Deep and Surface Learning
Take anything that you have learnt in the past or that you are learning at present. Now take a step back and think about the way that you are or have gone about the learning – now read on. Deep...
View ArticleBiological Altruism – Are We Hard-Wired to Act in a Socially Caring Manner Or...
There exists a current debate over whether behaving in a socially caring manner, or social altruism, is a learned behavior or whether human beings are hard wired, or genetically predisposed, to behave...
View ArticleSelf Concept and Learning – You cannot teach adults anything!
Self concept is a multi-dimensional construct that entails the perception of an individual’s “self” and can be divided into a number of different characteristics, such as: I am big / small etc. Social...
View ArticleStress Management Strategies
Stress Management utilises a number of different and varied techniques to help control and minimise stress. This in turn helps prevent stress causing damage to your well being be it physical, or...
View ArticleSelf-Direction in Learning helps Develop Confidence in Adults
It seems that, no matter what topic I train in, the one big issue with learners that I encounter on a daily basis are questions of confidence, which can be manifested in a number of ways, notably,...
View ArticleManaging Stress and Priorities
Duration – 2 days Course Objectives After attending this 2-day course, participants will be able to effectively plan & prioritise their work, manage interruptions and time wasters, beat work...
View ArticleThe Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us
This lively RSAnimate, adapted from Dan Pink’s talk at the RSA, illustrates the hidden truths behind what really motivates [amazon_carousel widget_type="ASINList" width="600" height="200" title="Our...
View ArticleIs your accent important in the workplace?
It is sometimes surprising how some of us consider that we do not have a regional accent, when we really do. Accent is part of us, our roots, our heritage and our history – it’s what makes us, well,...
View Article10 Steps to Implementing 360° Feedback as a Powerful Learning tool
360° feedback is a multi-source form of feedback aimed at improving performance in the workplace and can be used in a number of contexts in the organisation. The source of the feedback is meant to...
View ArticleWho am I? Raising Self Concept and Self Esteem
Ever been in a group setting where people are introducing themselves and noticed what they say? OK, this is a strange question – of course you listen to what people say. But, do you really notice what...
View ArticleWhy Soft Skills of Leadership Are So Hard to Develop
Leadership is the ability to motivate and influence a group toward the achievement of goals. As a manager, what is your role in motivating and retaining employees? How are you measured? What do you do?...
View Article10 Reasons Why Training Fails So Often
Millions of people in as many companies spend billions a day on training, in an attempt to improve on skills and competences, assimilate new concepts and learn. Learning involves physical changes in...
View ArticleGroup Coaching – Transforming Groups into Teams
Some purists will have their hackles up after reading the title of this post, stating that the only form of coaching is one-to-one and any form of group coaching should be termed training, workshops or...
View ArticleJob Stress Management – Methods of Managing Stress in the Workplace
For many of us, our jobs are a major cause of the stress in our lives. The sources of stress at the workplace can be long hours and physical exertion, a demanding boss, coworkers that we don't get...
View Article25 Tips to Motivate People in Your Organisation
Organisations which suffer from a lack of initiative coming from their people can often find the solution to their problem internally, in the systemic roots of their corporate culture. Those...
View ArticleMind Mapping The Perfect Project Plan
The perfect plan for any project, whether it be starting a business or writing a book, is mind mapping. (A unique technique of organizing your mind on a specific topic on paper.)(Visited 2,599 times, 1...
View ArticleEven Negative People have Positive Intentions
If you are in a situation where you are rubbing shoulders in some way with negative people, the title of this post will be quite hard to believe and accept – I mean, how on Earth can negative people...
View ArticleLifelong Learning
Lifelong learning is a valuable tool for personal and professional development at any age, but particularly for Third Agers. This article reports on how one Third Ager learns from young adults in his...
View ArticleLearning 3.0 Are we up to the challenge?
I decided to write this post in response to one of the comments I received on the site relating to Learning 3.0 – the comment being, why do we need different versions? That in itself is an interesting...
View ArticleThere’s no point fighting stress – Manage it!
Have you have ever been in a stressful situation – what am I saying? Everybody has been, and go through stressful situations nearly everyday of their lives – stress is a natural fact of life. So why do...
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