To celebrate International Women’s Day 2022, I attended an online panel discussion hosted by Roffey Park: Women in Leadership – Breaking the Bias and Celebrating success. Being a man, I felt it was so important that I did attend to learn more about women in leadership roles. Especially in professional settings, and what can be…
How have they not realised it yet? Am I really cut out for this? I know I wanted a new challenge, but why did I think I was good enough to take this step up? Any minute now, someone is going to see it and validate all the doubts I have about myself and my…
The field of organisational learning is unique in the sense that it is very unlikely we will ever reach an endpoint or a halt in development and rethinking. Rather, it is a fluid concept continuously reshaping and moulding to suit individuals as well as groups of learners. The scope for change and development through organisational…
Many courses that teach theory of one kind or another, do so in a very academic way. This involves learning a body of theories, which in practice is often a series of theorists. In University departments this serves the purpose of defining (and protecting) disciplinary boundaries. But it can be also be obscure, constraining and…
It is all well and good describing and explaining what dialogic practice is and how it differs from other models of conversational learning. Naturally then, the next step is how we can put this model into action and transform the culture of an organisation using dialogic practice. What Does Culture Mean? To begin with, culture…
As human beings we innately crave that winning feeling and we significantly enjoy the gratification we take from our assumptions being correct. These general instincts limit our methods of learning as they encourage debate, a narrow and competitive form of discussion that usually ends with a winner and a loser and little in between. The…
As September heralds that back-to-school feeling, even for those of us who have left school decades ago, I am encouraged to critically reassess the craft of facilitation in time for some pruning and sprucing up for the new term. It goes without saying that this is not the definitive answer to the question “What makes…
Generation Z are the latest generation to cause concern as they begin to impact the workplace. Generational progression has always caused natural issues for employers and other members of the workforce due to the need to alter and change their culture and ethics to accommodate each generation’s needs. One significant difference with Generation Z is…
Have you ever had that feeling when you are sitting in a room for hours, spending time away from “your real job” without actually achieving anything concrete? Enter facilitation. Facilitation has evolved into a distinct discipline which is used at every level in organisations, to help people in meetings to reach a decision, resolve an…
The Role of the Internal Consultant For many organisations it is a perpetual dilemma whether to hire in expertise from outside in the form of an external consultant – or whether you already have the skills you need in house through the role of the internal consultant. In this new era of drastic budget cuts…
To attract and to retain diverse workforce has never been more important for organisations than it is now. As a new generation enters the workforce, it brings an inevitable new level of inter-generational diversity. However, as with any clear-cut divisions, grouping people along the generational lines is complex and messy. For example, are all Millennials…
As more and more facilitation and development works move into the sphere of virtual training what have we learnt? I have noticed the conversations among associates and learning professional has moved on to what people have noticed about the difference between virtual facilitation and the real world. Here are a few observations you may find…
