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Successful Leadership Development in the Post-COVID World

The pandemic has reshaped the world of work, creating new skills, challenges and threats. Leaders are now facing unprecedented uncertainty, yet with change comes opportunity. Hemsley Fraser has been developing engaging learning experiences focused on leadership and skills leaders need to succeed in a post-pandemic world.

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How COVID-19 has led to an evolution of learning culture

The number one challenge for L&D professionals is adopting a learning culture enabling them to become more agile and responsive to the changing needs of their markets.

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Agile leadership

We know that leadership behavior shapes organizational culture to a great extent, but even the most tenacious leader will struggle to fully embed this mindset in their daily practice if they are not backed up by corresponding processes, systems, and procedures.

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How can L&D better support employees and the business to meet the moment?

A lot has changed about our working world in the last 12 months, & though some are awaiting the day we get ‘back to normal’, some differences are here to stay.

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Learning Journeys – why are they important?

Learning, now more than ever, is about how you take the learner on a journey; from their understanding and skills at the starting point through to enabling them to do or think differently by the end. A one-off learning event or intervention may stay with the learner and influence the way they do things in the short term but, to gain real change, the 21/90 rule states that it takes 21 days to make a habit and 90 days to make it a permanent change.

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Positive psychology can improve well-being at work

Five measurable elements can enhance employee well-being and bring competitive advantage, says Alexandra Hatfield , L&D Consultant.

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Leaders Leading Learning

It’s a notion we’ve heard time and again, but the digital age has truly disrupted almost everything in our personal and professional lives. This has been no different for leaders, who have had to develop and tailor their management styles to adjust to new ways of working brought on by technological advancement and globalization. So much data is now collected that the information available to us has real power to influence future decisions, meaning that leading and learning have become inherently linked to one another. Consequently, the traits required to lead today are different from those needed five, 10, or 15 years ago – creating a need for leaders to upskill, challenge behaviors and change ways of thinking.

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Digital Learning 2.0

Embracing a digitally-led future of learning requires L&D teams to look beyond current challenges and engage with the bigger picture - Digital Learning 2.0. So says Lynsey Whitmarsh, Director Strategy and Experience.

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Preparing L&D Professionals for the Age of Self-Service Learning

In January 2020 at the Consero Corporate Learning & Development Forum, over 45 heads of learning from global organizations met to discuss the question: is the learning function dead in the age of self-service?

After all, with vast content libraries like LinkedIn learning and Coursera easily available, and with millions of “free of charge” learning resources accessible through Google and YouTube… L&D is no longer the single creator of content, nor is it the single delivery provider. What is the primary role of an L&D function in such a content-rich environment, and why should senior management invest in an in-house learning team?