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“Sideways Is the New Up!”
Most organizations still assess employees' skills by looking at their current roles and job titles. Edie Goldberg and Kelley Steven-Waiss propose a tried-and-tested alternative.
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“An Opportunity for Our Staff to Share Their Skills”
St. Andrew’s Hospice emphasizes its learning culture through Learning At Work Week. Lisa Tillison, Learning and Development Lead at the charity, explains why.
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Job Crafting: A Skill for the Future
The concept has been around for 20 years. Yet the skills involved in job crafting are more pertinent to career success today than they have ever been before.
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Lessons from the Top of the World
Business writers find insight for leaders from the challenges and deadly hazards of climbing Mount Everest. What’s in it for you?
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Resilient Leader, Resilient Team
An agile organization responds to whatever changes the marketplace throws at it. But ironically, navigating change smoothly requires consistency.
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“Passivity Is Depressing, Activity Is Energizing.”
The doyenne of leadership experts, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, on the importance of advanced leadership in times of crisis, more diversity at the executive level, and the need to reinvent institutions.
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The World Post-Pandemic? It’s Not Going To Be What You Expect.
The “New Normal” has turned into the buzzword du jour. But is the world really going to settle into a new routine following the disruptions of the COVID-19 pandemic? Author and executive coach Paolo Gallo…
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Panel Discussion: Agility, Authenticity and Accelerated Change in the Era of COVID-19
COVID-19 has been a game-changer on many fronts. On June 3, 2020, getAbstract’s VP of Sales UK, Jayne D’Silva, had the opportunity to talk to four senior L&D experts about the “new normal” – and…
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Design Your New Normal
Now is the time to evaluate what you have learned under the extraordinary pressure of the last weeks – and use that knowledge to influence the future of your organisation.
