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Lost and Desperate

Random ramblings that might, or might not, relate to training, learning, development, and management

Category: Management

Roles v Skills

I was speaking with some people yesterday and someone mentioned that the word role was difficult to categorise. The people they work with might have a number of roles and, depending on their activity in the day/week/month, might be all, some, or none of them. When we’re building our talent pipelines, if we think only… Read More Roles v Skills

August 24, 2023August 23, 2023 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

Workaround

I’ve noticed recently my keyword soft blocking of marketing emails has been bypassed. For the people who don’t know, you first set up a folder called ‘Unsubscribe’ in your inbox. You then set a rule that any email with ‘subscribe’ or ‘unsubscribe’ in the body should be sent automatically into that folder. By bypassing the… Read More Workaround

August 22, 2023August 21, 2023 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

I don’t have time for your…

I’ve been working with some people recently who work with a managers on an ongoing basis. One of the challenges is helping managers understand what they want, isn’t going to be what they get. The idea of the manager simply putting in a demand which will be fulfilled by someone else is a bit of… Read More I don’t have time for your…

August 15, 2023August 14, 2023 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

For whose benefit?

I’ve had a couple of conversations about employees, benefits, and how learning sits as part of the ‘what makes people want to work here’ conversation. First up, I posted a couple of week’s ago following a question from Nick Court about Employee Value Proposition (EVP). In that post I suggested EVP should be a sum… Read More For whose benefit?

July 20, 2023July 20, 2023 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

Notable

What did you do which was notable last week? Something which you would deem worthy of noting down? Firstly, did you make a note of it. If not, why not? Doing things which would be worthy of recognition will remain unnoticed if you don’t consider them to be of enough value to note. If you… Read More Notable

June 19, 2023June 18, 2023 andrewjacobslndLeave a comment

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