418 — How do we measure management capability?
Oct 29, 2024
Measuring management capability is intrinsically complex. Unlike sales training, where you have sales, or customer-service training, where you have CSAT scores, management doesn’t have a built-in metric we can use to quantify learning impact. So, what’s the solution?
This week on The Mind Tools L&D Podcast, Ross...
417 — Can L&D be the new R&D?
Oct 22, 2024
If you work in learning and development, you probably get some direction from your senior leadership team about what to focus on and how much to spend. But, once you get into the details, you have lots of room to play.
In this week’s episode of The Mind Tools L&D Podcast, Chief Learning Officer Marc Steven Ramos...
416 — Book Club: Power to the Middle
Oct 15, 2024
In Power to the Middle, McKinsey consultants Bill Schaninger, Bryan Hancock and Emily Field argue that the ‘middle manager’ is key to organizational success. Long maligned (often by McKinsey), the manager is in fact responsible for delivering objectives, addressing underperformance, building trusting relationships,...
415 — Who is responsible for learning at work?
Oct 8, 2024
This week on The Mind Tools L&D Podcast, Ross Garner and Ross Dickie are joined by Kathryn Hume, strategic workforce planning and L&D consultant, and author of the book Learn, Solve, Thrive.
In the book, Kath argues that learners have a responsibility for managing their own learning and outlines strategies that anyone...
414 – The Learning and Development Handbook Returns: Part 2 - Requiem
Oct 1, 2024
It’s been three years since the first edition of The Learning and Development Handbook by Michelle Parry-Slater was published. In that time, a global pandemic, rise of AI, and shift to remote working, have transformed how we work.
This week on The Mind Tools L&D Podcast, Michelle returns to the show to discuss the...