Jargon has become an unfortunate staple in L&D. Acronyms are thrown around with reckless abandon – ROI, LMS, etc., Amidst the three-letter acronyms, a new breed of buzzwords has emerged, each weirder than the last. I thought I’d come up with some more trendy lingo and glib phrases. Let’s just run them up the flagpole… Read More What we need is more jargon
I read two stories yesterday: UK ranks among worst countries for work-life balance HR Grapevine And the second story: PwC to track UK staff working locations amid push for office attendance HR Grapevine Now, I might be missing something and correlation does not equal correlation, BUT, I think there might be a connections between the… Read More :Shock
I wrote a brilliant post yesterday. It wasn’t the one which was published, but one which came to me when I was in the shower. When I had opportunity to write it down, I realised I couldn’t remember all of it. I’ve been trying to resurrect it but it’s just fragments and traces and simply… Read More Great posts of our time
We had a massive failure onboarding a new team member last week. A solid checklist was in place but there was a terrible mix-up in communication and we weren’t completely ready. Although there had been solid pre-boarding communication, we didn’t have all the paperwork in place and they arrived a bit early. Their workspace wasn’t… Read More Onboarding a new team member
I was thinking the other day about how people are saying social media is toxic. It is if you allow yourself to see it; if you don’t want to see particular topics you can mute them. If you don’t want to receive emails about particular topics, unsubscribe. If you don’t want calls from people, block… Read More You CAN choose
Lost and Desperate 