Editor’s note: David Wilson, CEO of Fosway Group, shares Fosway research on digital transformation and the impact of the Covid-19 lockdown on L&D. Wilson shares what’s currently working for L&D.
Editor’s note: In this talk, Lori Niles-Hofmann, co-founder of NilesNolen, talks about how learning can benefit from marketing techniques.
Editor’s note: Zahra Clarke-Johnney, Digital Learning Partner at Southwark Council, shares the ongoing story of how the London council responded to the pandemic to ensure employees could access the learning resources they needed.
Editor’s note: Whilst working from home has benefited many disabled employees, employers need to reflect on what accessibility and inclusivity mean from here on. There is an opportunity to create new working practices that are more inclusive and accessible. Will organisations take it?
Editor’s note: This researcher looks at the positive impact working from home has had on accounting professionals in Canada. In particular, the informality of video calls can help build a sense of community amongst co-workers.
Editor’s note: Many big employers are managing working from home and the return to the workplace. This article takes a look at a range of employers and the approaches they are taking.
Editor’s note: This is a reminder of why working from home benefits people. There are lots of good reasons to work from home. The financial reasons are an important factor here, especially as the UK slips into recession.
Editor’s note: Although this isn’t a big study, it does highlight some of the areas of work that employers can continue to develop in order to make working from home sustainable into the future.
Editor’s note: This is an interesting piece on corporate values and culture. This research collected the official corporate values statements for more than 500 large organizations and compared these official values with how employees view their companies on common corporate values based on an analysis of more than 1.2 million Glassdoor reviews. The data shows no correlation between official values and corporate culture.
Editor’s note: This research of 2,065 managers and non-managers (half in the US and half in the UK and Ireland) looked at what makes for successful teamwork. Interacting more frequently seems to have a negative impact on project success. There are lots of other useful insights here.
Editor’s note: Psychologists are trying to identify a science of teamwork. This piece looks at what we know so far as well as further areas for exploration. Don’t forget your ABCs of teamwork: the attitudes, behaviors and cognitive states that collectively influence whether a team achieves its goals!
Editor’s note: Google surveyed 5,000 employees to better understand the impact of distributed work.
The survey measured well-being, performance, and connectedness and provided recommendations on how to ensure that those things remain consistent, even if your team is spread out across the world. The research was carried out pre Covid-19 but there are useful insights here.
Editor’s note: This article outlines the challenges of remote working and how managers can help their team overcome them. There are some interesting ideas in here such as ‘mutual knowledge’ – knowing how a team mate is doing so that communications that might otherwise seem brusque (for example) is seen in the context that person might be having a stressful day.
Editor’s note: Just because more workers are having to work from home doesn’t mean that they way people are treated at work has changed. This research shows how sexism is manifesting itself through remote working.
Editor’s note: In this long read, Donald Clark looks at the history of diversity training, why it doesn’t work and what can be done about it.