sound obvious that organisations that…
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Gamification of Corporate Training: How to Make Learning Fun and Effective
In today’s fast-paced business environment, corporate training has become a necessity for organisations to keep their workforce up-to-date with the latest skills and knowledge. However, traditional training methods like classroom lectures and PowerPoint presentations are no longer effective in engaging employees and promoting a culture of learning. To make corporate training more engaging, effective, and…
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Why leadership development is still so important for businesses
We have regularly discussed the importance of leadership within any business during the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, and how it can prove to be the difference between success and failure on an organisational scale. Now that the pandemic has been ongoing for several months, and the majority of businesses; from SMEs to established multinational corporations (that…
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Graduate and intern training programmes during COVID-19
At this time of the year, our specialist consultants would usually be flying across the world, delivering in-house, experiential learning solutions for graduates, interns and new hires alike. Although this is of course not possible due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, we firmly believe that learning and development should not be paused in the age…
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Assessing the credit skills within your bank
Credit skills are integral to the operational performance of any bank from a financial, operational and relationship management perspective. While the majority of employees in the banking sector will focus on developing their technical credit skills from day one, the uncertain and changing nature of the marketplace means that regular learning and development is necessary…
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Are rigid mindsets holding your business back?
So many businesses will continue to operate in a way that has served them over several years, neglecting to introduce new processes and ways of thinking. This is typically common in businesses that follow a traditional, hierarchical structure where managers pass on their insights to employees further down the chain. Ultimately, a lack of strategic…
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Are you doing enough to ease tensions in the workplace?
No workplace is without its problems, especially when it comes to the common issue of tensions and disagreements between employees. Workplace conflicts will always occur, no matter the level of seniority or individual character of a person. Ultimately, anyone is suspect to falling into discord with a fellow worker. According to CIPD, 38% of UK…
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The importance of leadership assessment in workplace training
Leadership assessment can be crucial to the development of a business, as it allows those in positions of authority to actively reflect on their own performance in order to maintain a strong professional environment. The leadership team of any business should constantly strive for progression, and to up-skill their offering, as this will in turn…