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Delegation isn't just about sharing workload – it's about building trust and creating psychological safety.| TrainingZone
Delegation isn't just about sharing workload – it's about building trust and creating psychological safety.| TrainingZone
Good listening skills can transform communication, build trust and improve leadership effectiveness. But only if you’re doing it well.| TrainingZone
The concept of coaching has been misconstrued by many organisations to mean drilling employees with information and teaching them the ‘right answers’. The real art of coaching is in allowing your coachees to think for themselves.| TrainingZone
Are you falling into the generational stereotyping trap? The challenge isn't managing different generations – it's letting go of age-based assumptions| TrainingZone
Training exercises that once felt innovative have become standard in DEI learning, and need to be reviewed to ensure they don’t place a burden on those already facing higher levels of exclusion. Let’s flip the script and create training exercises that illuminate different perspectives as strengths.| TrainingZone
In the first instalment of a new content series, Lior Locher and Dr Christy Allen share a UK and US perspective, respectively, on the major trends driving diversity, equity and inclusion efforts and how organisations can incorporate important lessons in meaningful DEI actions.| TrainingZone
How to get out of your own way and find the path to success.| TrainingZone
Meet your new digital team mate, AI, who has come on board to help you tackle your knottiest L&D problems. We're not far off from this reality, says Lior Locher and Liz Naylor, senior learning consultants at NIIT. Here, they outline three emerging AI capabilities to watch and explore.| TrainingZone
If shifts like LMS to LXP, microlearning, video learning, and gamification felt disruptive, the next wave of L&D change will be even more revolutionary – and that’s a good thing, says global HR analyst Josh Bersin.| TrainingZone
What training needs are organisations investing in right now? Workplace expert Matt Dean explores the knowledge gaps organisations are looking to close in 2025 – and what they reveal about the current employment landscape. The post Five 2025 training trends: Addressing the knowing-doing gap appeared first on TrainingZone.| TrainingZone
We're excited to share the outstanding finalists for this year's Culture Pioneer Awards, celebrating organisations that have dared to lead forward in challenging times. The post 2025 Culture Pioneer Awards shortlist revealed appeared first on TrainingZone.| TrainingZone
Coaching expert Matt Somers argues that modern distraction isn't just about phones. It's interrupt-driven cultures, faux urgency, and the belief that busyness equals productivity. Johann Hari calls it "stolen focus" – and it's burning people out. Here's how coaches and managers can create cultures that actually protect deep thinking. The post The death of peace and quiet? From Portuguese beaches to distracted workplaces appeared first on TrainingZone.| TrainingZone
When your stakeholder flat-out refuses feedback data, how do you respond? In this real-world scenario, learning specialist Harri Savage shares how she navigated around resistance and used strategic demonstration to change minds. The post What to do when your boss DOESN’T want feedback data appeared first on TrainingZone.| TrainingZone
Despite what many assume, leadership training alone doesn’t create high-functioning teams. In this article, Dani Bacon and Garin Rouch of Distinction Business Consulting share hard truths about the gaping hole in leadership development – and how to actually fix your stuck teams. The post Leadership development alone won’t build a high-functioning team appeared first on TrainingZone.| TrainingZone
While coaching practices vary, there is a trend towards developing strengths. But it’s important to balance strengths and weaknesses. Here are some practical considerations to empower individuals to reach their full potential. The post Is it weak to focus on strengths? Is it strong to examine weakness? appeared first on TrainingZone.| TrainingZone
As Wimbledon unfolds, Ang Brennan, Head of Learning and Talent at Insights, draws powerful parallels between elite tennis and the modern workplace. In this piece, she reveals what L&D leaders can learn from the mental game of centre court – from building resilience and emotional intelligence to reframing pressure and embedding reflection. The post Wimbledon’s mental game: What L&D can learn from the centre court appeared first on TrainingZone.| TrainingZone
Learning and development is an important investment for organisations. Here are nine tips for creating a robust learning investment strategy to drive forward organisational success. The post Nine tips for securing the learning investment you need appeared first on TrainingZone.| TrainingZone
AI is already reshaping your business – is your learning team ready? In this piece, Liz Naylor and Lior Locher, senior learning consultants at NIIT, challenge you to rethink your value, strategy, and role before someone else does it for you. This isn’t about chasing the latest tech. It’s about leading boldly, with AI as a strategic ally. The post Four ways to disrupt your learning function with AI – before somebody else does appeared first on TrainingZone.| TrainingZone
Discover how active listening in coaching helps leaders build trust, strengthen communication, and enhance team performance using Julian Treasure’s five listening practices.| TrainingZone
Discover why AI leadership skills are now essential in the workplace. Learn how leaders can bridge the AI adoption gap and support teams through change.| TrainingZone
The Catalytic Conversations Toolkit Embrace tough conversations that accelerate change Access here Subscribe to TrainingZone Join our community of L&D leaders Be the first to receive the latest L&D; news, views and research, as well as exclusive invites to events and webinars. Subscribe here Supercharge your training with Learning Room online courses Build skills. Boost […]| TrainingZone
Content series Leveraging AI transformation to tackle L&D legacies AI transformation is happening – and it’s fast and messy. So much so that L&D will soon face the challenge of managing an enormous legacy. Our once state-of-the-art systems and practices now appear outdated in the wake of AI and need our attention. This series will […]| TrainingZone
Explore the seven-step guide for managing learning content legacy in the age of AI. Transform challenges into opportunities.| TrainingZone
Nobody enjoys awkward conversations, but burying your head in the sand could be harming your workplace and your relationships. Here are some ways to navigate those difficult discussions.| TrainingZone
At TrainingZone, we’re gearing up for one of the most anticipated events in the L&D calendar – Learning Technologies 2025. With a diversely rich programme covering everything from AI and data to skills development and learning design, it promises to be an unmissable experience for learning professionals.| TrainingZone
Explore how AI helps learning professionals with performance support and driving better outcomes for business and learners.| TrainingZone
Explore Universal design for learning and its impact on inclusive learning design and delivery for diverse audiences.| TrainingZone
AI advancements have made workflow learning a thing of the past. In the first installment of this two-part series, L&D experts Teresa Rose & Dr. Markus Bernhardt introduce boundaryless performance and its potential to transform the way we work.| TrainingZone
Whether you are new to the profession or simply looking for a refresher on L&D fundamentals, this back to basics series will be you guide.| TrainingZone
What is are flow states? And how can we leverage our understanding of the brain to find and foster flow?| TrainingZone
Explore how AI is changing your brain function with strategies to balance cognitive health and maintain mental agility in an increasingly AI-driven world.| TrainingZone
Learn the four principles and four rules of great career conversations among employees within your organisation.| TrainingZone
TrainingZone's most popular writers of 2024 share their expert predictions for learning and development in 2025.| TrainingZone
Sinead Keenan, Chief Innovation Officer at EZRA, explores how the key to managing your overthinking is understanding it.| TrainingZone
Learn what a skills and capability framework is, and how to build an effective version for your organisation.| TrainingZone
As 2024 draws to a close, it's time to review learning and development in 2024 – with a touch of Wicked.| TrainingZone
The biggest challenge for coaches in the making is not grasping new techniques, it's letting go of bad habits. Coaching expert Matt Somers explores...| TrainingZone
As we reach the end of 2024, it is time to reflect on the learning and development themes that caught your attention throughout the year.| TrainingZone
Use the Capex formula to fostering a culture of continuous development.| TrainingZone
Did you know that up to 20% of new hires leave their job within the first 45 days? This costly turnover is often preventable – and one of the most powerful solutions is effective onboarding. Here, Aglaia Economou shares best practices from Hertfordshire County Council’s structured onboarding approach.| TrainingZone
Owning up to our erroneous ways is not easy, but if leaders cannot muster the courage to share failures how can we expect others in the organisation to?| TrainingZone
To address the global skills gap and enhance competitiveness, businesses should adopt a skills-first approach to talent management.| TrainingZone
When should you coach? Here we tackle the big question of timing when it comes to coaching and share example scenarios.| TrainingZone
The TrainingZone team is getting excited for this year’s World of Learning Conference & Exhibition on 8-9th October. Its vibrant two-day programme is set to offer a valuable learning experience for L&D enthusiasts across the UK.| TrainingZone
Our brain changes our behaviour and our behaviour changes our brain. Neuroscientist and C-suite mentor Dr Lynda Shaw explains how understanding our thoughts, ideas, habits and behaviour can impact productivity and help leaders be more effective and agile.| TrainingZone
L&D teams can only enable change by playing a more future looking, strategic and collaborative role. Paul Jocelyn explores how leaders can accelerate systemic change.| TrainingZone
In an ever-changing business landscape, there is a critical need for resilient organisations. Here is how leaders can build resilience.| TrainingZone
Learning cultures are an aspiration rather than a reality for most businesses. Here are four ways to create an environment that triggers the behavioural attributes found in thriving learning organisations.| TrainingZone
It is time for the L&D industry to follow in their footsteps, and create professionally produced, effective learning content.| TrainingZone
Hedda Bird considers the best practices and challenges of mentoring in a hybrid world.| TrainingZone
Generative AI, including ChatGPT, has diverse potential applications in learning but is not without its risks. Annee Bayeux, Chief Learning Strategist at Degreed, delves into the benefits and potential pitfalls of generative AI for L&D teams.| TrainingZone
AI is easier to use than you might think and while we should all experiment with tools like ChatGPT, there are key considerations to keep in mind and important conversations to be had. By Erica Farmer, Quantum Rise Talent Group.| TrainingZone
In this interview, David Perring, Chief Insights Officer of Fosway, shares his candid views on L&D’s current approach to artificial intelligence, and what a utopia (or utopias) looks like for corporate learning.| TrainingZone
In the first part of a content series on how to bust DEI burnout and refuel your training programme, Dr Christy Allen and Lior Locher of NIIT urge the L&D profession to push past diversity and inclusion awareness training to offer something far more meaningful.| TrainingZone
Workplaces where managers are too busy to focus on their people is a huge problem for organisations. Could a coaching culture be the answer?| TrainingZone
In the context of personal disruption and redundancy in the L&D industry, how can we rediscover ourselves and reimagine a new future?| TrainingZone
Welcome to part four of a content series on breathing new life into DEI training. In this instalment, Dr Christy Allen and Lior Locher of NIIT delve deeper into the design of scenario-based DEI training in which right and wrong aren’t so clear cut, and where commonplace microaggressions tend to live.| TrainingZone
Content series Diversity, equity and inclusion: A time of reckoning for L&D Socio-political turmoil may lead organisations to shrink their diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. But if employers don’t take a stand on this issue, they risk losing talent and innovation capability. This four-part content series invites learning and development professionals to engage with this […]| TrainingZone
Skills-based learning is gaining ground, but what exactly is it? And how can learning and development support the transition towards this future-ready approach?| TrainingZone
How can we provide young people with the skills they need to thrive in the working world today? We’ve gathered insights on shaping the future workforce.| TrainingZone
Embracing innovation as a Chief Learning Officer is essential in a modern working landscape. Discover the four foundations to successful innovation in L&D.| TrainingZone
Those who are resistant to change are not the villains. Discover the five reasons why resistors are, in fact, your friends.| TrainingZone
Using neuroscience is giving savvy organisations a competitive advantage, and how business leaders can make the most out of this gold mine.| TrainingZone
Erica Farmer reports on how the EU AI Act 2024, launched today (1st August), will affect organisations and the world of L&D.| TrainingZone
Robin Hoyle explores how Generative AI is changing the L&D landscape and how we can make the most out of it.| TrainingZone
Here is how we can better support and equip our managers so they can nurture happy, high-performing and engaged teams.| TrainingZone
There’s a lot of confusion over what a learning culture actually is and whether it is a helpful term for business-savvy L&D teams. Is it the key to a high-performing organisation or another buzzword to ignore?| TrainingZone
The leadership development industry is rife with generic courses that show little evidence of changing behaviours. So what's the solution?| TrainingZone
Generative AI is on the rise. There is uncertainty about what this means for organisations and their people. How can L&D teams prepare for and engage with this new technology landscape? Robin Hoyle explores the need to invest in human skills and tread carefully with automation.| TrainingZone
What is it about Gareth Southgate’s leadership skills that captured our attention? And where did it all go wrong?| TrainingZone
Jackie Clifford explores what is ‘purpose-driven work’ in L&D – and how can organisations ensure that purpose aligns employees?| TrainingZone
As Deputy PM Angela Rayner claims her role is to keep PM Keir Starmer in check, is she cut out for the job?| TrainingZone
We rely on geniuses for their innovative ideas, solve complex problems and inspire and invigorate with fresh perspectives and knowledge.| TrainingZone
Erica Farmer explores how making use of the different generational approaches of Generative AI is a strategic imperative for L&D.| TrainingZone
Here is why your role in learning and development is safe if you collaborate with AI rather than compete with it .| TrainingZone
Learning Experience Director Hannah Gore explores how AI-powered platforms are addressing key challenges in the world of L&D feedback.| TrainingZone
Here is what we recommend following June’s Pride and other similar initiatives, to increase impact once the calendar page turns.| TrainingZone
Did you know that early childhood experiences can shape the leaders we become? Leadership expert and consultant Nik Kinley and IMD Business School Professor Shlomo Ben-Hur explain how understanding of this can help optimise performance under pressure.| TrainingZone
In the learning world, there’s a gap between L&D programmes and their impacts that needs to be closed. But how? We need to do more to be led by the needs of each person and be clear on purpose and expectations.| TrainingZone
Who taught you how to learn? Let’s face it: we can’t know what we haven’t been taught. Maybe we need to wave the white flag of not knowing and, finally, begin to learn.| TrainingZone
It's a competitive market and having the knowledge and skills isn’t enough. You must also showcase them. How? With a fully optimised LinkedIn profile that packs a punch. The advice below will help you curate an impactful profile.| TrainingZone
How the debriefing process - essential to success in the world of flight - can help leaders achieve excellence.| TrainingZone
According to a global study, nearly one-quarter of UK leaders are leading with fear. How can we tackle and alleviate fear and, most importantly, ensure we aren’t propagating it ourselves?| TrainingZone
When it comes to arguments about language, we need to recognise that repair is the key. In part three of their series on the factors calling organisations to reckon with DEI, Lior Locher and Dr Christy Allen explore the key components of repair and how we can work with them in DEI training.| TrainingZone
By upskilling managers, we can create psychologically safe workplace environments that catalyse learning and innovation.| TrainingZone
Passion can eclipse reason, rationality and making the most effective choices, says Robin Hoyle, so let’s focus on what we need to achieve and the best way of achieving it.| TrainingZone
How could coachbots be used within organisations to make coaching more accessible and effective?| TrainingZone
If clashes can be nipped in the bud by the very people involved, senior intervention or formal action might not be required. Here’s how organisations can empower their employees to resolve their own conflicts.| TrainingZone
The importance of strong listening skills in navigating workplace conflict is often overlooked. Learn five deep listening skills that will help you.| TrainingZone
Lack of accountability among team members can be frustrating for leaders and damaging for organisations. Dani Bacon and Garin Rouch explore common traps that undermine accountability and provide practical tips to avoid them.| TrainingZone
Technologies are rapidly evolving but human skills remain highly sought after and, in order to thrive, businesses need to invest in their employees, ensuring they have the skills needed to survive.| TrainingZone
It is Mental Health Awareness Week and with 36% of workers believing that their organisations have done nothing to help stave off employee burnout, leaders need to assess how they support their employees' mental health.| TrainingZone
Language is, arguably, at the foundation of everything. Not least progress in diversity, equity and inclusion. There’s no effective and meaningful DEI training without the vocabulary needed to have transformative conversations. Lior Locher and Dr Christy Allen explore the power of words and their crucial role in growth.| TrainingZone
