Blog for Learning and Development

Be the Very Best Version of Yourself

(Voted Top 20 Self Improvement Blog)

Read and listen to over 1,000 learning and development blog articles & podcasts, to further your knowledge across soft skills areas. Read by over +350,000 people per year. This Blog is 100% created by humans, not AI.

Have you seen our shop? There is a range of products to help you become the very best version of yourself.

Book Review: The Power to Get Things Done Levinson & Cooper

Will Clement

May 25, 2019

The Power to Get Things Done: About the Book One of the reasons many people pick up a book like…

Book Review: Key Person of Influence by Daniel Priestley

Hannah Power

May 24, 2019

As a personal branding specialist, I read a lot of books on the topic of leadership, branding, and influencing. I…

Red and blue graph in descending order and blue arrow pointing down

M&S Results: Is Marks & Sparks a Declining Family Favourite?

Andrew Grant

May 23, 2019

We All Have a Soft Spot For Dear Old M&S There is something decent about them. We all (used) to…

Book Review: The Truth About Employee Engagement by Lencioni

Darren A. Smith

May 20, 2019

The Truth About Employee Engagement: About the Book ‘In a sea of generic books on employee engagement and empowerment. Lencioni…

A group of students revising GCSE's outside using laptops and tablets

Revision Strategies: How to Support Your Kids Revising GCSE’s

Darren A. Smith

May 14, 2019

Revision Strategies – What’s One of Those?! I picked up Cider with Rosie and began reading. I read for 20…

Gloved hand pouring a purple liquid into a glass test tube for experimentation

Lessons from a Learning and Development Manager

Neil Bailey

May 2, 2019

Helpful Advice for Learning and Development Managers I was asked to share some thoughts that, as a learning and development…

MBM infographic titled 100 Category Manager Skills with purple cycle diagram with gear icons in the centre

100 Category Manager Skills Tips from Expert Category Managers

Darren A. Smith

May 1, 2019

Category Manager Skills Tips Do you want to improve your Category Management skills? We are on a mission to build…

First Man In Leading from Front By Ant Middleton | Book Review

Andy Palmer

May 1, 2019

About the Book: First Man In by Ant Middleton There are self-help guides about leadership aplenty. There are countless memoirs…

Waking Up by Sam Harris Book – A Spirituality Search

James Collier

April 23, 2019

I am someone who values science over and above any belief system. I had – until fairly recently – always…

Monkey sitting on wooden platform with hand in its mouth

GSCOP Written Supply Agreements: Myths, Lies, and the Truth

Darren A. Smith

April 16, 2019

Demystifying GSCOP Written Supply Agreements Do you supply one of the big 12 UK grocers? Have you a GSCOP compliant…

Influencing Techniques in the Workplace: Get a Yes in 4 Steps

Dan Silverman

April 12, 2019

Improve Your Workplace Influencing Techniques and Get a Yes in Just Four Steps Whether you are a leader who wants to…

Female manager holding a mug that says Like a Boos

Reflection: The New Manager – Striking the Balance

Will Clement

April 10, 2019

So, You’re a New Manager Well done, you have been promoted into your first management position! You prepared well for…

Learning & Development Blog

Be the Very Best Version of Yourself

(Voted Top 20 Self Improvement Blog)