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A plain guide to employee training and development programs: the difference between the two, ten types with examples, six steps to build one and four levels of evaluation.
Read the articleSet personal development goals that stick: 40 examples of personal objectives at work, a SMART formula, a sample growth plan and how to agree them with your manager.
Read the articleWhat skill set means, whether to write skill set, skillset or skills set, the kinds of skill it contains, how to map your own and how employers use skill sets.
Read the articleSee 40 growth mindset examples next to their fixed mindset versions: at work, for managers and for students, with statements to use and an honest look at the evidence.
Read the articleWhat a competency is against a skill, a value and a personality trait, how to build a framework from the work, a sample competency written at three levels, and why fairness is the strongest reason to have one.
Read the articleHow to run a career or development conversation that produces something: a five-part structure, twenty questions grouped by purpose, a short written record, and what you can honestly say about succession.
Read the articleChoose the best soft skills for your CV or resume: 30 examples with proof lines, where to put them, how to match the job advert and the mistakes to avoid.
Read the articleThe 15 traits of a good employee, each with behaviours you can observe, 60 words to describe a good employee, interview questions to spot them and ways to develop them.
Read the articleWhat generalist means at work, what an HR generalist does across the whole employee lifecycle, how generalists differ from specialists, when to hire each and how to build a generalist career.
Read the articleHow to write a training plan that gets used: start from the gap, not the catalogue, decide who it covers, write an objective that can be assessed, choose the format honestly, sequence it, budget the hours as well as the fees, and know which training a UK employer must provide.
Read the articleHow to use HR podcasts as a real learning habit: what makes an episode worth the hour, the five categories, a routine that survives a busy week and how to turn listening into action.
Read the articleWrite an employee development plan that gets used: a free template, the six parts every plan needs, three complete examples and a monthly routine to keep it alive.
Read the articleThe definition of a massive open online course, or MOOC, from two dictionaries; what massive, open, online and course each rule in and out; how a MOOC differs from a degree, an in-house course and a certificate programme; the strengths and limits for workplace learning; and five steps to use one in a development plan.
Read the articleSee what performance management could look like for your organisation.
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