Top Tips for Asking Effective Interview Questions
The main dos and don’ts for selection interviews.
Content Hub
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Is Our Partnership at Risk?
Use this exercise to identify those areas of partnership work which may have been left open to risk.
How to Develop Managers as Facilitators of Learning
The first step on the path to becoming a successful learner-focused organisation is to get managers on board. Here are some practical tips to help you get their buy-in and develop their skills as facilitators of learning.
John Kotter on Getting Buy-In For Your Ideas
In the book 'Buy-In', change management expert John Kotter and co-author Lorne Whitehead present a methodology to help overcome a key problem that leaders and managers face - how to win support and buy-in for their ideas. We present an overview of the book's strategy here.
Preparing for Change
In this exercise, team members discuss the concerns they have in relation to an upcoming change, and identify ways of addressing these. Allow between 60 and 90 minutes for completion.
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How to Use PEST Analysis
Watch this video to find out how PEST analysis can help you to understand more about your market.
Building a Strengths-Based Organisation
The strengths-based approach to people development offers an alternative to the training gap model. Rather than working on people’s weaknesses, it focuses instead on people’s innate talents. Here we review the approach as discussed in Buckingham and Clifton’s book, 'Now, Discover Your Strengths'.
An Introduction to Action Research
Action Research is a broad term for a range of change management methods that are all based on the same simple premise: that permanent change can be achieved through a cyclical process of research and action. This article provides a basic introduction to a number of approaches.
Top Tips for Effective Peer Appraisal
Many people can feel uncomfortable or awkward in appraising their peers and this reduces the effectiveness of the process. These six simple tips will help you conduct an accurate, honest peer appraisal of your colleagues.
Investors In People
Investors in People sets out a UK national standard for training and development, which can be used as a model for ensuring the effective development of people within your organisation.
The CEO’s Role in Talent Management
This article provides an overview of the new strategies business leaders and CEOs are using to nurture their leaders of the future.