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How to be ‘The Admirable Subordinate’

‘The Admirable Crichton’, originally a 1902 stage play by J.M. ‘Peter Pan’ Barrie and, subsequently, the subject of several films, explores a reversal of fortunes which sees a family servant become a natural leader. But, when circumstances change again, the servant is happy to relinquish the leadership role for that of a servant.   L&D [...]

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Engage in Learning GDPR programme breaks customer and user records

Some 300 UK-based organisations bought - and tens of thousands of individual learners throughout the EU completed – Engage in Learning’s GDPR online learning materials in the run-up to this regulation coming into force on 25th May.   According to Chris Horseman, Engage in Learning’s Managing Director, the GDPR programmes – available in various languages [...]

By | June 26th, 2018|Categories: Business, Learning, Learning Technologies|Tags: , , , |0 Comments

L&D Challenges With Contingent Workers

  Contingent workers – people with no implicit or explicit contract for ongoing employment – now account for up to 40 percent of the US workforce, depending on the definition you apply. They can include independent contractors, self-employed individuals, freelancers, interns, temporary agency workers and individuals working via online platforms.   In the UK, there are some [...]

Engage in Learning products prominent at two London exhibitions

The latest in generic online learning programmes, along with a look at an impressive learning management system (LMS), will be on display, in June, at two events in London’s Olympia – courtesy of Engage in Learning.   The UK-based supplier of e-learning courses and solutions focusing on helping organisations improve their safety, compliance and performance, [...]

The Total Cost of Work

Experience suggests that, when faced with a need to cut costs, chief financial officers (CFOs) tend to respond by laying off workers.   Initially, that might keep HR professionals busy – but such a strategy hints at longer-term organizational problems.   Indeed, Paul Lalovich argues that, before getting rid of workers, CFOs should calculate the [...]