I will admit that I had forgotten about this little mini-series but the recent news over bullying allegations at the top levels of the UK’s government bring to the forefront once again the issue of leadership “styles” and the conflict that can come from different priorities and personalities in the workplace. There will of course… Continue reading The often ignored realities of talent management (#6): leadership styles do exist
Do we really “suck at training”?
If you do not know Clint Clarkson‘s work I would recommend his podcast. One of the features of his pod/YouTube are the #SundayRants where he lets rip on the (e)learning industry. I have found some of these to be funny, others quite familiar with what I have seen in my 15-ish years in the industry… Continue reading Do we really “suck at training”?
The obligatory end of decade post
Well we’ve reached the year that many an organisation had set as the future – the year for ‘visions’ and forward planning – yep, it’s 2020 time. So with our ‘2020 vision’ hindsight here is a look back at the last decade – the 2010s: My own decade Looking back at 2010 it does make… Continue reading The obligatory end of decade post
Some thoughts on ‘the schoolroom assumption’
I thought I had posted this a couple of weeks ago but just found it in my drafts so here goes… As I have recently been working in a school for the first time, Donald Taylor’s latest post (The perils of the schoolroom assumption) caught my eye. As is often the case with Don’s work… Continue reading Some thoughts on ‘the schoolroom assumption’
The real problems with Trump, Corbyn, Johnson, Jobs, Branson and the rest
I tweeted today to ask David Schneider, perhaps best known as a comedian but now often a political commentator, to stop using ‘Trump’ as a direct replacement for the USA in a tweet about today’s big story – selling off the NHS: Whilst I appreciate, in the above, I am referring to Trump being used… Continue reading The real problems with Trump, Corbyn, Johnson, Jobs, Branson and the rest
