Why You Should Invest in Procurement Training

Procurement teams have an important strategic role to play in an organisation: where once upon a time procurement may have been seen to play a purely transactional role, now procurement is just as important as sales when it comes to an organisation’s bottom line. For that reason, good training that’s tailored to your team’s needs … Continue reading Why You Should Invest in Procurement Training

Our New Online Learning Platform is Launching on Monday!

We are thrilled to announce that we’ll be launching our new online learning platform Evolve Online Learning on Monday. We’ve been working on this for almost two years, and are really excited to hear what you think. How it works We’ve packed the platform with hundreds of hours of learning content, from microlearning courses on giving constructive … Continue reading Our New Online Learning Platform is Launching on Monday!

What is Microlearning?

We’re always on the lookout for new ways to deliver learning in a way that’s useful to learners. Taking our courses online means that they can be watched in your own time, at your own pace, paused, rewound and even played back faster or slower. We’ve filled our online academy with a range of courses, … Continue reading What is Microlearning?

Coaching EAP: Support for Businesses Dealing With Change

Coaching support for businesses dealing with challenge or change  In the last few months I’ve spoken to lots of managers who are struggling with how to manage their team in the ‘new normal’ at work.  After making a quick switch to remote working in March, many businesses saw real benefits from flexible working, and are … Continue reading Coaching EAP: Support for Businesses Dealing With Change

5 Things to Consider Before Rolling Out Flexible Working

Our recent survey showed that working from home offers numerous benefits for many workers – and their employers. Respondents indicated that overall we are more productive, better motivated with increased job satisfaction when working from home.  I’ve spoken to lots of businesses who are now planning to make changes to the way they work – … Continue reading 5 Things to Consider Before Rolling Out Flexible Working

Soft Skills Are Hard

Soft skills are hard – but really, really important. I’ve heard the term ‘soft skills’ used in a derogatory fashion for many years in Management and they are often looked at as “something for other people (like HR) but not for me as an outcome-focused, results-driven Manager” The reality is that the higher you are … Continue reading Soft Skills Are Hard

How To Avoid Falling Off The Top Step

How can you avoid falling off the top step?  What is “the top step”? Did you ever learn to drive a car? If so, you would have gone through the four stages of development known as the Conscious Competence Model which was developed by Noel Burch in the 1970s. You have to start from a … Continue reading How To Avoid Falling Off The Top Step

Taking Over A New Team? We Bought A Van

    What does the fact that we bought a van have to do with your taking over a new team?  Surprisingly, there are a lot of similarities.  We bought a new camper van last year.  We wanted to move up to a bigger van which would give us more opportunities and I saw one … Continue reading Taking Over A New Team? We Bought A Van

So What Exactly Is Interaction Engineering?

Interaction Engineering: The action of working artfully to create something of value when two or more people communicate with each other. We know that how the people who make up a business all work together, understand each other and communicate is as important as how software packages interact or a production line functions. People are … Continue reading So What Exactly Is Interaction Engineering?

How To Avoid Death By Powerpoint – (while still using it)

Like most people, I have been subjected to death by PowerPoint over the years, one memorable occasion was when a one hour Health and Safety presentation overran by 40 minutes and consisted of 75 slides with full of closely spaced text. Don’t get me wrong, I love PowerPoint and use it a lot.  I grew … Continue reading How To Avoid Death By Powerpoint – (while still using it)