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Being a Leader: The Importance of Being Transparent About You

Darren A. Smith

February 13, 2020

Being a Leader An essential part of being a leader should be sharing. Share with the people that you work…

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GSCOP – Many Happy Returns! Christine Tacon Interview

Andrew Grant

February 13, 2020

The Outgoing Adjudicator Christine Tacon Christine Tacon, the current Groceries Code Adjudicator is nearing the end of her 5-year term…

Interview: Learning Professional Finalist: Sarah Ratcliff

Darren A. Smith

February 12, 2020

Learning Professional of the Year Finalist Sarah Ratcliff Answers Our Questions Sarah Ratcliff has spent the past 3 years as…

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Heavy Learners More Confident, Successful, and Happy at Work

Andy Palmer

February 7, 2020

This article is a reproduction of Josh Bersin’s November 2018 Article on LinkedIn documenting his research on employee happiness and…

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7 Tips for Honing Your Time Management Skills

Michael Deane

February 6, 2020

Work Smarter, Not Harder We live in an age of advanced technologies, automation, and social media. There’s an abundance of…

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Using the Learner Engagement Equation to Boost Training Results

Darren A. Smith

January 31, 2020

Improve Training Results With the Learner Engagement Equation Anyone in Human Resources can tell you that employee training is hard.…

Why Agile Should Be the Basis of Your Leadership Programme

Darren A. Smith

January 30, 2020

The Origins of Agile In 2001 seventeen extreme software developers met at Snowbird in the Wasatch Mountains. They spent 3…

5 Negotiation Tactics That Will Help You to Get a Better Deal

Darren A. Smith

January 28, 2020

Don’t Be a Shark Good Negotiation Tactics Are Built on Honesty and Openness We watch The Apprentice and see the…

The Inner Game of Tennis by Timothy Gallwey – Book Review

Matt Somers

January 23, 2020

The Inner Game of Tennis: About the Book I’m an avid user of LinkedIn. Every now and then someone will…

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5 Must-Have Communication Skills to Strengthen Company Culture

Donald Fomby

January 21, 2020

How to Strengthen Your Company Culture In this article, we’re going to talk about 5 good communication skills and areas…

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How Can I Offload Unproductive Work Without Losing My Job?

Stuart Hagyard

January 17, 2020

Just Delegate! Time management advice says delegate work to free up our time for ‘more productive’ work. Simple. What if…

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17 Ways to Increase Learning Transfer Using Will Thalheimer’s Research

Darren A. Smith

January 8, 2020

I read with interest Will Thalheimer’s research on learning transfer. And one of the best ways to completely absorb his…

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